People using safely managed drinking water in Oceania

14 countries in Oceania, 2024. Unit: % of population. World ranking →

First in the ranking
100.0 %
New Zealand
Median country
72.0 %
half above, half below
World
73.7 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
8.7 to 100.0
Tuvalu - New Zealand

How to read it

Across 14 countries in Oceania, the highest value is in New Zealand (100.0 %) and the lowest in Tuvalu (8.7 %).

The median country is at 72.0 %: half are above, half below.

The percentage of people using drinking water from an improved source that is accessible on premises, available when needed and free from fecal and priority chemical contamination. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.

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Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: washdata.org, note: Aggregate data… · via World Bank WDI (SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS) · licence

Safe drinking water over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1New Zealand100.0
2New Caledonia96.9
3Guam94.0
4Palau90.8
5American Samoa90.5
6French Polynesia90.4
7Northern Mariana Islands81.5
8Samoa62.5
9Fiji42.1
10Tonga29.6
11Vanuatu19.2
12Nauru18.7
13Kiribati15.1
14Tuvalu8.7
World Bank, WDI · SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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