List of districts of Pakistan by access to safe drinking water
Access to safe drinking water in Pakistan remains a serious challenge, with only 36% of the country's water supply deemed safe for consumption. Despite having a 92% water supply coverage, over 70% of households use bacterially contaminated water, leading to widespread waterborne diseases. In flood-affected areas, more than 10 million people still rely on unsafe sources like ponds and wells. The issue contributes to the deaths of over 53,000 children under five each year due to diarrheal illnesses. Urban areas are not immune, as 61% of water sources in major cities like Karachi and Multan are unsafe for drinking.
List
District |
Total Households |
Households with access to improved drinking water (2023) |
% Households with access to improved drinking water (2023) |
Division |
Province |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Muzaffarabad |
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Muzaffarabad |
Azad Kashmir |
Hattian Bala |
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Neelum |
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Mirpur |
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Mirpur |
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Bhimber |
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Kotli |
... |
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... |
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Poonch |
... |
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Poonch |
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Bagh |
... |
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Haveli |
... |
... |
... |
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Sudhnati |
... |
... |
... |
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Ghanche |
... |
... |
... |
Baltistan |
Gilgit-Baltistan |
Skardu |
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... |
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Roundu |
... |
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... |
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Kharmang |
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... |
... |
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Shigar |
... |
... |
... |
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Astore |
... |
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Diamer |
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Diamer |
... |
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... |
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Darel |
... |
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Tangir |
... |
... |
... |
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Ghizer |
... |
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Gilgit |
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Gilgit |
... |
... |
... |
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Hunza |
... |
... |
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Nagar |
... |
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Gupis-Yasin District |
... |
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Haripur |
192,451 |
175,086 |
91.00% |
Hazara |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Battagram |
86,196 |
62,448 |
72.43% |
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Abbottabad |
236,789 |
195,125 |
82.39% |
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Allai |
- |
- |
- |
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Lower Kohistan |
47,347 |
21,591 |
45.59% |
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Mansehra |
294,052 |
232,271 |
79.00% |
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Torghar |
29,410 |
20,063 |
68.22% |
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Upper Kohistan |
63,712 |
16,490 |
25.89% |
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Kolai Palas |
33,983 |
8,939 |
26.30% |
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Hangu |
61,148 |
54,860 |
89.73% |
Kohat |
|
Kurram |
94,548 |
60,899 |
64.39% |
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Karak |
95,997 |
78,107 |
81.37% |
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Kohat |
169,679 |
151,719 |
89.39% |
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Orakzai |
52,104 |
30,958 |
59.40% |
