Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands: Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita was 98.8% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Marshall 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
Marshall Islands recorded 98.8% for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Marshall Islands peaked at 99.4% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 98.8%, in 2024.
That places Marshall Islands 117th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 99.3% | 99.2% | 99.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.1% | 98.9% | 99.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.8% | 98.8% | 98.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Marshall Islands
- 114 Bahamas, The 98.9% compare
- 115 Antigua and Barbuda 98.9% compare
- 116 Azerbaijan 98.8% compare
- 118 Viet Nam 98.8% compare
- 119 Uzbekistan 98.7% compare
- 120 Philippines 98.7% compare
More environment data for Marshall Islands
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.1065 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0 Mt CO2e (2023)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.0026 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0026 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.0027 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Carbon intensity of GDP 0.0005 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture 0 Mt CO2e (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Marshall Islands?
- Using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Marshall Islands was 98.8% 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 Marshall Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 99.4% in 2000.
- What is the lowest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Marshall Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 98.8% in 2024.
- How does Marshall Islands rank for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita?
- Marshall Islands ranks 117th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Marshall Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Marshall 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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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.