Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services was 93.9% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Marshall Islands, 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 of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Marshall Islands is 93.9%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Marshall Islands peaked at 94.4% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 93.9%, in 2023.
That places Marshall Islands 86th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 94.3% | 94.2% | 94.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.1% | 94.0% | 94.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 93.9% | 93.9% | 94.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Marshall Islands
More environment data for Marshall Islands
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.1065 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0 Mt CO2e (2023)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.0026 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0026 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.0027 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Carbon intensity of GDP 0.0005 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture 0 Mt CO2e (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Marshall Islands?
- Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Marshall Islands was 93.9% 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 Marshall Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 94.4% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Marshall Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.9% in 2023.
- How does Marshall Islands rank for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services?
- Marshall Islands ranks 86th 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 Marshall Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Marshall Islands 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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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.