Lesotho vs Mali: Drinking water services in rural areas

Lesotho

82,624 people

in 2024

Mali

76,905 people

in 2024

Lesotho rank

63rd

Mali rank

65th

Drinking water services in rural areas over time

Lesotho currently reports 82,624 people against 76,905 people in Mali, a difference of 5,719 people.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Mali's.

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

Lesotho ranks 63rd and Mali ranks 65th 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.