Iraq vs Malawi: Drinking water services

Iraq

333,006 people

in 2024

Malawi

353,212 people

in 2024

Iraq rank

52nd

Malawi rank

49th

Drinking water services over time

Malawi currently reports 353,212 people against 333,006 people in Iraq, a difference of 20,206 people.

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

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

Iraq ranks 52nd 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.