St. Helena
Safe drinking water in St. Helena
Safe drinking water in St. Helena: 88.7% in 2002 and 89.2% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 89.2%
- Since 2002
- +0.5 percentage points
- Rank, 2022
- 60 of 135
- counting from the highest
- World, 2022
- 72.9%
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
What the numbers say
- The highest was 89.2% in 2018, the lowest 88.7% in 2002.
Every year
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
| Year | St. Helena | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 89.2 | 72.9 |
| 2021 | 89.2 | 72.5 |
| 2020 | 89.2 | 72.3 |
| 2019 | 89.2 | 71.7 |
| 2018 | 89.2 | 71 |
| 2017 | 89.2 | 70.4 |
| 2016 | 89.1 | 69.7 |
| 2015 | 89.1 | 69.1 |
| 2014 | 89.1 | 68.4 |
| 2013 | 89 | 67.7 |
| 2012 | 89 | 67.1 |
| 2011 | 88.9 | 66.4 |
| 2010 | 88.9 | 65.9 |
| 2009 | 88.8 | 65.4 |
| 2008 | 88.8 | 64.9 |
| 2007 | 88.7 | 64.6 |
| 2006 | 88.7 | 64 |
| 2005 | 88.7 | 63.7 |
| 2004 | 88.7 | 63 |
| 2003 | 88.7 | 62.4 |
| 2002 | 88.7 | 61.8 |
| 2001 | – | 61.1 |
| 2000 | – | 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
St. Helena in numbers
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