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Bajaur |
181,699 |
124,851 |
68.70% |
Malakand |
|
Buner |
118,665 |
104,740 |
88.23% |
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Lower Chitral |
46,028 |
38,067 |
82.68% |
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Lower Dir |
202,836 |
147,602 |
72.78% |
||
Shangla |
125,540 |
85,260 |
67.91% |
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Malakand |
- |
- |
- |
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Swat |
381,212 |
304,292 |
79.80% |
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Upper Chitral |
26,365 |
19,069 |
72.33% |
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Upper Dir |
149,536 |
71,827 |
48.02% |
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Central Dir District |
- |
- |
- |
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Charsadda |
263,934 |
257,830 |
97.69% |
Peshawar |
|
Khyber |
166,805 |
117,722 |
70.58% |
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Nowshera |
259,774 |
245,359 |
94.44% |
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Peshawar |
690,976 |
670,242 |
97.01% |
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Mohmand |
63,973 |
47,958 |
74.96% |
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Upper South Waziristan |
- |
- |
- |
Dera Ismail Khan |
|
Lower South Waziristan |
- |
- |
- |
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Tank |
70,563 |
54,301 |
76.94% |
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Dera Ismail Khan |
270,021 |
226,348 |
83.83% |
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North Waziristan |
99,595 |
68,412 |
68.69% |
Bannu |
|
Bannu |
183,130 |
169,404 |
92.49% |
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Lakki Marwat |
131,800 |
118,269 |
89.74% |
||
Swabi |
278,976 |
262,694 |
94.16% |
Mardan |
|
Mardan |
400,859 |
390,380 |
97.39% |
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Jamshoro |
213,493 |
187,711 |
87.93% |
Hyderabad |
Sindh |
Hyderabad |
448,191 |
431,092 |
96.19% |
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Badin |
397,892 |
355,101 |
89.27% |
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Dadu |
340,471 |
316,769 |
93.05% |
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Matiari |
158,463 |
154,538 |
97.52% |
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Sujawal |
158,854 |
127,090 |
80.02% |
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Tando Allahyar |
177,471 |
171,649 |
96.72% |
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Tando Muhammad Khan |
143,798 |
138,209 |
96.11% |
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Thatta |
206,202 |
160,794 |
77.99% |
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Ghotki |
331,046 |
323,287 |
97.65% |
Sukkur |
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Khairpur |
452,250 |
439,782 |
97.25% |
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Sukkur |
268,588 |
258,904 |
96.39% |
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Karachi Central |
651,268 |
640,187 |
98.30% |
Karachi |
|
Karachi East |
659,389 |
640,950 |
97.21% |
||
Karachi South |
425,093 |
417,602 |
98.24% |
||
Karachi West |
464,756 |
450,223 |
96.87% |
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Keamari |
319,121 |
302,473 |
94.77% |
||
Korangi |
493,050 |
482,863 |
97.93% |
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Malir |
421,426 |
408,119 |
96.84% |
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Larkana |
321,528 |
318,013 |
98.91% |
Larkana |
|
Jacobabad |
195,056 |
184,011 |
94.35% |
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Kashmore |
208,894 |
201,232 |
96.33% |
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Qambar Shahdadkot |
267,553 |
246,958 |
92.29% |
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Shikarpur |
214,824 |
212,904 |
99.11% |
||
Mirpur Khas |
312,986 |
250,776 |
80.13% |
Mirpur Khas |
|
Umerkot |
222,562 |
150,799 |
67.74% |
||
Tharparkar |
327,584 |
180,379 |
55.06% |
||
Sanghar |
406,937 |
373,133 |
91.68% |
||
Shaheed Benazirabad |
334,356 |
326,684 |
97.71% |
Shaheed Benazirabad |
|
Naushahro Feroze |
319,768 |
311,347 |
97.36% |
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Hub |
... |
... |
... |
Kalat |
Balochistan |
Surab |
51,227 |
37,120 |
72.45% |
