Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services was 77 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Southern Asia, 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 Southern Asia is 77 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Southern Asia peaked at 77 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 48 %, in 2000.
Southern Asia ranks 11th of 27 groups on this measure, 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 Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 48 % | — |
| 2001 | 49 % | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 50 % | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 51 % | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 52 % | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 53 % | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 54 % | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 56 % | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 57 % | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 58 % | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 59 % | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 61 % | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 62 % | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 63 % | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 64 % | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 65 % | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 67 % | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 68 % | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 69 % | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 70 % | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 72 % | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 73 % | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 74 % | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 75 % | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 77 % | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 52.8 % | 48 % | 58 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 64.8 % | 59 % | 70 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.2 % | 72 % | 77 % | 5 |
More environment data for Southern Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.4009 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.274 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.44 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 15.39 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 8.45 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 1.52 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 28.69 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 72,026 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Southern Asia?
- Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Southern Asia was 77 % 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 Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 77 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 48 % in 2000.
- How does Southern Asia rank for percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services?
- Southern Asia ranks 11th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 25 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.