People using safely managed drinking water services in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: People using safely managed drinking water services was 19.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using safely managed drinking water services in Vanuatu, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
Vanuatu recorded 19.2% for people 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 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using safely managed drinking water services in Vanuatu peaked at 19.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 17.4%, in 2000.
That places Vanuatu 139th out of 151 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.
People using safely managed drinking water services in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 17.4% | — |
| 2001 | 17.4% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 17.5% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 17.6% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 17.7% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 17.8% | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 17.9% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 18.0% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 18.1% | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 18.2% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 18.3% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 18.3% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 18.4% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 18.5% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 18.5% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 18.6% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 18.6% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 18.7% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 18.8% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 18.8% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 18.9% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 19.0% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 19.0% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 19.1% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 19.2% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.7% | 17.4% | 18.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.6% | 18.3% | 18.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.0% | 18.9% | 19.2% | 5 |
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More health data for Vanuatu
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.22 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.8846 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 695.7 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 44 (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate 1.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.184 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate 1.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.1957 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using safely managed drinking water services in Vanuatu?
- People using safely managed drinking water services in Vanuatu was 19.2% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest people using safely managed drinking water services recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 19.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using safely managed drinking water services recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.4% in 2000.
- How does Vanuatu rank for people using safely managed drinking water services?
- Vanuatu ranks 139th out of 151 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using safely managed drinking water services rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The percentage of people using drinking water from an improved source that is accessible on premises, available when needed and free from fecal and priority chemical contamination. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.