Niger vs Sri Lanka: Drinking water services

Niger

488,250 people

in 2024

Sri Lanka

455,386 people

in 2024

Niger rank

41st

Sri Lanka rank

44th

Drinking water services over time

Niger currently reports 488,250 people against 455,386 people in Sri Lanka, a difference of 32,864 people.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.

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

Niger ranks 41st and Sri Lanka ranks 44th 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.