Myanmar vs Tanzania: Drinking water services in rural areas

Myanmar
4.52 million people
in 2024
Tanzania
6.99 million people
in 2024
Myanmar rank
7th
Tanzania rank
4th

Drinking water services in rural areas over time

  • Myanmar
  • Tanzania
02.0M4.0M6.0M200020122024

How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 6.99 million people against 4.52 million people in Myanmar, a difference of 2.46 million people.

That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.5 times Myanmar's.

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

Myanmar ranks 7th and Tanzania ranks 4th 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.