Ethiopia vs Myanmar: Drinking water services in rural areas

Ethiopia

4.69 million people

in 2024

Myanmar

4.52 million people

in 2024

Ethiopia rank

6th

Myanmar rank

7th

Drinking water services in rural areas over time

Ethiopia currently reports 4.69 million people against 4.52 million people in Myanmar, a difference of 167,510 people.

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

Ethiopia ranks 6th and Myanmar ranks 7th 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.