Safely managed drinking water in Samoa

62.5% of people in Samoa 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
Samoa, 2024 62.5% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 62.4%
World, 2024 73.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 99th of 148 See the full ranking

Safely managed drinking water in Samoa 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 SamoaWorld
2024 62.5% 73.7%
2023 62.4% 72.0%
2022 62.4% 71.5%
2021 62.3% 71.0%
2020 62.2% 70.5%
2019 62.0% 69.9%
2018 61.8% 69.4%
2017 61.6% 68.8%
2016 61.4% 68.2%
2015 61.3% 67.7%
2014 61.1% 67.1%
2013 60.9% 66.5%
2012 60.8% 65.9%
2011 60.7% 65.3%
2010 60.6% 64.8%
2009 60.5% 64.3%
2008 60.4% 63.8%
2007 60.3% 63.4%
2006 60.2% 63.1%
2005 60.1% 62.8%
2004 60.0% 62.5%
2003 60.1% 62.1%
2002 60.1% 61.8%
2001 60.2% 61.5%
2000 60.2% 61.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 62.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 61.1%, the figure has changed by +1.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Samoa has the 99th 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 Samoa
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