Drinking water service usage in New Zealand
New Zealand: Drinking water service usage was 100.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Drinking water service usage in New Zealand, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 100.0% for drinking water service usage in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water service usage in New Zealand peaked at 100.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 84.4%, in 2000.
That places New Zealand 1st out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 85.4% | 84.4% | 88.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 93.7% | 89.3% | 98.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.8% | 99.1% | 100.0% | 5 |
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More environment data for New Zealand
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 77.84 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 14.71 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 29.69 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0763 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.671 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0207 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 34.4 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0183 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0794 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.78 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water service usage in New Zealand?
- Drinking water service usage in New Zealand was 100.0% 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 Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest drinking water service usage recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.4% in 2000.
- How does New Zealand rank for drinking water service usage?
- New Zealand ranks 1st out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water service usage rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.