Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services (percent) — Value by country
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...
What the numbers show
Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services (percent) — Value is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 100 % in Belgium; the lowest is 6 % in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 76 %, and the mean is 69.15 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17.
Over the past decade 91 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Lao People's Democratic Republic (up 191.7%), and the largest decrease in Nepal (down 40.7%).
Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cyprus | 100 % | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 1 | Germany | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Denmark | 100 % | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 1 | Spain | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Finland | 100 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 1 | France | 100 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 1 | Hungary | 100 % | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 1 | Iceland | 100 % | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 1 | Israel | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Malta | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | New Zealand | 100 % | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 1 | Singapore | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovakia | 100 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 1 | Slovenia | 100 % | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 1 | Sweden | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | China, Macao SAR | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 94 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 3 | Republic of Moldova | 76 % | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 4 | Polynesia | 71 % | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 5 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 67 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 6 | Micronesia | 60 % | 2024 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 7 | Viet Nam | 59 % | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 9 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 35 % | 2024 | up 191.7% | volatile |
| 10 | United Republic of Tanzania | 31 % | 2024 | up 55.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 12 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 19 | Caribbean | 59 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 99 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 23 | Austria | 99 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Bahrain | 99 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Estonia | 99 % | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 23 | Japan | 99 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 23 | Norway | 99 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Puerto Rico | 99 % | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 23 | Republic of Korea | 99 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 23 | Côte d'Ivoire | 36 % | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 31 | Chile | 98 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 31 | Czechia | 98 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Canada | 97 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 33 | Switzerland | 97 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Greece | 97 % | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 33 | Italy | 97 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 33 | Lithuania | 97 % | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 33 | Latvia | 97 % | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 33 | New Caledonia | 97 % | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 40 | Bulgaria | 96 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 40 | Ireland | 96 % | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 42 | Malaysia | 95 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 42 | Portugal | 95 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 42 | Qatar | 95 % | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 42 | Turkmenistan | 95 % | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 46 | Belarus | 93 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 46 | Niue | 93 % | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 48 | Kazakhstan | 92 % | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 49 | Andorra | 91 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Oman | 91 % | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 49 | Palau | 91 % | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 52 | American Samoa | 90 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 52 | Grenada | 90 % | 2017 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 52 | French Polynesia | 90 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Brazil | 89 % | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 55 | Jordan | 89 % | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 55 | Poland | 89 % | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 58 | Ukraine | 88 % | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 59 | Croatia | 87 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 86 % | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 60 | Montenegro | 86 % | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 62 | Armenia | 82 % | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 62 | Romania | 82 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | Uzbekistan | 82 % | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 65 | North Macedonia | 81 % | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 65 | Palestine | 81 % | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 80 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Morocco | 80 % | 2024 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 69 | Egypt | 79 % | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 70 | India | 76 % | 2024 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 70 | Russian Federation | 76 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 72 | Serbia | 75 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Colombia | 74 % | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 73 | Kyrgyzstan | 74 % | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 75 | Albania | 71 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 76 | Ecuador | 70 % | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 76 | Georgia | 70 % | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 78 | Algeria | 69 % | 2024 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 78 | Trinidad and Tobago | 69 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 80 | South Africa | 68 % | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 81 | Guyana | 67 % | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 82 | Bhutan | 66 % | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 82 | Honduras | 66 % | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 84 | Seychelles | 65 % | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 84 | Tajikistan | 65 % | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 84 | Tunisia | 65 % | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 87 | Paraguay | 64 % | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 88 | Botswana | 63 % | 2024 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 89 | Samoa | 62 % | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 90 | Iraq | 60 % | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 90 | Myanmar | 60 % | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 92 | Bangladesh | 59 % | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 58 % | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 94 | Suriname | 56 % | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 95 | Guatemala | 49 % | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 95 | Peru | 49 % | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 97 | Gambia | 48 % | 2024 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 97 | Lebanon | 48 % | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 97 | Philippines | 48 % | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 100 | Sri Lanka | 47 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 101 | Congo | 46 % | 2021 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 102 | Dominican Republic | 45 % | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 102 | Pakistan | 45 % | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 104 | Ghana | 43 % | 2024 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 104 | Mexico | 43 % | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 104 | Mongolia | 43 % | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 107 | Fiji | 42 % | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 108 | Eswatini | 38 % | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 109 | Sao Tome and Principe | 37 % | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 110 | Afghanistan | 31 % | 2024 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 110 | Lesotho | 31 % | 2024 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 112 | Indonesia | 30 % | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 112 | Cambodia | 30 % | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 112 | Nigeria | 30 % | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 112 | Tonga | 30 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 116 | Mozambique | 28 % | 2024 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 117 | Senegal | 27 % | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 118 | Zimbabwe | 26 % | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 119 | Guinea-Bissau | 24 % | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 120 | Madagascar | 22 % | 2024 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 121 | Togo | 20 % | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 122 | Nauru | 19 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | Vanuatu | 19 % | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 124 | Benin | 18 % | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 124 | Malawi | 18 % | 2024 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 124 | Uganda | 18 % | 2024 | up 63.6% | rising |
| 127 | Nepal | 16 % | 2024 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 128 | Kiribati | 15 % | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 129 | Ethiopia | 14 % | 2024 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 130 | Sierra Leone | 11 % | 2024 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 131 | Tuvalu | 9 % | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 132 | Central African Republic | 6 % | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 132 | Chad | 6 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Europe 100 %
- Northern Europe 100 %
- Asia 77 %
- United States of America 98 %
- Northern America 97 %
- Southern Europe 96 %
- Europe 93 %
- Eastern Europe 84 %
- South America 83 %
- Central Asia 83 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 39 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 79 %
- Southern Asia 77 %
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 77 %
- Middle Africa 18 %
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 76 %
- Western Asia 75 %
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 75 %
- World 74 %
- Northern Africa 73 %
- Southern Africa 67 %
- Central America 49 %
- South-Eastern Asia 43 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 37 %
- Africa 34 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 32 %
- Western Africa 31 %
- Eastern Africa 26 %
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.