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Reading no. 2025/081

EnvironmentObserved dataAnnual fixture: World Water Day

Access to a basic drinking water service in the Pacific

100.0%

Pacific

French PolynesiaNew ZealandAustraliaNew CaledoniaPalauGuamSamoaTonga

Share of the population with at least a basic drinking water service, latest known year of each territory up to 2023: the top ten.

  1. French Polynesia100.0
  2. New Zealand100.0
  3. Australia100.0
  4. New Caledonia99.5
  5. Palau99.5
  6. Guam99.5
  7. Samoa98.9
  8. Tonga98.9
  9. Tuvalu98.8
  10. Nauru97.9

The first territory of the ranking, French Polynesia, stands at 100.0%.

Observation

Method

World Bank indicator SH.H2O.BASW.ZS (WHO and UNICEF joint programme), read for seventeen Pacific territories from 2016 to 2023. The latest published value of each is kept, then the ten highest are ranked.

Source

Nature

Observed data

Value read at the source and reproduced without processing.

Recurring annual series. This reading is published every year on this date.

Confidence

Medium

See also

2026/081 · 22 Mar100.0%Access to a basic drinking water service in the Pacific2024/275 · 1 Oct17.1%Share of people aged 65 and over in the population, Pacific2026/274 · 1 Oct18.1%Share of population aged 65 and over, Pacific2026/265 · 22 Sep78.9yearsLife expectancy at birth in the Pacific

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