Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Samoa
Samoa: Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services was 99 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Samoa, 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 Samoa is 99 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Samoa peaked at 99 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 87 %, in 2000.
Samoa ranks 61st of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Samoa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 87 % | — |
| 2001 | 87 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 87 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 87 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 87 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 88 % | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 88 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 88 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 88 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 88 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 89 % | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 89 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 89 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 90 % | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 91 % | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 92 % | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 93 % | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 94 % | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 95 % | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 96 % | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 96 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 97 % | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 98 % | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 99 % | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 99 % | +0.0% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 99 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 97 %, 1.0× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 99 % is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 98 %, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 87.5 % | 87 % | 88 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 91.8 % | 89 % | 96 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.8 % | 96 % | 99 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 61 Antigua and Barbuda 99 % compare
- 61 Argentina 99 % compare
- 61 Bahamas 99 % compare
- 61 Bangladesh 99 % compare
- 61 Barbados 99 % compare
- 61 Bulgaria 99 % compare
- 61 Chile 99 % compare
- 61 Czechia 99 % compare
- 61 Japan 99 % compare
- 61 Jordan 99 % compare
- 61 Latvia 99 % compare
- 61 Montenegro 99 % compare
- 61 Palestine 99 % compare
- 61 Portugal 99 % compare
- 61 Saint Kitts and Nevis 99 % compare
- 61 Saudi Arabia 99 % compare
- 61 Tonga 99 % compare
- 61 Trinidad and Tobago 99 % compare
- 61 Tuvalu 99 % compare
More environment data for Samoa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3482 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.3183 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.23 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.919 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.68 % 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 -2.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Samoa?
- Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Samoa was 99 % 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 Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 99 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 87 % in 2000.
- How does Samoa rank for percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services?
- Samoa ranks 61st out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa 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.