Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands: Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita was 99.9% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in British Virgin Islands, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
British Virgin Islands recorded 99.9% for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in British Virgin Islands peaked at 99.9% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 95.3%, in 2000.
British Virgin Islands ranks 72nd of 231 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in British Virgin Islands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 95.3% | — |
| 2001 | 95.7% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 96.1% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 96.4% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 96.8% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 97.2% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 97.6% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 98.0% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 98.3% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 98.7% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 99.1% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 99.5% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 99.9% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
British Virgin Islands compared with similar countries
- British Virgin Islands's 99.9% is below the median for high income countries, which is 100.0%, 100% of the median. (85 countries reporting)
- British Virgin Islands's 99.9% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 98.9%, 1.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 97.0% | 95.3% | 98.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.8% | 99.1% | 99.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near British Virgin Islands
More environment data for British Virgin Islands
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.265 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.15 °C (2025)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Import value 8,143 1000 USD (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 95 1000 USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 1.68 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ -1.23 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth 1.68 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth -1.23 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP 0.0637 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in British Virgin Islands?
- Using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in British Virgin Islands was 99.9% 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 using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in British Virgin Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 99.9% in 2012.
- What is the lowest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in British Virgin Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 95.3% in 2000.
- How does British Virgin Islands rank for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita?
- British Virgin Islands ranks 72nd out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in British Virgin Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this British Virgin Islands 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 Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, regardless of collection time. An improved drinking water source is a safely designed drinking water source and includes e.g. piped water, boreholes or tubewells and packaged or delivered water.