Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Malawi
Malawi: Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services was 73 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Malawi, 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 Malawi is 73 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Malawi peaked at 73 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 54 %, in 2000.
Malawi ranks 174th 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 | 57.6 % | 54 % | 61 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.6 % | 62 % | 69 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.4 % | 70 % | 73 % | 5 |
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More environment data for Malawi
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 3.67 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 157.29 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 2,420 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 19.62 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 30.17 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 1,850 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 4.6 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 282.19 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 65.23 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 4,000 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Malawi?
- Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Malawi was 73 % 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 73 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 54 % in 2000.
- How does Malawi rank for percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services?
- Malawi ranks 174th out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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.