Afghanistan vs Madagascar: People not using safely managed drinking water sources

Afghanistan
29.62 million people
in 2024
Madagascar
24.91 million people
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
14th
Madagascar rank
16th

People not using safely managed drinking water sources over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Madagascar
010.0M20.0M30.0M200020122024

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 29.62 million people against 24.91 million people in Madagascar, a difference of 4.70 million people.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.2 times Madagascar's.

Across all 25 years both countries report, Afghanistan has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan ranks 14th and Madagascar ranks 16th of 163 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
People not using safely managed 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
163 places, 3,991 data points, 2000–2024
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People not using safely managed drinking water sources either use unimproved drinking water sources or the improved sources they use are not located on their premises, not available when needed, or not free of contamination.