Benin vs Malawi: Drinking water services

Benin

370,932 people

in 2024

Malawi

353,212 people

in 2024

Benin rank

47th

Malawi rank

49th

Drinking water services over time

Benin currently reports 370,932 people against 353,212 people in Malawi, a difference of 17,720 people.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Malawi ahead.

Benin ranks 47th and Malawi ranks 49th of 231 countries.

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.