People not using improved drinking water sources in Maldives
Maldives: People not using improved drinking water sources was 1,029 people in 2024. ◆ Volatile
People not 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 not using improved drinking water sources in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 12.2% on the previous year and down 83.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people not 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 153rd 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 not 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% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 1,029 people is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 61,603 people, 2% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 1,029 people is below the median for South Asia, which is 849,050 people, 0% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where People not using improved drinking water sources in Maldives changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | -34.3% | 3,272 people | 2,149 people |
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 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
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 people not using improved drinking water sources in Maldives?
- People not 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 not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 16,244 people in 2000.
- What is the lowest people not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,029 people in 2024.
- How does Maldives rank for people not using improved drinking water sources?
- Maldives ranks 153rd out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people not 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 not using improved drinking water sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of people not using improved drinking water sources. These people might use surface water sources or unprotected springs or wells, as no safe and reliable improved drinking water source is available to them.