People using improved drinking water sources in Somalia
Somalia: People using improved drinking water sources was 2.60 million people in 2024. ▼ Falling
People using improved drinking water sources 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
Somalia recorded 2.60 million people for people using improved drinking water sources in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 3.9% on the previous year and down 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using improved drinking water sources in Somalia peaked at 4.01 million people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 2.60 million people, in 2024.
Somalia ranks 26th of 231 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
People using improved drinking water sources in Somalia, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.01 million people | — |
| 2001 | 3.99 million people | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 3.95 million people | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 3.90 million people | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 3.83 million people | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 3.82 million people | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 3.80 million people | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 3.87 million people | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 3.81 million people | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 3.73 million people | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 3.64 million people | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 3.48 million people | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 3.37 million people | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 3.33 million people | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 3.30 million people | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 3.25 million people | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 3.22 million people | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 3.17 million people | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 3.11 million people | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 3.05 million people | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 2.99 million people | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 2.91 million people | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 2.81 million people | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 2.70 million people | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 2.60 million people | -3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.87 million people | 3.73 million people | 4.01 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.29 million people | 3.05 million people | 3.64 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.80 million people | 2.60 million people | 2.99 million people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More environment data for Somalia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -24.06 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -28.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.53 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.278 °C (2025)
- Arable land — Area 1,100 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 2.49 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.06 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 1.8 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 2.56 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using improved drinking water sources in Somalia?
- People using improved drinking water sources in Somalia was 2.60 million 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 people using improved drinking water sources recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 4.01 million people in 2000.
- What is the lowest people using improved drinking water sources recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.60 million people in 2024.
- How does Somalia rank for people using improved drinking water sources?
- Somalia ranks 26th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.2%. 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 People using improved drinking water sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of people using only unimproved drinking water sources.