Share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Tokelau
Tokelau: Share of population not using improved drinking water sources was 0.0% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Tokelau, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Tokelau recorded 0.0% for share of population not using improved drinking water sources in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Tokelau peaked at 2.8% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2020.
Tokelau ranks 182nd of 231 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Tokelau, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.8% | — |
| 2001 | 2.6% | -5.1% |
| 2002 | 2.5% | -5.4% |
| 2003 | 2.4% | -5.7% |
| 2004 | 2.2% | -6.1% |
| 2005 | 2.1% | -6.5% |
| 2006 | 1.9% | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 1.8% | -7.4% |
| 2008 | 1.6% | -8.0% |
| 2009 | 1.5% | -8.7% |
| 2010 | 1.4% | -9.6% |
| 2011 | 1.2% | -10.6% |
| 2012 | 1.1% | -11.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9% | -13.4% |
| 2014 | 0.8% | -15.5% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | -18.3% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | -22.4% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | -28.8% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | -40.5% |
| 2019 | 0.1% | -68.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | — |
| 2022 | 0.0% | — |
| 2023 | 0.0% | — |
| 2024 | 0.0% | — |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Tokelau changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -100.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| 2019 | -68.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.1% | 1.5% | 2.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.1% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5 |
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More environment data for Tokelau
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate -26.09 % change on previous year (2010)
- Standard Deviation 0.255 °C (2010)
- Temperature change -0.572 °C (2010)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 100 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 0.6 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 50 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.24 ha/cap (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 0.6 1000 ha (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity 1,756 m3 (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Import value 484 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Tokelau?
- Share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Tokelau was 0.0% 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 population not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Tokelau?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of population not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Tokelau?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2020.
- How does Tokelau rank for share of population not using improved drinking water sources?
- Tokelau ranks 182nd out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of population not using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Tokelau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Tokelau 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 population not using improved drinking water sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people not using improved drinking water sources. These people might use surface water sources or unprotected springs or wells, as no safe and reliable improved drinking water source is available to them.