Gabon vs Iran: Drinking water services in rural areas

Gabon

42,046 people

in 2024

Iran

55,235 people

in 2024

Gabon rank

72nd

Iran rank

70th

Drinking water services in rural areas over time

Iran currently reports 55,235 people against 42,046 people in Gabon, a difference of 13,189 people.

That makes Iran's figure about 1.3 times Gabon's.

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

Gabon ranks 72nd and Iran ranks 70th 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.