Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Rwanda
Rwanda: Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services was 61 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Rwanda, 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 Rwanda is 61 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Rwanda peaked at 61 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 48 %, in 2000.
That places Rwanda 192nd out of 201 countries 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 | 50.4 % | 48 % | 53 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 56 % | 54 % | 58 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.2 % | 59 % | 61 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 190 Uganda 63 % compare
- 191 Guinea-Bissau 62 % compare
- 193 Ethiopia 56 % compare
- 194 Madagascar 55 % compare
- 195 Niger 53 % compare
- 195 Papua New Guinea 53 % compare
More environment data for Rwanda
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.51 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 8.5 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 166.8 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 5.24 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 6.92 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 124.5 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 28.43 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 511.17 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 64.65 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 1,162 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Rwanda?
- Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Rwanda was 61 % 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 Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 61 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 48 % in 2000.
- How does Rwanda rank for percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services?
- Rwanda ranks 192nd out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda 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.