Safely managed drinking water in New Caledonia

96.9% of people in New Caledonia used safely managed drinking water in 2024.

Measure: People using safely managed drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
New Caledonia, 2024 96.9% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 96.9%
World, 2024 73.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 42nd of 148 See the full ranking

Safely managed drinking water in New Caledonia 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 New CaledoniaWorld
2024 96.9% 73.7%
2023 96.9% 72.0%
2022 96.9% 71.5%
2021 96.9% 71.0%
2020 96.6% 70.5%
2019 96.4% 69.9%
2018 96.2% 69.4%
2017 96.0% 68.8%
2016 95.7% 68.2%
2015 95.5% 67.7%
2014 95.1% 67.1%
2013 94.4% 66.5%
2012 93.8% 65.9%
2011 93.1% 65.3%
2010 92.4% 64.8%
2009 91.7% 64.3%
2008 91.0% 63.8%
2007 90.4% 63.4%
2006 89.7% 63.1%
2005 89.0% 62.8%
2004 88.4% 62.5%
2003 87.7% 62.1%
2002 87.0% 61.8%
2001 87.0% 61.5%
2000 87.0% 61.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 95.1%, the figure has changed by +1.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, New Caledonia has the 42nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.7%.

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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 New Caledonia
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