Lesotho vs Mali: Drinking water services

Lesotho

85,696 people

in 2024

Mali

76,905 people

in 2024

Lesotho rank

67th

Mali rank

68th

Drinking water services over time

Lesotho currently reports 85,696 people against 76,905 people in Mali, a difference of 8,790 people.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Mali's.

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

Lesotho ranks 67th and Mali ranks 68th 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.