Drinking water service usage in Madagascar
Madagascar: Drinking water service usage was 22.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Drinking water service usage in Madagascar, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 22.1% for drinking water service usage in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 35.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water service usage in Madagascar peaked at 22.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7.3%, in 2000.
Madagascar ranks 149th of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Drinking water service usage in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.3% | — |
| 2001 | 7.8% | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 8.3% | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 8.8% | +6.2% |
| 2004 | 9.4% | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 10.0% | +6.5% |
| 2006 | 10.6% | +6.3% |
| 2007 | 11.3% | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 11.9% | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 12.6% | +5.7% |
| 2010 | 13.3% | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 14.0% | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 14.8% | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 15.5% | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 16.3% | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 16.9% | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 17.4% | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 18.0% | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 18.6% | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 19.2% | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 19.8% | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 20.4% | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 21.0% | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 21.7% | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 22.1% | +1.8% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 22.1% is above the median for low income countries, which is 18.2%, 1.2× the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 22.1% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 27.4%, 81% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.8% | 7.3% | 12.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.4% | 13.3% | 19.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.0% | 19.8% | 22.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
More environment data for Madagascar
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.297 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.17 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2369 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water service usage in Madagascar?
- Drinking water service usage in Madagascar was 22.1% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest drinking water service usage recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 22.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest drinking water service usage recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.3% in 2000.
- How does Madagascar rank for drinking water service usage?
- Madagascar ranks 149th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water service usage rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Drinking water service usage. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of people using an improved drinking water source that is located on premises, available when needed and free from fecal and priority chemical contamination.