Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services (percent) — Value by country
The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture...
Countries reporting
204
Highest
100 %
Andorra
Lowest
36 %
Central African Republic
Median
97 %
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
5,695
What the numbers show
Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services (percent) — Value is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 100 % in Andorra; the lowest is 36 % in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 97 %, and the mean is 90.26 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 129 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 45.7%), and the largest decrease in Central African Republic (down 16.3%).
Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andorra | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Armenia | 100 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 1 | American Samoa | 100 % | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 1 | Australia | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Austria | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belgium | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belarus | 100 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 1 | Bermuda | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Brazil | 100 % | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 1 | Bhutan | 100 % | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 1 | Switzerland | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 100 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 1 | Cyprus | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Germany | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Denmark | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Spain | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Estonia | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Finland | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | France | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Greece | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Greenland | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Croatia | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hungary | 100 % | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 1 | Iceland | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Israel | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Italy | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Lithuania | 100 % | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Maldives | 100 % | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 1 | Mexico | 100 % | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 1 | Malta | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mauritius | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | New Caledonia | 100 % | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 1 | Norway | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | New Zealand | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Palau | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Puerto Rico | 100 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 1 | Paraguay | 100 % | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 1 | French Polynesia | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Romania | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Singapore | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovakia | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovenia | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sweden | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Thailand | 100 % | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 100 % | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 1 | Uruguay | 100 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 1 | Cook Islands | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Tokelau | 100 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 1 | Polynesia | 100 % | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 1 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Republic of Korea | 100 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 1 | Australia and New Zealand | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Brunei Darussalam | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | China, Macao SAR | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 99 % | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 98 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 4 | Türkiye | 96 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 4 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 96 % | 2024 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 7 | Syrian Arab Republic | 94 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 7 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 94 % | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 9 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 93 % | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 9 | Republic of Moldova | 93 % | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 9 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 93 % | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 12 | Micronesia | 92 % | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 13 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 90 % | 2020 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 14 | Timor-Leste | 87 % | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 16 | United Republic of Tanzania | 65 % | 2024 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 17 | Cabo Verde | 92 % | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 18 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 36 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 20 | Caribbean | 90 % | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 24 | Côte d'Ivoire | 77 % | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 61 | Argentina | 99 % | 2016 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 61 | Antigua and Barbuda | 99 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 61 | Bangladesh | 99 % | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 61 | Bulgaria | 99 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Bahamas | 99 % | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Barbados | 99 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Chile | 99 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 61 | Czechia | 99 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Jordan | 99 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Japan | 99 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 99 % | 2017 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 61 | Latvia | 99 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 61 | Montenegro | 99 % | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 61 | Portugal | 99 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Palestine | 99 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 61 | Saudi Arabia | 99 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Tonga | 99 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Trinidad and Tobago | 99 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 61 | Tuvalu | 99 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Samoa | 99 % | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 81 | Azerbaijan | 98 % | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 81 | Canada | 98 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 81 | Dominican Republic | 98 % | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 81 | Iraq | 98 % | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 81 | Kazakhstan | 98 % | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 81 | Saint Lucia | 98 % | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 81 | North Macedonia | 98 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 81 | Malaysia | 98 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 81 | Nauru | 98 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 81 | Suriname | 98 % | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 81 | Seychelles | 98 % | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 81 