Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Cameroon
Cameroon: Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services was 71 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Cameroon, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Cameroon is 71 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Cameroon peaked at 71 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 56 %, in 2000.
Cameroon ranks 178th of 201 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 59.5 % | 56 % | 63 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.3 % | 64 % | 69 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 70.2 % | 69 % | 71 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 177 Solomon Islands 72 % compare
- 179 Benin 70 % compare
- 180 Angola 68 % compare
- 180 Sierra Leone 68 % compare
More environment data for Cameroon
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.36 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 28.7 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 273.2 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 4.23 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 20.07 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 2,000 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 17.73 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 1,767 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 62.21 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 6,200 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Cameroon?
- Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Cameroon was 71 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 71 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 56 % in 2000.
- How does Cameroon rank for percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services?
- Cameroon ranks 178th out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services (percent) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.