People not using improved drinking water sources in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: People not using improved drinking water sources was 32,002 people in 2024. ▲ Rising
People not using improved drinking water sources in Vanuatu, 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
In 2024, people not using improved drinking water sources in Vanuatu stood at 32,002 people. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people not using improved drinking water sources in Vanuatu peaked at 32,002 people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 26,625 people, in 2000.
Vanuatu ranks 112th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28,752 people | 26,625 people | 30,086 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 30,955 people | 30,274 people | 31,615 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,886 people | 31,728 people | 32,002 people | 5 |
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More environment data for Vanuatu
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.6321 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.93 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.1832 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0079 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0021 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.2757 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0003 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0821 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people not using improved drinking water sources in Vanuatu?
- People not using improved drinking water sources in Vanuatu was 32,002 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 Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 32,002 people in 2024.
- What is the lowest people not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,625 people in 2000.
- How does Vanuatu rank for people not using improved drinking water sources?
- Vanuatu ranks 112th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people not using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.