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 98 % | 2018 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 81 | Niue | 98 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 94 | Colombia | 97 % | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 94 | Dominica | 97 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 94 | Egypt | 97 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 94 | Georgia | 97 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 94 | Ireland | 97 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | Tunisia | 97 % | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 94 | Uzbekistan | 97 % | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 94 | Russian Federation | 97 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 102 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 96 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 102 | Fiji | 96 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 102 | Grenada | 96 % | 2017 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 102 | Guyana | 96 % | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 102 | Honduras | 96 % | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 102 | India | 96 % | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 102 | Libya | 96 % | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 102 | Peru | 96 % | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 102 | Philippines | 96 % | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 102 | China, mainland | 96 % | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 112 | Albania | 95 % | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 112 | Belize | 95 % | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 112 | Cuba | 95 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 95 % | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 112 | Panama | 95 % | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 112 | Serbia | 95 % | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 118 | Nepal | 94 % | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 118 | Ukraine | 94 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 120 | Guatemala | 93 % | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 120 | Lebanon | 93 % | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 120 | Oman | 93 % | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 123 | Botswana | 92 % | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 123 | Algeria | 92 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 123 | Ecuador | 92 % | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 123 | Morocco | 92 % | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 123 | El Salvador | 92 % | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 128 | Pakistan | 91 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 129 | Ghana | 90 % | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 129 | Sri Lanka | 90 % | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 129 | Poland | 90 % | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 129 | South Africa | 90 % | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 133 | Gabon | 89 % | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 133 | Indonesia | 89 % | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 133 | Tajikistan | 89 % | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 136 | Jamaica | 88 % | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 136 | Senegal | 88 % | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 138 | Gambia | 87 % | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 138 | Marshall Islands | 87 % | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 138 | Vanuatu | 87 % | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 141 | Mali | 86 % | 2024 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 141 | Myanmar | 86 % | 2024 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 141 | Mongolia | 86 % | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 141 | Namibia | 86 % | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 145 | Comoros | 85 % | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 146 | Cambodia | 83 % | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 147 | Nigeria | 82 % | 2024 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 148 | Afghanistan | 81 % | 2024 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 149 | Djibouti | 80 % | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 149 | Eswatini | 80 % | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 151 | Kiribati | 79 % | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 151 | Liberia | 79 % | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 153 | Lesotho | 78 % | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 153 | Sao Tome and Principe | 78 % | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 155 | Mauritania | 77 % | 2024 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 156 | Somalia | 75 % | 2024 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 156 | Yemen | 75 % | 2024 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 158 | Congo | 74 % | 2021 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 158 | Guinea | 74 % | 2024 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 160 | Haiti | 73 % | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 160 | Malawi | 73 % | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 160 | Zambia | 73 % | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 163 | Solomon Islands | 72 % | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 164 | Cameroon | 71 % | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 165 | Benin | 70 % | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 166 | Angola | 68 % | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 166 | Sierra Leone | 68 % | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 168 | Mozambique | 67 % | 2024 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 168 | Zimbabwe | 67 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 170 | Burundi | 66 % | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 170 | Kenya | 66 % | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 172 | Equatorial Guinea | 65 % | 2017 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 172 | Sudan | 65 % | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 172 | Togo | 65 % | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 175 | Uganda | 63 % | 2024 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 176 | Guinea-Bissau | 62 % | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 177 | Rwanda | 61 % | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 178 | Ethiopia | 56 % | 2024 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 179 | Madagascar | 55 % | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 180 | Niger | 53 % | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 180 | Papua New Guinea | 53 % | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 182 | Eritrea | 52 % | 2016 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 182 | Chad | 52 % | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 184 | Burkina Faso | 50 % | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 185 | South Sudan | 40 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 186 | Central African Republic | 36 % | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Northern America 100 %
- Western Europe 100 %
- Northern Europe 100 %
- Southern Europe 100 %
- United States of America 100 %
- Europe 98 %
- South America 98 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 98 %
- Central America 98 %
- Asia 95 %
- Central Asia 96 %
- Eastern Europe 96 %
- Southern Asia 95 %
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 95 %
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 95 %
- Western Asia 94 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 70 %
- South-Eastern Asia 93 %
- World 92 %
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 92 %
- Middle Africa 49 %
- Northern Africa 90 %
- Southern Africa 90 %
- Western Africa 78 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 72 %
- Africa 68 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 68 %
- Eastern Africa 62 %
About this data
The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.