Drinking water service usage in New Caledonia
New Caledonia: Drinking water service usage was 96.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Drinking water service usage in New Caledonia, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for drinking water service usage in New Caledonia is 96.9%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water service usage in New Caledonia peaked at 96.9% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 87.0%, in 2000.
New Caledonia ranks 46th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 88.9% | 87.0% | 91.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.9% | 92.4% | 96.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.8% | 96.6% | 96.9% | 5 |
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More environment data for New Caledonia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 5.38 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 18.39 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.1342 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.002 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.002 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0058 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.1974 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0013 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0027 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0495 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water service usage in New Caledonia?
- Drinking water service usage in New Caledonia was 96.9% 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 New Caledonia?
- The highest recorded value was 96.9% in 2021.
- What is the lowest drinking water service usage recorded in New Caledonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 87.0% in 2000.
- How does New Caledonia rank for drinking water service usage?
- New Caledonia ranks 46th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water service usage rising or falling in New Caledonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Caledonia 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 faecal and priority chemical contamination.