Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Kiribati
Kiribati: Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita was 83.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Kiribati, 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 using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Kiribati is 83.6%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Kiribati peaked at 83.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 56.6%, in 2000.
Kiribati ranks 208th of 231 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 61.5% | 56.6% | 66.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 73.8% | 68.1% | 79.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.5% | 80.7% | 83.6% | 5 |
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More environment data for Kiribati
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.1152 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.8564 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0033 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0013 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.0284 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0233 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Kiribati?
- Using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Kiribati was 83.6% 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 Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 83.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.6% in 2000.
- How does Kiribati rank for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita?
- Kiribati ranks 208th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kiribati 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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About this data
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.