Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Western Europe
Western Europe: Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services was 100 % in 2024. ▬ Flat
Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Western Europe, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Western Europe stood at 100 %. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Western Europe peaked at 100 % in 2016 and was at its lowest, 99 %, in 2000.
That places Western Europe 1st out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 99 % | — |
| 2001 | 99 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 99 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 99 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 99 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 99 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 99 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 99 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 99 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 99 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 99 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 99 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 99 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 99 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 99 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 99 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 100 % | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 100 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 100 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 100 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 100 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 100 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 100 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 100 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 100 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 99 % | 99 % | 99 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.4 % | 99 % | 100 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 1 Belgium 100 % compare
- 1 China, Hong Kong SAR 100 % compare
- 1 China, Macao SAR 100 % compare
- 1 Cyprus 100 % compare
- 1 Denmark 100 % compare
- 1 Finland 100 % compare
- 1 France 100 % compare
- 1 Germany 100 % compare
- 1 Hungary 100 % compare
- 1 Iceland 100 % compare
- 1 Israel 100 % compare
- 1 Kuwait 100 % compare
- 1 Luxembourg 100 % compare
- 1 Malta 100 % compare
- 1 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 100 % compare
- 1 New Zealand 100 % compare
- 1 Singapore 100 % compare
- 1 Slovakia 100 % compare
- 1 Slovenia 100 % compare
- 1 Spain 100 % compare
- 1 Sweden 100 % compare
- 1 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 100 % compare
More environment data for Western Europe
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.94 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.1 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.485 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.23 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production, annual growth rate -4.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, annual growth rate 9.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 6.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import value, annual growth rate -2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 2.99 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Western Europe?
- Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Western Europe was 100 % 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 Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 100 % in 2016.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 99 % in 2000.
- How does Western Europe rank for percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services?
- Western Europe ranks 1st out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.