Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Ghana
Ghana: Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services was 43 % in 2024. β² Rising
Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Ghana, 2000β2024
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 Ghana is 43 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 43.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Ghana peaked at 43 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14 %, in 2000.
That places Ghana 103rd out of 132 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 18.5 % | 14 % | 23 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.3 % | 25 % | 36 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 40.2 % | 37 % | 43 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 100 Congo, Republic of 46 % compare
- 101 Dominican Republic 45 % compare
- 101 Pakistan 45 % compare
- 103 Mexico 43 % compare
- 103 Mongolia 43 % compare
- 106 Fiji, Republic of 42 % compare
More environment data for Ghana
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.26 Β°C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.34 Β°C (2025)
- Recovered paper β Production 3,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish β Production 3,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import value 1,896 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import quantity 188 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export value 3,041 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export quantity 5,346 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Import value 72,677 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Ghana?
- Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Ghana was 43 % 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 Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 43 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 14 % in 2000.
- How does Ghana rank for percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services?
- Ghana ranks 103rd out of 132 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana 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) β 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.