Benin vs Iraq: Drinking water services in rural areas

Benin

309,081 people

in 2024

Iraq

333,006 people

in 2024

Benin rank

50th

Iraq rank

48th

Drinking water services in rural areas over time

Iraq currently reports 333,006 people against 309,081 people in Benin, a difference of 23,925 people.

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

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

Benin ranks 50th and Iraq ranks 48th of 178 countries.

Indicator: Drinking water services in rural areas
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: 178 places, 4,232 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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