Safely managed drinking water in Palau
90.8% of people in Palau used safely managed drinking water in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Palau, 2024
90.8%
Change from 2023
+0.2percentage points
World, 2024
73.7%
Position in 2024
59th of 148
Safely managed drinking water in Palau over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Palau | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 90.8% | 73.7% |
| 2023 | 90.6% | 72.0% |
| 2022 | 90.4% | 71.5% |
| 2021 | 89.2% | 71.0% |
| 2020 | 87.9% | 70.5% |
| 2019 | 86.7% | 69.9% |
| 2018 | 85.5% | 69.4% |
| 2017 | 84.2% | 68.8% |
| 2016 | 83.0% | 68.2% |
| 2015 | 81.8% | 67.7% |
| 2014 | 80.6% | 67.1% |
| 2013 | 79.4% | 66.5% |
| 2012 | 78.2% | 65.9% |
| 2011 | 77.0% | 65.3% |
| 2010 | 75.9% | 64.8% |
| 2009 | 74.7% | 64.3% |
| 2008 | 73.6% | 63.8% |
| 2007 | 72.4% | 63.4% |
| 2006 | 71.3% | 63.1% |
| 2005 | 70.2% | 62.8% |
| 2004 | 69.1% | 62.5% |
| 2003 | 68.1% | 62.1% |
| 2002 | 67.2% | 61.8% |
| 2001 | 66.3% | 61.5% |
| 2000 | 65.4% | 61.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 90.6% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 80.6%, the figure has changed by +10.2 percentage points.
- Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Palau has the 59th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.7%.