New Caledonia
Safe drinking water in New Caledonia
Safe drinking water in New Caledonia: 87% in 2000 and 96.9% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 96.9%
- Since 2000
- +9.8 percentage points
- Rank, 2022
- 42 of 135
- counting from the highest
- World, 2022
- 72.9%
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
What the numbers say
- The highest was 96.9% in 2021, the lowest 87% in 2000.
Every year
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
| Year | New Caledonia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 96.9 | 72.9 |
| 2021 | 96.9 | 72.5 |
| 2020 | 96.6 | 72.3 |
| 2019 | 96.4 | 71.7 |
| 2018 | 96.2 | 71 |
| 2017 | 96 | 70.4 |
| 2016 | 95.7 | 69.7 |
| 2015 | 95.5 | 69.1 |
| 2014 | 95.1 | 68.4 |
| 2013 | 94.5 | 67.7 |
| 2012 | 93.8 | 67.1 |
| 2011 | 93.1 | 66.4 |
| 2010 | 92.4 | 65.9 |
| 2009 | 91.7 | 65.4 |
| 2008 | 91.1 | 64.9 |
| 2007 | 90.4 | 64.6 |
| 2006 | 89.7 | 64 |
| 2005 | 89 | 63.7 |
| 2004 | 88.4 | 63 |
| 2003 | 87.7 | 62.4 |
| 2002 | 87 | 61.8 |
| 2001 | 87 | 61.1 |
| 2000 | 87 | 60.8 |
Good to know
- The share of people whose drinking water comes from an improved source at home, there when needed and free of contamination.
- Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 135 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
New Caledonia in numbers
Every measure for New Caledonia on one page