People using improved drinking water sources in Madagascar
Madagascar: People using improved drinking water sources was 9.70 million people in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using improved drinking water sources 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 people.
Analysis
The most recent figure for people using improved drinking water sources in Madagascar is 9.70 million people, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 37.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using improved drinking water sources in Madagascar peaked at 9.70 million people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.98 million people, in 2000.
Madagascar ranks 7th of 231 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
People using improved drinking water sources in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.98 million people | — |
| 2001 | 4.17 million people | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 4.36 million people | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 4.56 million people | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 4.77 million people | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 4.97 million people | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 5.18 million people | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 5.39 million people | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 5.61 million people | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 5.84 million people | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 6.08 million people | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 6.31 million people | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 6.55 million people | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 6.79 million people | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 7.03 million people | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 7.28 million people | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 7.53 million people | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 7.79 million people | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 8.05 million people | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 8.32 million people | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 8.59 million people | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 8.86 million people | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 9.14 million people | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 9.42 million people | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 9.70 million people | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.88 million people | 3.98 million people | 5.84 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.17 million people | 6.08 million people | 8.32 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.14 million people | 8.59 million people | 9.70 million people | 5 |
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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)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, annual growth rate 10.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, per capita 0.0004 m3 per person (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import value, annual growth rate 15.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import value, per capita 0.0002 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, annual growth rate 3.66 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using improved drinking water sources in Madagascar?
- People using improved drinking water sources in Madagascar was 9.70 million people 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 people using improved drinking water sources recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 9.70 million people in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using improved drinking water sources recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.98 million people in 2000.
- How does Madagascar rank for people using improved drinking water sources?
- Madagascar ranks 7th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.9%. 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 People using improved drinking water sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of people using only unimproved drinking water sources.