People not using safely managed drinking water sources in New Caledonia
New Caledonia: People not using safely managed drinking water sources was 9,173 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
People not using safely managed drinking water sources in New Caledonia, 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
New Caledonia recorded 9,173 people for people not using safely managed drinking water sources in 2024.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 33.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people not using safely managed drinking water sources in New Caledonia peaked at 30,089 people in 2002 and was at its lowest, 8,941 people, in 2021.
That places New Caledonia 130th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 26,601 people | 21,287 people | 30,089 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,160 people | 10,178 people | 19,873 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,151 people | 8,941 people | 9,553 people | 5 |
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More environment data for New Caledonia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 5.38 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 18.39 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.1342 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.002 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.002 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0058 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.1974 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0013 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0027 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0495 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people not using safely managed drinking water sources in New Caledonia?
- People not using safely managed drinking water sources in New Caledonia was 9,173 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 safely managed drinking water sources recorded in New Caledonia?
- The highest recorded value was 30,089 people in 2002.
- What is the lowest people not using safely managed drinking water sources recorded in New Caledonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,941 people in 2021.
- How does New Caledonia rank for people not using safely managed drinking water sources?
- New Caledonia ranks 130th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people not using safely managed drinking water sources rising or falling in New Caledonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Caledonia 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 safely managed drinking water sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
People not using safely managed drinking water sources either use unimproved drinking water sources or the improved sources they use are not located on their premises, not available when needed, or not free of contamination.