People not using improved drinking water sources in Niue
Niue: People not using improved drinking water sources was 34.32 people in 2024. ▲ Rising
People not using improved drinking water sources in Niue, 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
Niue recorded 34.32 people for people not using improved drinking water sources in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 53.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people not using improved drinking water sources in Niue peaked at 34.32 people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 12.01 people, in 2004.
Niue ranks 179th of 231 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.69 people | 12.01 people | 16.95 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 23 people | 17.96 people | 28.25 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.97 people | 29.47 people | 34.32 people | 5 |
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More environment data for Niue
- Forest area 18,870 hectares (2025)
- Share of global forest area 0.0% (2025)
- Annual change in forest area 0 hectares (2025)
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area 0.0% (2025)
- Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita 0.0% (2025)
- Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods 0 hectares (2025)
- Emissions of air pollutants 38.67 tonnes (2022)
- Exposure to air pollution from human sources 1.04 micrograms per cubic meter (2024)
- Exposure to outdoor air pollution 3.2 µg/m³ (2024)
- Emissions of ozone-depleting substances 0 ODP tonnes (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people not using improved drinking water sources in Niue?
- People not using improved drinking water sources in Niue was 34.32 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 Niue?
- The highest recorded value was 34.32 people in 2024.
- What is the lowest people not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Niue?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.01 people in 2004.
- How does Niue rank for people not using improved drinking water sources?
- Niue ranks 179th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people not using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Niue?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Niue 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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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.