Afghanistan vs Madagascar: Drinking water services

Afghanistan
2.72 million people
in 2024
Madagascar
2.97 million people
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
12th
Madagascar rank
9th

Drinking water services over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Madagascar
02.0M4.0M6.0M200020122024

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 2.97 million people against 2.72 million people in Afghanistan, a difference of 252,960 people.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.

Across all 25 years both countries report, Madagascar has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan ranks 12th and Madagascar ranks 9th of 231 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Drinking water services
Unit
people
Source
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
231 places, 5,429 data points, 2000–2024
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Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.