Basic drinking water access in US Virgin Islands

99.5% of people in US Virgin 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
US Virgin Islands, 2024 99.5% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 99.5%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 70th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in US Virgin 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 US Virgin IslandsWorld
2024 99.5% 91.5%
2023 99.5% 91.2%
2022 99.5% 90.9%
2021 99.4% 90.4%
2020 99.4% 90.0%
2019 99.3% 89.6%
2018 99.3% 89.3%
2017 99.2% 88.9%
2016 99.2% 88.5%
2015 99.2% 88.1%
2014 99.1% 87.7%
2013 99.1% 87.3%
2012 99.0% 86.9%
2011 99.0% 86.5%
2010 98.9% 86.1%
2009 98.9% 85.7%
2008 98.8% 85.2%
2007 98.8% 84.8%
2006 98.8% 84.3%
2005 98.7% 83.9%
2004 98.7% 82.6%
2003 98.6% 82.1%
2002 98.6% 81.6%
2001 98.5% 80.9%
2000 98.5% 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 +0.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, US Virgin Islands has the 70th 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 US Virgin 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