Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in India
India: Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services was 76 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in India, 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 India is 76 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in India peaked at 76 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 38 %, in 2000.
India ranks 70th of 141 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 44.6 % | 38 % | 52 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 60.5 % | 53 % | 68 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 73 % | 70 % | 76 % | 5 |
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More environment data for India
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.954 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 8.00 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 14.13 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 63,080 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 37,519 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 768,863 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 1.05 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 1.10 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 1.34 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in India?
- Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in India was 76 % 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 76 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 38 % in 2000.
- How does India rank for percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services?
- India ranks 70th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.