Fiji vs Vanuatu: People in rural areas not using an improved water source

Fiji
29,177 people
in 2024
Vanuatu
31,454 people
in 2024
Fiji rank
105th
Vanuatu rank
104th

People in rural areas not using an improved water source over time

  • Fiji
  • Vanuatu
010.0k20.0k30.0k200020122024

How they compare

Vanuatu currently reports 31,454 people against 29,177 people in Fiji, a difference of 2,277 people.

That makes Vanuatu's figure about 1.1 times Fiji's.

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

Fiji ranks 105th and Vanuatu ranks 104th of 178 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
People in rural areas not using an improved 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
178 places, 4,351 data points, 2000–2024
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Number of people not using improved drinking water sources. These people might use surface water sources or unprotected springs or wells, as no safe and reliable improved drinking water source is available to them.