Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services was 53 % in 2024. β² Rising
Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Papua New Guinea, 2000β2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 53 % for percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 23.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Papua New Guinea peaked at 53 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 30 %, in 2000.
Papua New Guinea ranks 177th of 183 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 | 32.1 % | 30 % | 37 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 43.2 % | 38 % | 48 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 51 % | 49 % | 53 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 174 Rwanda 61 % compare
- 175 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 56 % compare
- 176 Madagascar, Republic of 55 % compare
- 177 Niger 53 % compare
- 179 Chad 52 % compare
- 179 Eritrea, The State of 52 % compare
More environment data for Papua New Guinea
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.183 Β°C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.834 Β°C (2025)
- Recovered paper β Production 288 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish β Production 288 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import value 2,630 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import quantity 2,623 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export value 13 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export quantity 26 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Import value 15,699 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Papua New Guinea?
- Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Papua New Guinea was 53 % 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 53 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 30 % in 2000.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 177th out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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) β 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.