Share of the population using improved water sources wash in Samoa
Samoa: Share of the population using improved water sources wash was 99.44 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of the population using improved water sources wash in Samoa, 2000–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of the population using improved water sources wash in Samoa is 99.44, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the population using improved water sources wash in Samoa peaked at 99.44 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 94.67, in 2001.
Samoa ranks 96th of 231 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 95.05 | 94.67 | 95.94 | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.3 | 96.19 | 98.4 | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.06 | 98.64 | 99.44 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 93 Trinidad and Tobago 99.51 compare
- 94 United States Virgin Islands 99.47 compare
- 95 Latvia 99.46 compare
- 97 Barbados 99.43 compare
- 98 Jordan 99.41 compare
- 99 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 99.31 compare
More environment data for Samoa
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.5216 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.39 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.097 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0061 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0018 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.1342 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0288 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population using improved water sources wash in Samoa?
- Share of the population using improved water sources wash in Samoa was 99.44 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of the population using improved water sources wash recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 99.44 in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of the population using improved water sources wash recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 94.67 in 2001.
- How does Samoa rank for share of the population using improved water sources wash?
- Samoa ranks 96th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population using improved water sources wash rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share of the population using improved water sources wash. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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