Iraq vs Malawi: Drinking water services in rural areas

Iraq

333,006 people

in 2024

Malawi

343,014 people

in 2024

Iraq rank

48th

Malawi rank

47th

Drinking water services in rural areas over time

Malawi currently reports 343,014 people against 333,006 people in Iraq, a difference of 10,008 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Iraq ahead.

Iraq ranks 48th and Malawi ranks 47th 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.