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

Samoa
216,800 people
in 2024
Vanuatu
285,560 people
in 2024
Samoa rank
184th
Vanuatu rank
181st

People using at least a basic drinking water source over time

  • Samoa
  • Vanuatu
0100.0k200.0k300.0k200020122024

How they compare

Vanuatu currently reports 285,560 people against 216,800 people in Samoa, a difference of 68,760 people.

That makes Vanuatu's figure about 1.3 times Samoa's.

Across all 25 years both countries report, Vanuatu has been ahead every year.

Samoa ranks 184th and Vanuatu ranks 181st of 231 countries.

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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
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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.