Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in World
World: Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services was 92 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in World, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
World recorded 92 % for percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in World peaked at 92 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 82 %, in 2000.
That places World 19th out of 31 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 83.6 % | 82 % | 86 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 87.9 % | 86 % | 90 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.8 % | 90 % | 92 % | 5 |
More environment data for World
- Inland waters — Area 443,046 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 354,701 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 22.34 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 1.59 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Area 1.39 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.19 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 12.2 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 34.18 % (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 35.69 % (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 4.68 million 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in World?
- Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in World was 92 % 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 92 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 82 % in 2000.
- How does World rank for percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services?
- World ranks 19th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.