Safely managed drinking water in Kiribati

15.1% of people in Kiribati used safely managed drinking water in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Kiribati, 2024 15.1% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 15.0%
World, 2024 73.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 142nd of 148 See the full ranking

Safely managed drinking water in Kiribati over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period KiribatiWorld
2024 15.1% 73.7%
2023 15.0% 72.0%
2022 14.9% 71.5%
2021 14.6% 71.0%
2020 14.3% 70.5%
2019 14.1% 69.9%
2018 13.8% 69.4%
2017 13.5% 68.8%
2016 13.3% 68.2%
2015 13.0% 67.7%
2014 12.7% 67.1%
2013 12.4% 66.5%
2012 12.2% 65.9%
2011 11.9% 65.3%
2010 11.6% 64.8%
2009 11.4% 64.3%
2008 11.1% 63.8%
2007 10.8% 63.4%
2006 10.6% 63.1%
2005 10.4% 62.8%
2004 10.2% 62.5%
2003 10.0% 62.1%
2002 9.9% 61.8%
2001 9.7% 61.5%
2000 9.5% 61.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 15.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 12.7%, the figure has changed by +2.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Kiribati has the 142nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.7%.

Source and dates

Original producer
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Kiribati
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene