Maldives vs Samoa: People not using improved drinking water sources

Maldives
1,029 people
in 2024
Samoa
1,219 people
in 2024
Maldives rank
153rd
Samoa rank
151st

People not using improved drinking water sources over time

  • Maldives
  • Samoa
05.0k10.0k15.0k200020122024

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 1,219 people against 1,029 people in Maldives, a difference of 190.33 people.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.2 times Maldives's.

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

Maldives ranks 153rd and Samoa ranks 151st of 231 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
People not using improved drinking water sources
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
231 places, 5,586 data points, 2000–2024
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Number of people not using improved drinking water sources. These people might use surface water sources or unprotected springs or wells, as no safe and reliable improved drinking water source is available to them.