Before you play

What This Water Figure Means

This game compares access to safely managed drinking water services.

  • The source tracks the share of people whose drinking water comes from an improved source that is available when needed and free from contamination.
  • It is not just whether a pipe exists. Reliability and water quality matter too.
  • A country can score well on urban access while still leaving rural communities behind.

Safe water is infrastructure, governance, and maintenance made visible as a percentage.