Drinking water services in Somalia
Somalia: Drinking water services was 650,397 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
Drinking water services in Somalia, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in people.
Analysis
The most recent figure for drinking water services in Somalia is 650,397 people, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 11.5% on the previous year and down 50.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water services in Somalia peaked at 1.82 million people in 2004 and was at its lowest, 650,397 people, in 2024.
That places Somalia 36th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.73 million people | 1.61 million people | 1.82 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.29 million people | 1.04 million people | 1.58 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 814,741 people | 650,397 people | 970,098 people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 33 South Africa 784,072 people compare
- 34 Bangladesh 783,630 people compare
- 35 Sierra Leone 749,592 people compare
- 37 Tajikistan 644,341 people compare
- 38 Bolivia 580,324 people compare
- 39 Togo 567,645 people compare
More environment data for Somalia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 34.42 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.81 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 17.64 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 2.08 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 4.42 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0016 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 26.9 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0032 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 2.76 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water services in Somalia?
- Drinking water services in Somalia was 650,397 people in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest drinking water services recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.82 million people in 2004.
- What is the lowest drinking water services recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 650,397 people in 2024.
- How does Somalia rank for drinking water services?
- Somalia ranks 36th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water services rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Somalia data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Drinking water services. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.