Ethiopia vs Madagascar: Drinking water services in rural areas

Ethiopia
4.69 million people
in 2024
Madagascar
2.89 million people
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
6th
Madagascar rank
8th

Drinking water services in rural areas over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Madagascar
5.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M200020122024

How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 4.69 million people against 2.89 million people in Madagascar, a difference of 1.80 million people.

That makes Ethiopia's figure about 1.6 times Madagascar's.

Across all 25 years both countries report, Ethiopia has been ahead every year.

Ethiopia ranks 6th and Madagascar ranks 8th of 178 countries.

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About this data

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