Safely managed drinking water in Northern Mariana Islands

81.5% of people in Northern Mariana Islands 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
Northern Mariana Islands, 2024 81.5% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 81.5%
World, 2024 73.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 73rd of 148 See the full ranking

Safely managed drinking water 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 safely managed drinking water services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period Northern Mariana IslandsWorld
2024 81.5% 73.7%
2023 81.5% 72.0%
2022 81.5% 71.5%
2021 81.5% 71.0%
2020 81.5% 70.5%
2019 81.5% 69.9%
2018 81.4% 69.4%
2017 81.3% 68.8%
2016 81.2% 68.2%
2015 81.1% 67.7%
2014 81.0% 67.1%
2013 81.0% 66.5%
2012 80.9% 65.9%
2011 80.8% 65.3%
2010 80.7% 64.8%
2009 80.6% 64.3%
2008 80.5% 63.8%
2007 80.5% 63.4%
2006 80.4% 63.1%
2005 80.3% 62.8%
2004 80.2% 62.5%
2003 80.1% 62.1%
2002 80.0% 61.8%
2001 79.8% 61.5%
2000 79.6% 61.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 81.0%, the figure has changed by +0.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Northern Mariana Islands has the 73rd 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 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