Colombia vs Malawi: People not using safely managed drinking water sources

Colombia
13.57 million people
in 2024
Malawi
17.72 million people
in 2024
Colombia rank
29th
Malawi rank
26th

People not using safely managed drinking water sources over time

  • Colombia
  • Malawi
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 17.72 million people against 13.57 million people in Colombia, a difference of 4.15 million people.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.3 times Colombia's.

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

Colombia ranks 29th and Malawi ranks 26th 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
Last refreshed

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.