Ethiopia vs Myanmar: Drinking water usage in urban areas

Ethiopia
381,373 people
in 2024
Myanmar
452,585 people
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
8th
Myanmar rank
6th

Drinking water usage in urban areas over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Myanmar
0200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k200020122024

How they compare

Myanmar currently reports 452,585 people against 381,373 people in Ethiopia, a difference of 71,212 people.

That makes Myanmar's figure about 1.2 times Ethiopia's.

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

Ethiopia ranks 8th and Myanmar ranks 6th of 188 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Drinking water usage in urban 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
188 places, 4,613 data points, 2000–2024
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Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.