10 Countries With the Worst Drinking Water.
More than a quarter of the world’s population – about 2.1 billion people – lack access to clean water, according to a report released this week by the World Health Organization and UNICEF.
National data were available for about 100 countries in 2015, and these are the 10 with the least safely managed water supply.
Mexico Nearly three-quarters of people in Mexico drink packaged water, and the country is a world leader in consumption of bottled water per capita.
Pakistan Pakistan is the country with the greatest gap in basic hygiene between the richest and the poorest.
Ghana More than half of people in Ghana have limited sanitation services.
Cambodia Cambodia is one of 18 countries where at least 5 percent of the population relies on delivered water.
Nigeria Nigeria is one of the fastest improving countries when it comes to water quality, but 15 percent of people still drink from unimproved water sources.
Uganda Nearly 40 percent of people in Uganda need to travel more than 30 minutes to access safe drinking water.
Read about a program in Kenya that’s encouraging better sanitation, countries with the best public health care and check out more news, data and analysis on the U.S. News Best Countries site.