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 141 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 69.46 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17.
Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 17 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 94 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 47 | Belarus | 93 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 47 | Niue | 93 % | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 49 | Kazakhstan | 92 % | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 50 | Andorra | 91 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Oman | 91 % | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 50 | Palau | 91 % | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 53 | Grenada | 90 % | 2017 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 53 | 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 | Republic of Moldova | 76 % | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 70 | Russian Federation | 76 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Serbia | 75 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 74 | Colombia | 74 % | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 74 | Kyrgyzstan | 74 % | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 76 | Albania | 71 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 76 | Polynesia | 71 % | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 78 | Ecuador | 70 % | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 78 | Georgia | 70 % | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 80 | Algeria | 69 % | 2024 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 80 | Trinidad and Tobago | 69 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 82 | Guyana | 67 % | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 82 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 67 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 84 | Bhutan | 66 % | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 84 | Honduras | 66 % | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 86 | Seychelles | 65 % | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 86 | Tajikistan | 65 % | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 86 | Tunisia | 65 % | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 89 | Paraguay | 64 % | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 90 | Botswana | 63 % | 2024 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 91 | Samoa | 62 % | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 92 | Iraq | 60 % | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 92 | Myanmar | 60 % | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 92 | Micronesia | 60 % | 2024 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 95 | Bangladesh | 59 % | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 95 | Caribbean | 59 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 95 | Viet Nam | 59 % | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 98 | Azerbaijan | 58 % | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 99 | Suriname | 56 % | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 100 | Guatemala | 49 % | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 100 | Peru | 49 % | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 102 | Gambia | 48 % | 2024 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 102 | Lebanon | 48 % | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 102 | Philippines | 48 % | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 105 | Sri Lanka | 47 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 106 | Congo | 46 % | 2021 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 107 | Dominican Republic | 45 % | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 107 | Pakistan | 45 % | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 109 | Ghana | 43 % | 2024 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 109 | Mexico | 43 % | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 109 | Mongolia | 43 % | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 112 | Fiji | 42 % | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 113 | Eswatini | 38 % | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 114 | Sao Tome and Principe | 37 % | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 115 | Côte d'Ivoire | 36 % | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 116 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 35 % | 2024 | up 191.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Afghanistan | 31 % | 2024 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 117 | Lesotho | 31 % | 2024 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 117 | United Republic of Tanzania | 31 % | 2024 | up 55.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Indonesia | 30 % | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 120 | Cambodia | 30 % | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 120 | Nigeria | 30 % | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 120 | Tonga | 30 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 124 | Mozambique | 28 % | 2024 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 125 | Senegal | 27 % | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 126 | Zimbabwe | 26 % | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 127 | Guinea-Bissau | 24 % | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 128 | Madagascar | 22 % | 2024 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 129 | Togo | 20 % | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 130 | Nauru | 19 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 130 | Vanuatu | 19 % | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 132 | Benin | 18 % | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 132 | Malawi | 18 % | 2024 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 132 | Uganda | 18 % | 2024 | up 63.6% | rising |
| 135 | Nepal | 16 % | 2024 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 136 | Kiribati | 15 % | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 137 | Ethiopia | 14 % | 2024 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 138 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 12 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Sierra Leone | 11 % | 2024 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 140 | Tuvalu | 9 % | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 141 | 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 %
- United States of America 98 %
- Northern America 97 %
- Southern Europe 96 %
- Europe 93 %
- American Samoa 90 %
- Eastern Europe 84 %
- South America 83 %
- Central Asia 83 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 79 %
- Asia 77 %
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.