Share of urban population using at least basic water services in Cook Islands
Cook Islands: Share of urban population using at least basic water services was 99.5% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Share of urban population using at least basic water services in Cook 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
In 2024, share of urban population using at least basic water services in Cook Islands stood at 99.5%. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of urban population using at least basic water services in Cook Islands peaked at 100.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 99.5%, in 2023.
That places Cook Islands 65th out of 188 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.9% | 99.7% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.6% | 99.5% | 99.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cook Islands
More environment data for Cook Islands
- Forest area 15,590 hectares (2025)
- Share of global forest area 0.0% (2025)
- Annual change in forest area 0 hectares (2025)
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area 0.0% (2025)
- Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita 0.0% (2025)
- Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods 0 hectares (2025)
- Emissions of air pollutants 616.51 tonnes (2022)
- Exposure to air pollution from human sources 1.14 micrograms per cubic meter (2024)
- Exposure to outdoor air pollution 3.3 µg/m³ (2024)
- Using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population 99.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of urban population using at least basic water services in Cook Islands?
- Share of urban population using at least basic water services in Cook Islands 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 urban population using at least basic water services recorded in Cook Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of urban population using at least basic water services recorded in Cook Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.5% in 2023.
- How does Cook Islands rank for share of urban population using at least basic water services?
- Cook Islands ranks 65th out of 188 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of urban population using at least basic water services rising or falling in Cook Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Cook 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 urban population using at least basic 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.