Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Maldives
Maldives: Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services was 100 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Maldives, 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 Maldives is 100 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Maldives peaked at 100 % in 2018 and was at its lowest, 94 %, in 2000.
That places Maldives 1st out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Maldives, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 94 % | — |
| 2001 | 94 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 95 % | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 95 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 95 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 96 % | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 96 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 96 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 97 % | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 97 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 97 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 98 % | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 98 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 98 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 98 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 99 % | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 99 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 99 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 100 % | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 100 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 100 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 100 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 100 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 100 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 100 % | +0.0% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 100 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 97 %, 1.0× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 100 % is above the median for South Asia, which is 97.5 %, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 95.5 % | 94 % | 97 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.6 % | 97 % | 100 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 5 |
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More environment data for Maldives
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.252 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.911 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (1991)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 4.35 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Maldives?
- Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Maldives was 100 % 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 Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 100 % in 2018.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 94 % in 2000.
- How does Maldives rank for percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services?
- Maldives ranks 1st out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives 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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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.