Gabon vs Panama: Drinking water services in rural areas

Gabon

42,046 people

in 2024

Panama

46,333 people

in 2024

Gabon rank

72nd

Panama rank

71st

Drinking water services in rural areas over time

Panama currently reports 46,333 people against 42,046 people in Gabon, a difference of 4,287 people.

That makes Panama's figure about 1.1 times Gabon's.

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

Gabon ranks 72nd and Panama ranks 71st 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.