Share of the population using improved water sources in Palau
Palau: Share of the population using improved water sources was 99.5% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Share of the population using improved water sources in Palau, 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 population using improved water sources in Palau is 99.5%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the population using improved water sources in Palau peaked at 99.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 99.3%, in 2000.
That places Palau 90th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Share of the population using improved water sources in Palau, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 99.3% | — |
| 2001 | 99.3% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 99.3% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 99.4% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 99.4% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 99.4% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 99.4% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 99.4% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 99.4% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 99.4% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 99.4% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 99.4% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 99.5% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 99.5% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 99.5% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 99.5% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 99.5% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 99.5% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.5% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 99.5% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 99.5% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 99.5% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 99.5% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 99.5% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 99.5% | +0.0% |
Palau compared with similar countries
- Palau's 99.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 100.0%, 100% of the median. (85 countries reporting)
- Palau's 99.5% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 98.8%, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 99.4% | 99.3% | 99.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.5% | 99.4% | 99.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.5% | 99.5% | 99.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Palau
- 87 Slovenia 99.6% compare
- 88 Mexico 99.5% compare
- 89 New Caledonia 99.5% compare
- 91 Guam 99.5% compare
- 92 Bangladesh 99.5% compare
- 93 Trinidad and Tobago 99.5% compare
More environment data for Palau
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 14.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.167 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.13 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 5 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 0.3 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 6.98 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 2 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 46.51 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population using improved water sources in Palau?
- Share of the population using improved water sources in Palau was 99.5% 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 population using improved water sources recorded in Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 99.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of the population using improved water sources recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.3% in 2000.
- How does Palau rank for share of the population using improved water sources?
- Palau ranks 90th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population using improved water sources rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Palau 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 population using improved water sources. 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, regardless of collection time. An improved drinking water source is a safely designed drinking water source and includes e.g. piped water, boreholes or tubewells and packaged or delivered water.