Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Maldives
Maldives: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services was 99.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services 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
Maldives recorded 99.9% for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Maldives peaked at 99.9% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 92.5%, in 2000.
Maldives ranks 34th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Maldives, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 92.5% | — |
| 2001 | 92.9% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 93.3% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 93.7% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 94.1% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 94.5% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 94.9% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 95.2% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 95.7% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 96.1% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 96.5% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 96.9% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 97.3% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 97.7% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 98.1% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 98.5% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 98.9% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 99.3% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 99.7% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 99.9% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 99.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 94.8%, 1.1× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 99.9% is above the median for South Asia, which is 96.9%, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 94.3% | 92.5% | 96.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.3% | 96.5% | 99.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More environment data for Maldives
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.252 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.911 °C (2025)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 5.45 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Maldives?
- Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Maldives was 99.9% 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 the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 99.9% in 2019.
- What is the lowest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 92.5% in 2000.
- How does Maldives rank for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services?
- Maldives ranks 34th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. 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 the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.