Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Gambia
Gambia: Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services was 48 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Gambia, 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 Gambia is 48 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 26.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Gambia peaked at 48 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 23 %, in 2000.
That places Gambia 97th out of 133 countries 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.
Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Gambia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 23 % | — |
| 2001 | 24 % | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 25 % | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 26 % | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 27 % | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 28 % | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 30 % | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 31 % | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 32 % | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 33 % | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 34 % | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 35 % | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 36 % | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 37 % | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 38 % | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 40 % | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 41 % | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 42 % | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 43 % | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 44 % | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 46 % | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 47 % | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 47 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 48 % | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 48 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 27.9 % | 23 % | 33 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 39 % | 34 % | 44 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.2 % | 46 % | 48 % | 5 |
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More environment data for Gambia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.15 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.366 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import -25.45 % 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 2.1 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.1836 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value -16.98 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Gambia?
- Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Gambia was 48 % 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 Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 48 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 23 % in 2000.
- How does Gambia rank for percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services?
- Gambia ranks 97th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia 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.