Iran vs Panama: Drinking water services in rural areas

Iran

55,235 people

in 2024

Panama

46,333 people

in 2024

Iran rank

70th

Panama rank

71st

Drinking water services in rural areas over time

Iran currently reports 55,235 people against 46,333 people in Panama, a difference of 8,902 people.

That makes Iran's figure about 1.2 times Panama's.

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

Iran ranks 70th 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.