Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services was 70 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 70 %. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 70 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 51 %, in 2000.
That places Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 26th out of 31 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 54.3 % | 51 % | 58 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 62.1 % | 59 % | 66 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 68 % | 66 % | 70 % | 5 |
More environment data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 11 % (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 3.2 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 16.03 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 3.80 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 73,248 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 3.19 million t (2024)
- Cropland — Area 223,929 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 26.79 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 611,868 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 2.57 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 70 % 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 70 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 51 % in 2000.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 26th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.