Vanuatu - Access to basic drinking water services

People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural population)

People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural population) in Vanuatu was 88.40 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 88.49 in 2017, while its lowest value was 77.99 in 2000.

Definition: The percentage of people using at least basic water services. This indicator encompasses both people using basic water services as well as those using safely managed water services. Basic drinking water services is defined as drinking water from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

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Year Value
2000 77.99
2001 77.99
2002 77.99
2003 77.99
2004 77.99
2005 78.81
2006 79.63
2007 80.44
2008 81.26
2009 82.08
2010 82.89
2011 83.71
2012 84.53
2013 85.34
2014 86.16
2015 86.98
2016 87.79
2017 88.49
2018 88.40
2019 88.40
2020 88.40

People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban population)

People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban population) in Vanuatu was 99.50 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 99.50 in 2020, while its lowest value was 95.83 in 2000.

Definition: The percentage of people using at least basic water services. This indicator encompasses both people using basic water services as well as those using safely managed water services. Basic drinking water services is defined as drinking water from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

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Year Value
2000 95.83
2001 95.83
2002 95.83
2003 95.83
2004 95.83
2005 96.12
2006 96.41
2007 96.71
2008 97.00
2009 97.29
2010 97.58
2011 97.87
2012 98.16
2013 98.45
2014 98.75
2015 99.04
2016 99.23
2017 99.50
2018 99.50
2019 99.50
2020 99.50

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) in Vanuatu was 91.23 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 91.26 in 2017, while its lowest value was 81.86 in 2000.

Definition: The percentage of people using at least basic water services. This indicator encompasses both people using basic water services as well as those using safely managed water services. Basic drinking water services is defined as drinking water from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

See also:

Year Value
2000 81.86
2001 81.91
2002 81.96
2003 82.01
2004 82.06
2005 82.81
2006 83.55
2007 84.30
2008 85.03
2009 85.77
2010 86.49
2011 87.19
2012 87.89
2013 88.59
2014 89.29
2015 89.99
2016 90.66
2017 91.26
2018 91.20
2019 91.22
2020 91.23

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention