Drinking water service usage in Tuvalu
Tuvalu: Drinking water service usage was 8.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Drinking water service usage in Tuvalu, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Tuvalu recorded 8.7% for drinking water service usage in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water service usage in Tuvalu peaked at 8.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7.7%, in 2000.
Tuvalu ranks 161st of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Drinking water service usage in Tuvalu, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.7% | — |
| 2001 | 7.7% | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 7.7% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 7.8% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 7.8% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 7.9% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 7.9% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 8.0% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 8.0% | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 8.1% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 8.1% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 8.2% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 8.2% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 8.3% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 8.3% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 8.4% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 8.4% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 8.5% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 8.5% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 8.5% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 8.6% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 8.6% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 8.7% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 8.7% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 8.7% | +0.4% |
Tuvalu compared with similar countries
- Tuvalu's 8.7% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 69.0%, 13% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Tuvalu's 8.7% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 64.6%, 14% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.9% | 7.7% | 8.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.3% | 8.1% | 8.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.7% | 8.6% | 8.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tuvalu
- 158 Ethiopia 13.5% compare
- 159 Democratic Republic of Congo 11.9% compare
- 160 Sierra Leone 10.9% compare
- 162 Chad 6.3% compare
- 163 Central African Republic 6.2% compare
More environment data for Tuvalu
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 0.836 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.202 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Export value 0 1000 USD (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Import value 945 1000 USD (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 2 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Import quantity 11,137 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value 58 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 0 m3 (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity 19,913 m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water service usage in Tuvalu?
- Drinking water service usage in Tuvalu was 8.7% 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 Tuvalu?
- The highest recorded value was 8.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest drinking water service usage recorded in Tuvalu?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.7% in 2000.
- How does Tuvalu rank for drinking water service usage?
- Tuvalu ranks 161st out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water service usage rising or falling in Tuvalu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tuvalu 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.