Share using safely managed drinking water in Fiji
Fiji: Share using safely managed drinking water was 42.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share using safely managed drinking water in Fiji, 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 using safely managed drinking water in Fiji stood at 42.1%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share using safely managed drinking water in Fiji peaked at 42.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 39.2%, in 2000.
Fiji ranks 133rd of 163 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 | 39.7% | 39.2% | 40.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 40.9% | 40.3% | 41.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.9% | 41.6% | 42.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Fiji
More environment data for Fiji
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 2.75 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.96 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.4004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0164 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0072 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0007 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.7997 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0016 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.373 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share using safely managed drinking water in Fiji?
- Share using safely managed drinking water in Fiji was 42.1% 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 using safely managed drinking water recorded in Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 42.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share using safely managed drinking water recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.2% in 2000.
- How does Fiji rank for share using safely managed drinking water?
- Fiji ranks 133rd out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share using safely managed drinking water rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Fiji 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 using safely managed drinking water. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people using an improved drinking water source that is located on premises, available when needed and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination.