Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Yemen
Yemen: Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services was 75 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Yemen, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 75 % 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 2.7% on the previous year and up 29.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Yemen peaked at 75 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 40 %, in 2000.
Yemen ranks 170th 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 | 44.1 % | 40 % | 50 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 59.1 % | 52 % | 66 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.6 % | 68 % | 75 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 168 Côte d'Ivoire 77 % compare
- 168 Mauritania 77 % compare
- 170 Somalia 75 % compare
- 172 Congo 74 % compare
- 172 Guinea 74 % compare
More environment data for Yemen
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 46.86 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 680.44 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 41.67 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 93.81 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 22,000 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 1.33 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 311.21 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 4.86 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 1,141 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.04 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Yemen?
- Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Yemen was 75 % 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 Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 75 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 40 % in 2000.
- How does Yemen rank for percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services?
- Yemen ranks 170th out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Yemen 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.