India vs Madagascar: Drinking water services in rural areas

India
4.82 million people
in 2024
Madagascar
2.89 million people
in 2024
India rank
5th
Madagascar rank
8th

Drinking water services in rural areas over time

  • India
  • Madagascar
2.5M5.0M7.5M10.0M12.5M200020122024

How they compare

India currently reports 4.82 million people against 2.89 million people in Madagascar, a difference of 1.93 million people.

That makes India's figure about 1.7 times Madagascar's.

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

India ranks 5th 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.