Population using at least basic drinking-water services in Samoa
Samoa: Population using at least basic drinking-water services was 99.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Population using at least basic drinking-water services in Samoa, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 99.3% for population using at least basic drinking-water services in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population using at least basic drinking-water services in Samoa peaked at 99.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 88.0%, in 2000.
Samoa ranks 47th of 177 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 | 88.3% | 88.0% | 89.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 91.8% | 89.1% | 95.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.8% | 96.2% | 99.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 44 Costa Rica 99.6% compare
- 45 Sweden 99.6% compare
- 46 Montenegro 99.5% compare
- 48 Bhutan 99.3% compare
- 49 Wallis and Futuna 99.3% compare
- 50 Paraguay 99.1% compare
More environment data for Samoa
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.5216 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.39 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.097 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0061 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0018 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.1342 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0288 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population using at least basic drinking-water services in Samoa?
- Population using at least basic drinking-water services in Samoa was 99.3% in 2024, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest population using at least basic drinking-water services recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 99.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest population using at least basic drinking-water services recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 88.0% in 2000.
- How does Samoa rank for population using at least basic drinking-water services?
- Samoa ranks 47th out of 177 countries with data for 2024.
- Is population using at least basic drinking-water services rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Population using at least basic drinking-water services (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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