Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Maldives
Maldives: Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source was 99.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source 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 %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Maldives stood at 99.8%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Maldives peaked at 99.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 94.0%, in 2000.
Maldives ranks 65th 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 | 95.5% | 94.0% | 96.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.5% | 97.2% | 99.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.7% | 99.6% | 99.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More environment data for Maldives
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 2.09 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.97 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0024 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0027 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0003 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.1701 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0005 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0058 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.1585 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Maldives?
- Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Maldives was 99.8% 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 share of population using at least a basic drinking water source recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 99.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of population using at least a basic drinking water source recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 94.0% in 2000.
- How does Maldives rank for share of population using at least a basic drinking water source?
- Maldives ranks 65th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of population using at least a basic drinking water source rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, which is either located on their premises, or at a collection point, which takes no more than 30 minutes for a roundtrip.