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Lasbela |
115,539 |
95,386 |
82.55% |
||
Mastung |
43,695 |
33,699 |
77.12% |
||
Khuzdar |
161,450 |
110,095 |
68.19% |
||
Kalat |
33,101 |
19,367 |
58.52% |
||
Awaran |
27,796 |
20,651 |
74.27% |
||
Barkhan |
23,053 |
16,133 |
69.99% |
Loralai |
|
Duki |
43,059 |
35,067 |
81.42% |
||
Musakhel |
31,252 |
12,796 |
40.95% |
||
Loralai |
38,214 |
27,710 |
72.53% |
||
Gwadar |
50,357 |
44,217 |
87.82% |
Makran |
|
Kech |
253,475 |
180,319 |
71.09% |
||
Panjgur |
117,089 |
85,649 |
73.12% |
||
Jafarabad |
81,562 |
39,396 |
48.30% |
Nasirabad |
|
Jhal Magsi |
30,953 |
12,110 |
39.13% |
||
Kachhi |
50,032 |
13,622 |
27.22% |
||
Nasirabad |
87,516 |
45,455 |
51.93% |
||
Sohbatpur |
33,734 |
18,178 |
53.91% |
||
Usta Muhammad |
... |
... |
... |
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Dera Bugti |
62,267 |
32,997 |
52.98% |
Sibi |
|
Kohlu |
38,095 |
11,526 |
30.25% |
||
Sibi |
31,296 |
21,004 |
67.11% |
||
Harnai |
16,393 |
8,641 |
52.71% |
||
Ziarat |
22,894 |
12,457 |
54.41% |
||
Chaman |
61,915 |
47,032 |
75.95% |
Quetta |
|
Pishin |
147,185 |
124,263 |
84.42% |
||
Quetta |
288,459 |
272,172 |
94.36% |
||
Qila Abdullah |
67,289 |
54,940 |
81.66% |
||
Qilla Saifullah |
69,998 |
43,340 |
61.92% |
Zhob |
|
Sherani |
36,100 |
19,236 |
53.26% |
||
Zhob |
47,901 |
30,918 |
64.55% |
||
Kharan |
35,843 |
29,299 |
81.75% |
Rakhshan |
|
Nushki |
31,255 |
29,338 |
93.88% |
||
Washuk |
49,049 |
36,077 |
73.55% |
||
Chagai |
38,213 |
33,842 |
88.55% |
||
Rawalpindi |
998,000 |
925,220 |
92.71% |
Rawalpindi |
Punjab |
Jhelum |
229,064 |
218,919 |
95.57% |
||
Attock |
353,973 |
334,084 |
94.38% |
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Murree |
... |
... |
... |
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Chakwal |
288,838 |
275,408 |
95.35% |
||
Talagang |
... |
... |
... |
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Taunsa |
... |
... |
... |
Dera Ghazi Khan |
|
Kot Addu |
... |
... |
... |
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Layyah |
341,131 |
336,355 |
98.60% |
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Dera Ghazi Khan |
454,464 |
414,619 |
91.23% |
||
Muzaffargarh |
804,438 |
796,027 |
98.95% |
||
Rajanpur |
354,016 |
317,690 |
89.74% |
||
Toba Tek Singh |
393,896 |
379,635 |
96.38% |
Faisalabad |
|
Jhang |
491,999 |
486,118 |
98.80% |
||
Chiniot |
256,438 |
252,124 |
98.32% |
||
Faisalabad |
1,382,773 |
1,285,576 |
92.97% |
||
Lahore |
2,010,225 |
1,970,418 |
98.02% |
Lahore |
|
Kasur |
645,308 |
631,474 |
97.86% |
||
Nankana Sahib |
246,956 |
228,163 |
92.39% |
||
Sheikhupura |
593,260 |
577,164 |
97.29% |
||
Sialkot |
671,320 |
664,783 |
99.03% |
Gujranwala |
|
Gujranwala |
849,177 |
841,364 |
99.08% |
||
Narowal |
281,536 |
278,208 |
98.82% |
||
Okara |
549,724 |
539,079 |
98.06% |
Sahiwal |
|
Pakpattan |
344,546 |
330,761 |
96.00% |
||
Sahiwal |
446,606 |
438,223 |
98.12% |
||
Rahim Yar Khan |
826,942 |
804,860 |
97.33% |
Bahawalpur |
|
Bahawalnagar |
557,616 |
518,066 |
92.91% |
||
Bahawalpur |
673,437 |
652,908 |
96.95% |
||
Sargodha |
684,321 |
660,816 |
96.57% |
Sargodha |
|
Khushab |
248,304 |
235,301 |
94.76% |
||
Bhakkar |
313,311 |
310,047 |
98.96% |
||
Mianwali |
296,339 |
278,406 |
93.95% |
||
Khanewal |
526,196 |
518,533 |
98.54% |
Multan |
|
Vehari |
543,036 |
528,423 |
97.31% |
||
Multan |
886,392 |
867,699 |
97.89% |
||
Lodhran |
323,866 |
312,515 |
96.50% |
||
Mandi Bahauddin |
285,989 |
280,715 |
98.16% |
Gujrat |
|
Gujrat |
489,337 |
484,425 |
99.00% |
||
Hafizabad |
197,206 |
186,791 |
94.72% |
||
Wazirabad |
... |
... |
... |
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Islamabad Capital Territory |
410,993 |
397,065 |
96.61% |
Islamabad Capital Territory |
Islamabad Capital Territory |
See also
- Divisions of Pakistan
- Tehsils of Pakistan
- Tehsils of Punjab, Pakistan
- Tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Tehsils of Balochistan, Pakistan
- Tehsils of Sindh, Pakistan
- Tehsils of Azad Kashmir
- Tehsils of Gilgit-Baltistan
- Districts of Pakistan
- Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Districts of Punjab, Pakistan
- Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan
- Districts of Sindh, Pakistan
- Districts of Azad Kashmir
- Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan
- List of cities in Pakistan by population