Nauru vs Vanuatu: Drinking water service usage

Nauru

18.7%

in 2024

Vanuatu

19.2%

in 2024

Nauru rank

152nd

Vanuatu rank

151st

Drinking water service usage over time

Nauru
Vanuatu

How they compare

Vanuatu currently reports 19.2% against 18.7% in Nauru, a difference of 0.5%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Nauru ahead.

Nauru ranks 152nd and Vanuatu ranks 151st of 163 countries.

Individual pages

Drinking water service usage in Nauru
Drinking water service usage in Vanuatu
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Drinking water service usage
Unit: %
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 163 places, 3,991 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Proportion of people using an improved drinking water source that is located on premises, available when needed and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination.