Jordan vs Lesotho: People not using safely managed drinking water sources

Jordan
1.28 million people
in 2024
Lesotho
1.61 million people
in 2024
Jordan rank
67th
Lesotho rank
64th

People not using safely managed drinking water sources over time

  • Jordan
  • Lesotho
01.0M2.0M3.0M200020122024

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 1.61 million people against 1.28 million people in Jordan, a difference of 328,780 people.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.3 times Jordan's.

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

Jordan ranks 67th and Lesotho ranks 64th 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.