Iran vs Panama: Drinking water services

Iran

59,304 people

in 2024

Panama

46,333 people

in 2024

Iran rank

72nd

Panama rank

75th

Drinking water services over time

Iran currently reports 59,304 people against 46,333 people in Panama, a difference of 12,971 people.

That makes Iran's figure about 1.3 times Panama's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Iran ahead.

Iran ranks 72nd and Panama ranks 75th 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.