Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Maldives
Maldives: Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita was 99.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Maldives, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 99.8% 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 up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Maldives peaked at 99.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 94.2%, in 2000.
Maldives ranks 77th of 231 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.
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Maldives, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 94.2% | — |
| 2001 | 94.6% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 94.9% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 95.3% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 95.6% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 95.9% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 96.3% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 96.5% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 96.8% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 97.1% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 97.4% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 97.7% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 97.9% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 98.2% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 98.5% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 98.8% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 99.0% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 99.3% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 99.5% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 99.7% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 99.7% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 99.7% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 99.7% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 99.8% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 99.8% | +0.0% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 99.8% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 98.8%, 1.0× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 99.8% is above the median for South Asia, which is 98.8%, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 95.7% | 94.2% | 97.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.6% | 97.4% | 99.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.8% | 99.7% | 99.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 74 Libya 99.8% compare
- 75 Montenegro 99.8% compare
- 76 Kazakhstan 99.8% compare
- 78 Turks and Caicos Islands 99.8% compare
- 79 North Macedonia 99.8% compare
- 80 Oman 99.8% compare
More environment data for Maldives
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.252 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.911 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (1991)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 4.35 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Maldives?
- Using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Maldives was 99.8% 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 Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 99.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 94.2% in 2000.
- How does Maldives rank for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita?
- Maldives ranks 77th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives 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.