Top 10 Unsafe Countries for Drinking Water, in Asian Region 2022

Indonesia ranks 3rd for unsafe drinking water in Asia, according to the Environmental Performance Index 2022!

Pakistan tops the list with a score of 15.30, while Indonesia has the least safe drinking water in Southeast Asia, scoring 24.90. Other Southeast Asian countries on the list include Laos (5th), Timor-Leste (6th), and Myanmar (9th).

Enviromental Performance Index measure unsafe drinking water using the number of age-standardized disability-adjusted life-years lost per 100,000 persons (DALY rate) due to exposure to unsafe drinking water. A score of 100 indicates a country has among the lowest DALY rates in the world (≤5th-percentile), while a score of 0 indicates a country is among the highest (≥95th-percentile).