Access to clean water — all countries

Access to clean water — Melanesia

Access to clean water in Melanesia in 2024 — 59.4%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 15.7 pp.

2024 59.4% +0.8 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 59.4%2024
Period minimum 42.9%2004

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to clean water — Melanesia, 2000–202440455055602000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 43.7%2001: 43.4%2002: 43.2%2003: 43.1%2004: 42.9%2005: 43.8%2006: 44.8%2007: 45.8%2008: 46.7%2009: 47.5%2010: 48.4%2011: 49.2%2012: 50%2013: 50.8%2014: 51.6%2015: 52.4%2016: 53.2%2017: 54%2018: 54.8%2019: 55.5%2020: 56.3%2021: 57.1%2022: 57.8%2023: 58.6%2024: 59.4%
Change over the period: +15.7 pp Annual average: 0.66 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Melanesia

Melanesia 59.4%
World 91.5%
Access to clean water — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 59.4 +0.8 pp
2023 58.6 +0.8 pp
2022 57.8 +0.8 pp
2021 57.1 +0.8 pp
2020 56.3 +0.8 pp
2019 55.5 +0.8 pp
2018 54.8 +0.8 pp
2017 54 +0.8 pp
2016 53.2 +0.8 pp
2015 52.4 +0.8 pp
2014 51.6 +0.8 pp
2013 50.8 +0.8 pp
2012 50 +0.8 pp
2011 49.2 +0.8 pp
2010 48.4 +0.8 pp
2009 47.5 +0.8 pp
2008 46.7 +1 pp
2007 45.8 +1 pp
2006 44.8 +1 pp
2005 43.8 +1 pp
2004 42.9 −0.2 pp
2003 43.1 −0.2 pp
2002 43.2 −0.2 pp
2001 43.4 −0.2 pp
2000 43.7

About the indicator

The share of the population using improved sources of drinking water — piped supply, protected wells and springs located no further than 30 minutes away round trip. An improved source does not guarantee that the water is safe, but it is the minimum threshold below which the risk of intestinal infections rises sharply.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.