Italy vs New Caledonia: Share using safely managed drinking water

Italy

96.8%

in 2024

New Caledonia

96.9%

in 2024

Italy rank

47th

New Caledonia rank

46th

Share using safely managed drinking water over time

Italy
New Caledonia

How they compare

New Caledonia currently reports 96.9% against 96.8% in Italy, a difference of 0.1%.

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

Italy ranks 47th and New Caledonia ranks 46th of 163 countries.

Individual pages

Share using safely managed drinking water in Italy
Share using safely managed drinking water in New Caledonia
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Share using safely managed drinking water
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.