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Beware of data that is relevant but inaccurate, or accurate but irrelevant. Only relevant and accurate data is useful.","How many people in the world have access to safe d","How many people in the world have access to basic drinking water within 30 minutes of their home?","How many people in the world have access to safe drinking water within 30 minutes of their home?",[139,140,141,142,143,144,145,146,147,148,149,150,151,152,153,154,155,156,157,158],"uk 0.8003999999999999","swe 0.791802557263822","nor 0.8294997929606589","fin 0.888406017508501","dnk 0.8014470487360499","usa 0.77","bra 0.67","fra 0.68","deu 0.75","jpn 0.93","mex 0.78","rus 0.74","esp 0.74","mys 0.64","mar 0.56","zaf 0.8","ind 0.72","pak 0.66","nga 0.91","phl 0.72",[160,161,162,163,164,165,166,167,168,169,170,171,172,173,174,175,176,177,178,179],"usa 0.37","uk 0.43","bra 0.30","fra 0.27","deu 0.33","jpn 0.67","mex 0.31","rus 0.43","esp 0.36","swe 0.37","mys 0.35","mar 0.27","dnk 0.33","fin 0.47","nor 0.45","zaf 0.45","ind 0.34","pak 0.41","nga 0.56","phl 0.45","Around 90% of all people have access to safe drinking water within 30 minutes of their home.","Most people don’t realize how many actually have safe water. Most people already have safe drinking water at home today, which means in the future hopefully everyone could have it.","Most people don’t realize how many actually have safe water. As they think few have safe drinking water at home, it must be difficult for them to imagine a future when everyone has it.","Sources: UNICEF and WHO","Measuring water quality is not easy and deciding what is “safe” is even harder. The definition of “safely managed water” used by UNICEF and WHO[1] is: “Drinking water from an improved water source which is located on premises, available when needed and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination”. It must also be from a construction that has potential to deliver safe water (i.e. piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, rainwater, and packaged or delivered water). Bottled water is not counted since it might not be available when needed. This question includes both \"safely managed\" and \"basic\" water access. Access within 30 minutes is only considered as \"basic water access\". Read more about different levels of quality and rural and urban differences in all countries on their website WASH [2].\n\n[1]  [JMP Global database of WASH data, managed by the WHO and Unicef.](https:\u002F\u002Fwashdata.org\u002Fdata\u002Fhousehold#!\u002Fdashboard\u002Fnew)  \n[2]  [WASH Data, definitions and estimation methods](https:\u002F\u002Fwashdata.org\u002Fmonitoring\u002Fmethods\u002Festimation-methods)","Most people overestimate the number of people that lack access to safe water. It’s probably because they don't want to trivialize the suffering of all the thirsty people in the world. Water is one of the most basic human needs, and today around 70% of the world population have access to safe drinking water in their home. Another 20% have access to a well or a tap within a 30 minute walk from their home. Across the world the trends are rising, and 90% already have access to safe drinking water. \n\nBut many people are still killed by preventable infectious diseases and parasites from contaminated drinking water. In some places the groundwater level is declining and new solutions are needed to solve this, but in most places old solutions would work well. Local governments need to manage local water resources properly, by building more pumps and connecting more pipes.\n\n90% of people already have access to safe drinking water, and we are getting closer to reaching 100% to let all people still their thirst on a daily basis, without getting ill.\n\nSee what all different kinds of water sources look like on different incomes in homes all over the world [here](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gapminder.org\u002Fdollar-street\u002F?topic=drinking-water). \n\nRead more about safe water and health [here](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.who.int\u002Fnews-room\u002Ffact-sheets\u002Fdetail\u002Fdrinking-water).\n\n### What is safe drinking water?\nSafe drinking water is water which is located in or near the home, available when needed and free from contamination. It must be from a construction that has potential to deliver safe water (i.e. piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, rainwater, and packaged or delivered water).\n\n### Why is it a problem that people are wrong about this?\nIf we assume many people are still struggling to access safe drinking water then we most likely think that what we are currently doing is not working. In reality, the majority of people today do have access to safe drinking water and what we are doing to ensure access is working. We just need to improve water infrastructure with more water pumps and safe pipes in the vast majority of cases. It is important to know we are doing the right things so we don’t lose hope and search for new solutions when they are already in hand.\n\n### Why are people wrong about this?\nMost people have seen images of people on TV walking great distances to collect water and assume this is the norm in many poorer countries. Also, people do not want to trivialize the plight of those who don’t have access to safe drinking water and so underestimate those who have access.\n\n### Can I trust this fact?\nYes, but it is very important to know the limitations of the data. Data from countries is often self-reported which means countries often collect their own data and then provide them to organizations such as The WHO\u002FUNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP). In this way countries may portray themselves in a better light than reality. \nAdditionally this data comes from surveys collected at a specific point in time and does not always represent the ongoing struggle for some people to access a reliable water supply in or near the home. \n","The world is not as bad as you think","Most people don’t realize how many actually have safe water. A majority already have safe drinking water at home today, but you believe it’s few. It must be difficult for you to imagine a future where everyone has it.","More have water than you think"]