Share using safely managed drinking water in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Share using safely managed drinking water was 19.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share using safely managed drinking water in Vanuatu, 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 Vanuatu stood at 19.2%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share using safely managed drinking water in Vanuatu peaked at 19.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 17.4%, in 2000.
That places Vanuatu 151st out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 17.7% | 17.4% | 18.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.6% | 18.3% | 18.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.0% | 18.9% | 19.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
More environment data for Vanuatu
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.6321 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.93 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.1832 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0079 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0021 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.2757 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0003 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0821 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share using safely managed drinking water in Vanuatu?
- Share using safely managed drinking water in Vanuatu was 19.2% 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 Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 19.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share using safely managed drinking water recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.4% in 2000.
- How does Vanuatu rank for share using safely managed drinking water?
- Vanuatu ranks 151st out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share using safely managed drinking water rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.