Basic drinking water access in Northern Mariana Islands

100.0% of people in Northern Mariana Islands used at least basic drinking water services in 2024.

Measure: People using at least basic drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Northern Mariana Islands, 2024 100.0% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 100.0%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 25th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Northern Mariana Islands 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 at least basic drinking water services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period Northern Mariana IslandsWorld
2024 100.0% 91.5%
2023 100.0% 91.2%
2022 100.0% 90.9%
2021 100.0% 90.4%
2020 100.0% 90.0%
2019 100.0% 89.6%
2018 99.9% 89.3%
2017 99.7% 88.9%
2016 99.5% 88.5%
2015 99.3% 88.1%
2014 99.1% 87.7%
2013 98.9% 87.3%
2012 98.8% 86.9%
2011 98.6% 86.5%
2010 98.4% 86.1%
2009 98.2% 85.7%
2008 98.0% 85.2%
2007 97.8% 84.8%
2006 97.6% 84.3%
2005 97.4% 83.9%
2004 97.2% 82.6%
2003 97.1% 82.1%
2002 96.9% 81.6%
2001 96.7% 80.9%
2000 96.5% 80.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 99.1%, the figure has changed by +0.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Northern Mariana Islands has the 25th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.5%.

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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.BASW.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Northern Mariana Islands
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