Drinking water service usage in Fiji
Fiji: Drinking water service usage was 42.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Drinking water service usage in Fiji, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, drinking water service usage in Fiji stood at 42.1%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water service usage in Fiji peaked at 42.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 39.2%, in 2000.
That places Fiji 133rd out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Drinking water service usage in Fiji, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 39.2% | — |
| 2001 | 39.3% | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 39.4% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 39.5% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 39.6% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 39.7% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 39.8% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 39.9% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 40.1% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 40.2% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 40.3% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 40.4% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 40.6% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 40.7% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 40.8% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 41.0% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 41.1% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 41.2% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 41.4% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 41.5% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 41.6% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 41.7% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 41.9% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 42.0% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 42.1% | +0.3% |
Fiji compared with similar countries
- Fiji's 42.1% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 69.0%, 61% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Fiji's 42.1% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 64.6%, 65% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 39.7% | 39.2% | 40.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 40.9% | 40.3% | 41.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.9% | 41.6% | 42.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Fiji
More environment data for Fiji
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.219 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.31 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 2.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water service usage in Fiji?
- Drinking water service usage in Fiji was 42.1% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest drinking water service usage recorded in Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 42.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest drinking water service usage recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.2% in 2000.
- How does Fiji rank for drinking water service usage?
- Fiji ranks 133rd out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water service usage rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Fiji data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Drinking water service usage. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people using an improved drinking water source that is located on premises, available when needed and free from fecal and priority chemical contamination.