Drinking water services in rural areas in Malaysia
Malaysia: Drinking water services in rural areas was 179,388 people in 2007. ▬ Flat
Drinking water services in rural areas in Malaysia, 2000–2007
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in people.
Analysis
In 2007, drinking water services in rural areas in Malaysia stood at 179,388 people. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Malaysia ranks 52nd of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More environment data for Malaysia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 332.17 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 9.34 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 3.89 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0205 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 9.39 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0252 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 26.26 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0898 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.3735 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 12.28 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water services in rural areas in Malaysia?
- Drinking water services in rural areas in Malaysia was 179,388 people in 2007, 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 services in rural areas recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 183,394 people in 2000.
- What is the lowest drinking water services in rural areas recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 179,388 people in 2007.
- How does Malaysia rank for drinking water services in rural areas?
- Malaysia ranks 52nd out of 178 countries with data for 2007.
- Is drinking water services in rural areas rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Malaysia 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 services in rural areas. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.