People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population) in United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands: People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population) was 98.7% in 2024. ▬ Flat
People using safely managed drinking water services in United States Virgin Islands, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
United States Virgin Islands recorded 98.7% 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% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using safely managed drinking water services in United States Virgin Islands peaked at 98.7% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 97.4%, in 2000.
That places United States Virgin Islands 35th out of 151 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population) in United States Virgin Islands, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 97.4% | — |
| 2001 | 97.4% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 97.5% | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 97.6% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 97.7% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 97.7% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 97.8% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 97.9% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 97.9% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 98.0% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 98.1% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 98.2% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 98.2% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 98.3% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 98.3% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 98.4% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 98.4% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 98.5% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 98.5% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 98.5% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 98.6% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 98.6% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 98.7% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 98.7% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 98.7% | +0.0% |
United States Virgin Islands compared with similar countries
- United States Virgin Islands's 98.7% is below the median for high income countries, which is 98.7%, 100% of the median. (68 countries reporting)
- United States Virgin Islands's 98.7% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 69.4%, 1.4× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 97.7% | 97.4% | 98.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.3% | 98.1% | 98.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.7% | 98.6% | 98.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States Virgin Islands
More health data for United States Virgin Islands
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 1 (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.3291 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 464 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 471 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 419 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 466 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.0856 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.0789 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using safely managed drinking water services in United States Virgin Islands?
- People using safely managed drinking water services in United States Virgin Islands was 98.7% 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 United States Virgin Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 98.7% in 2022.
- What is the lowest people using safely managed drinking water services recorded in United States Virgin Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.4% in 2000.
- How does United States Virgin Islands rank for people using safely managed drinking water services?
- United States Virgin Islands ranks 35th out of 151 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using safely managed drinking water services rising or falling in United States Virgin Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this United States Virgin Islands 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 25 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.