Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services was 26 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Zimbabwe, 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 Zimbabwe is 26 %, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Zimbabwe peaked at 30 % in 2001 and was at its lowest, 26 %, in 2019.
That places Zimbabwe 126th out of 141 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 29.5 % | 29 % | 30 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.4 % | 26 % | 28 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 26 % | 26 % | 26 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 124 Mozambique 28 % compare
- 125 Senegal 27 % compare
- 127 Guinea-Bissau 24 % compare
- 128 Madagascar 22 % compare
- 129 Togo 20 % compare
More environment data for Zimbabwe
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 5.36 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 218.21 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 391 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 37.54 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 78.12 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 14,523 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.25 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 47.1 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 21.63 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 4,020 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Zimbabwe?
- Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Zimbabwe was 26 % 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 30 % in 2001.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 26 % in 2019.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services?
- Zimbabwe ranks 126th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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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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.