Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services was 31 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Afghanistan, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Afghanistan is 31 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.3% on the previous year and up 34.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Afghanistan peaked at 31 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 12 %, in 2000.
Afghanistan ranks 110th of 133 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 | 14.7 % | 12 % | 18 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 23 % | 19 % | 27 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.2 % | 28 % | 31 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More environment data for Afghanistan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -19.95 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -17.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.547 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.96 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import -99.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 0 t per person (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.09 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.79 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value -99.61 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Afghanistan?
- Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Afghanistan was 31 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 31 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 12 % in 2000.
- How does Afghanistan rank for percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services?
- Afghanistan ranks 110th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services (percent) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.