People using improved drinking water sources in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: People using improved drinking water sources was 3.23 million people in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using improved drinking water sources in Papua New Guinea, 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
Papua New Guinea recorded 3.23 million people for people using improved drinking water sources in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.2% on the previous year and up 62.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using improved drinking water sources in Papua New Guinea peaked at 3.23 million people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 879,903 people, in 2000.
Papua New Guinea ranks 21st of 231 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
People using improved drinking water sources in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 879,903 people | — |
| 2001 | 910,412 people | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 941,576 people | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 973,449 people | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 1.01 million people | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 1.09 million people | +8.1% |
| 2006 | 1.17 million people | +7.8% |
| 2007 | 1.26 million people | +7.6% |
| 2008 | 1.36 million people | +7.4% |
| 2009 | 1.45 million people | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 1.55 million people | +7.0% |
| 2011 | 1.66 million people | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 1.77 million people | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 1.88 million people | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 1.99 million people | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 2.10 million people | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 2.22 million people | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 2.34 million people | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 2.47 million people | +5.3% |
| 2019 | 2.59 million people | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 2.72 million people | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 2.84 million people | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 2.97 million people | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 3.10 million people | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 3.23 million people | +4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.10 million people | 879,903 people | 1.45 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.06 million people | 1.55 million people | 2.59 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.97 million people | 2.72 million people | 3.23 million people | 5 |
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More environment data for Papua New Guinea
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.56 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.183 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.834 °C (2025)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood fuel — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using improved drinking water sources in Papua New Guinea?
- People using improved drinking water sources in Papua New Guinea was 3.23 million 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 3.23 million people in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using improved drinking water sources recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 879,903 people in 2000.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for people using improved drinking water sources?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 21st out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.