Share of urban population using at least basic water services in Somalia
Somalia: Share of urban population using at least basic water services was 83.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of urban population using at least basic water services in Somalia, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 83.6% for share of urban population using at least basic water services in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of urban population using at least basic water services in Somalia peaked at 83.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 64.8%, in 2000.
That places Somalia 171st out of 188 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 67.3% | 64.8% | 70.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 75.2% | 71.4% | 79.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.8% | 80.0% | 83.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 168 Haiti 85.5% compare
- 169 Papua New Guinea 84.4% compare
- 172 Ethiopia 83.5% compare
- 173 Angola 81.7% compare
- 174 Sierra Leone 81.7% compare
More environment data for Somalia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 34.42 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.81 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 17.64 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 2.08 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 4.42 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0016 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 26.9 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0032 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 2.76 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of urban population using at least basic water services in Somalia?
- Share of urban population using at least basic water services in Somalia was 83.6% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of urban population using at least basic water services recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 83.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of urban population using at least basic water services recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 64.8% in 2000.
- How does Somalia rank for share of urban population using at least basic water services?
- Somalia ranks 171st out of 188 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of urban population using at least basic water services rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of urban population using at least basic water services. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, which is either located on their premises, or at a collection point, which takes no more than 30 minutes for a roundtrip.