Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services was 39 % in 2024. β² Rising
Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 2000β2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) recorded 39 % for percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and up 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 39 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 26 %, in 2000.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 22nd of 31 regions 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 | 27.4 % | 26 % | 30 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.7 % | 30 % | 36 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.6 % | 36 % | 39 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 23 Austria 99 % compare
- 23 Bahrain, Kingdom of 99 % compare
- 23 Estonia 99 % compare
- 23 Japan 99 % compare
- 23 Norway 99 % compare
- 23 Puerto Rico 99 % compare
- 23 Republic of Korea 99 % compare
- 23 United Arab Emirates 99 % compare
More environment data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.229 Β°C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.29 Β°C (2025)
- Agriculture β Area 836,181 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) β Use per capita 0.82 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) β Use per value of agricultural production 3.21 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area β Area 2.08 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area β Area 2.04 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland β Share in Land area 11 % (2024)
- Cropland β Share in Agricultural land 26.79 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 39 % 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 39 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 26 % in 2000.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 22nd out of 31 regions with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.