Share using safely managed drinking water in Nauru
Nauru: Share using safely managed drinking water was 18.7% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Share using safely managed drinking water in Nauru, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share using safely managed drinking water in Nauru is 18.7%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share using safely managed drinking water in Nauru peaked at 18.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 18.6%, in 2000.
That places Nauru 152nd out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Share using safely managed drinking water in Nauru, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 18.6% | — |
| 2001 | 18.6% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 18.6% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 18.6% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 18.7% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 18.7% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 18.7% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 18.7% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 18.7% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 18.7% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 18.7% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 18.7% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 18.7% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 18.7% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 18.7% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 18.7% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 18.7% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 18.7% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 18.7% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 18.7% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 18.7% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 18.7% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 18.7% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 18.7% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 18.7% | +0.0% |
Nauru compared with similar countries
- Nauru's 18.7% is below the median for high income countries, which is 98.7%, 19% of the median. (68 countries reporting)
- Nauru's 18.7% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 64.6%, 29% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.7% | 18.6% | 18.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.7% | 18.7% | 18.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.7% | 18.7% | 18.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nauru
More environment data for Nauru
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (1992)
- Standard Deviation 0.589 °C (1992)
- Temperature change -0.737 °C (1993)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share using safely managed drinking water in Nauru?
- Share using safely managed drinking water in Nauru was 18.7% 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 Nauru?
- The highest recorded value was 18.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share using safely managed drinking water recorded in Nauru?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.6% in 2000.
- How does Nauru rank for share using safely managed drinking water?
- Nauru ranks 152nd out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share using safely managed drinking water rising or falling in Nauru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Nauru 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 fecal and priority chemical contamination.