Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Gambia
Gambia: Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services was 87 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Gambia, 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 Gambia is 87 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Gambia peaked at 87 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 72 %, in 2000.
Gambia ranks 150th of 201 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 74.9 % | 72 % | 78 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 81.5 % | 79 % | 84 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.2 % | 85 % | 87 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
- 148 Jamaica 88 % compare
- 148 Senegal 88 % compare
- 150 Marshall Islands 87 % compare
- 150 Timor-Leste 87 % compare
- 150 Vanuatu 87 % compare
More environment data for Gambia
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.81 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 5 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 117.5 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 15.4 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 20.24 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 155.89 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 3.43 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 26.41 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 76.33 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 588 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Gambia?
- Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Gambia was 87 % 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 Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 87 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 72 % in 2000.
- How does Gambia rank for percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services?
- Gambia ranks 150th out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia 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.