How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Vanuatu?

25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as People using at least a basic drinking water source. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Barbados vs Vanuatu: People using at least a basic drinking water source

Barbados

280,102 people

in 2024

Vanuatu

285,560 people

in 2024

Barbados rank

183rd

Vanuatu rank

181st

People using at least a basic drinking water source over time

Barbados
Vanuatu

How they compare

Vanuatu currently reports 285,560 people against 280,102 people in Barbados, a difference of 5,458 people.

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

Barbados ranks 183rd and Vanuatu ranks 181st of 231 countries.

Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Barbados	Vanuatu	Difference	Ahead
2000s	263,260 people	178,878 people	84,381 people	Barbados
2010s	275,045 people	228,363 people	46,683 people	Barbados
2020s	279,669 people	272,455 people	7,215 people	Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher people using at least a basic drinking water source, Barbados or Vanuatu?: Vanuatu, at 285,560 people against 280,102 people in Barbados as of 2024.
What is the difference in people using at least a basic drinking water source between Barbados and Vanuatu?: 5,458 people, with Vanuatu ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Vanuatu?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Barbados and Vanuatu rank globally for people using at least a basic drinking water source?: Barbados ranks 183rd and Vanuatu ranks 181st of 231 countries.
Where does this data come from?: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as People using at least a basic drinking water source. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Barbados vs Vanuatu: People using at least a basic drinking water source. Statizoid, drawing on WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/people-with-access-to-at-least-basic-drinking-water/barbados/vanuatu/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/people-with-access-to-at-least-basic-drinking-water/barbados/vanuatu/">Barbados vs Vanuatu: People using at least a basic drinking water source</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: People using at least a basic drinking water source
Unit: people
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: 231 places, 5,586 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Number of people using an improved drinking water source, which is either available on premises, or collection time is no more than 30 minutes for a roundtrip.