Malawi vs Peru: Drinking water services in rural areas

Malawi

343,014 people

in 2024

Peru

326,080 people

in 2024

Malawi rank

47th

Peru rank

49th

Drinking water services in rural areas over time

Malawi currently reports 343,014 people against 326,080 people in Peru, a difference of 16,934 people.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Peru's.

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

Malawi ranks 47th and Peru ranks 49th 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.