Lesotho vs Myanmar: Share of population not using improved drinking water sources

Lesotho
12.6%
in 2024
Myanmar
13.6%
in 2024
Lesotho rank
37th
Myanmar rank
35th

Share of population not using improved drinking water sources over time

  • Lesotho
  • Myanmar
0102030200020122024

How they compare

Myanmar currently reports 13.6% against 12.6% in Lesotho, a difference of 1.0%.

That makes Myanmar's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Myanmar ahead.

Lesotho ranks 37th and Myanmar ranks 35th of 231 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of population not using improved drinking water sources
Unit
%
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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Proportion 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.