People using improved drinking water sources in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: People using improved drinking water sources was 150,843 people in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using improved drinking water sources in Solomon Islands, 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
Solomon Islands recorded 150,843 people for people using improved drinking water sources in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 57.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using improved drinking water sources in Solomon Islands peaked at 150,843 people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 46,605 people, in 2000.
Solomon Islands ranks 81st 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.
People using improved drinking water sources in Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 46,605 people | — |
| 2001 | 47,422 people | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 48,221 people | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 49,008 people | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 49,786 people | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 53,278 people | +7.0% |
| 2006 | 56,832 people | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 60,446 people | +6.4% |
| 2008 | 64,121 people | +6.1% |
| 2009 | 67,941 people | +6.0% |
| 2010 | 72,561 people | +6.8% |
| 2011 | 78,018 people | +7.5% |
| 2012 | 83,730 people | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 89,703 people | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 95,935 people | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 102,416 people | +6.8% |
| 2016 | 109,135 people | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 116,073 people | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 123,195 people | +6.1% |
| 2019 | 129,695 people | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 135,819 people | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 142,358 people | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 145,141 people | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 147,983 people | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 150,843 people | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 54,366 people | 46,605 people | 67,941 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 100,046 people | 72,561 people | 129,695 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 144,429 people | 135,819 people | 150,843 people | 5 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.8823 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.193 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.34 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per capita 0.0121 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, annual growth rate -22.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, per capita 0.0098 1000 USD per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using improved drinking water sources in Solomon Islands?
- People using improved drinking water sources in Solomon Islands was 150,843 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 Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 150,843 people in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using improved drinking water sources recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 46,605 people in 2000.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for people using improved drinking water sources?
- Solomon Islands ranks 81st out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Solomon 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 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.