Madagascar vs Pakistan: People in rural areas not using an improved water source

Madagascar
10.89 million people
in 2024
Pakistan
9.83 million people
in 2024
Madagascar rank
9th
Pakistan rank
10th

People in rural areas not using an improved water source over time

  • Madagascar
  • Pakistan
05.0M10.0M15.0M200020122024

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 10.89 million people against 9.83 million people in Pakistan, a difference of 1.06 million people.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Pakistan's.

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

Madagascar ranks 9th and Pakistan ranks 10th of 178 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
People in rural areas not using an improved water source
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
178 places, 4,351 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.