Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Sudan
Sudan: Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services was 65 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Sudan, 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 Sudan is 65 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Sudan peaked at 65 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 46 %, in 2000.
Sudan ranks 186th 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 | 47.4 % | 46 % | 50 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 55.6 % | 52 % | 60 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 63 % | 61 % | 65 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
- 184 Burundi 66 % compare
- 184 Kenya 66 % compare
- 186 Equatorial Guinea 65 % compare
- 186 Togo 65 % compare
- 186 United Republic of Tanzania 65 % compare
More environment data for Sudan
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 8.73 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 1,852 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 1,000 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 48.96 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 81.17 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 91,454 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.19 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 216 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 18.63 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 20,995 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Sudan?
- Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Sudan was 65 % 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 Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 65 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 46 % in 2000.
- How does Sudan rank for percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services?
- Sudan ranks 186th out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sudan 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.