Safely managed drinking water in Vanuatu

19.2% of people in Vanuatu 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
Vanuatu, 2024 19.2% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 19.1%
World, 2024 73.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 136th of 148 See the full ranking

Safely managed drinking water in Vanuatu 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 VanuatuWorld
2024 19.2% 73.7%
2023 19.1% 72.0%
2022 19.0% 71.5%
2021 19.0% 71.0%
2020 18.9% 70.5%
2019 18.8% 69.9%
2018 18.8% 69.4%
2017 18.7% 68.8%
2016 18.6% 68.2%
2015 18.6% 67.7%
2014 18.5% 67.1%
2013 18.5% 66.5%
2012 18.4% 65.9%
2011 18.3% 65.3%
2010 18.3% 64.8%
2009 18.2% 64.3%
2008 18.1% 63.8%
2007 18.0% 63.4%
2006 17.9% 63.1%
2005 17.8% 62.8%
2004 17.7% 62.5%
2003 17.6% 62.1%
2002 17.5% 61.8%
2001 17.4% 61.5%
2000 17.4% 61.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 19.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 18.5%, the figure has changed by +0.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Vanuatu has the 136th 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 Vanuatu
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