People using improved drinking water sources in Maldives
Maldives: People using improved drinking water sources was 1,029 people in 2024. ◆ Volatile
People using improved drinking water sources 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 people.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 1,029 people for people using improved drinking water sources in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 12.2% on the previous year and down 83.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using improved drinking water sources in Maldives peaked at 16,244 people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1,029 people, in 2024.
Maldives ranks 147th of 231 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
People using improved drinking water sources in Maldives, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 16,244 people | — |
| 2001 | 15,505 people | -4.6% |
| 2002 | 14,754 people | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 13,990 people | -5.2% |
| 2004 | 13,215 people | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 12,433 people | -5.9% |
| 2006 | 11,753 people | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 11,215 people | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 10,658 people | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 10,055 people | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 9,403 people | -6.5% |
| 2011 | 8,699 people | -7.5% |
| 2012 | 7,939 people | -8.7% |
| 2013 | 7,119 people | -10.3% |
| 2014 | 6,242 people | -12.3% |
| 2015 | 5,315 people | -14.8% |
| 2016 | 4,328 people | -18.6% |
| 2017 | 3,272 people | -24.4% |
| 2018 | 2,149 people | -34.3% |
| 2019 | 1,602 people | -25.5% |
| 2020 | 1,521 people | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 1,429 people | -6.1% |
| 2022 | 1,311 people | -8.3% |
| 2023 | 1,172 people | -10.6% |
| 2024 | 1,029 people | -12.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12,982 people | 10,055 people | 16,244 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,607 people | 1,602 people | 9,403 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,292 people | 1,029 people | 1,521 people | 5 |
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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)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Production, per capita 0 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity, annual growth rate 12.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity, per capita 0.0813 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import value, annual growth rate -9.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using improved drinking water sources in Maldives?
- People using improved drinking water sources in Maldives was 1,029 people 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 people using improved drinking water sources recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 16,244 people in 2000.
- What is the lowest people using improved drinking water sources recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,029 people in 2024.
- How does Maldives rank for people using improved drinking water sources?
- Maldives ranks 147th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 83.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 People using improved drinking water sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of people using only unimproved drinking water sources.