Share using safely managed drinking water in Myanmar
Myanmar: Share using safely managed drinking water was 59.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share using safely managed drinking water in Myanmar, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share using safely managed drinking water in Myanmar is 59.7%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share using safely managed drinking water in Myanmar peaked at 59.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 27.1%, in 2000.
Myanmar ranks 115th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34.3% | 27.1% | 41.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 50.6% | 43.7% | 57.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 59.5% | 58.8% | 59.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
More environment data for Myanmar
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 117.79 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.16 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 63.91 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 3.71 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.28 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.014 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 72.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0085 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0586 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.74 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share using safely managed drinking water in Myanmar?
- Share using safely managed drinking water in Myanmar was 59.7% 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 share using safely managed drinking water recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 59.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share using safely managed drinking water recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.1% in 2000.
- How does Myanmar rank for share using safely managed drinking water?
- Myanmar ranks 115th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share using safely managed drinking water rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Myanmar 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 Share using safely managed drinking water. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people using an improved drinking water source that is located on premises, available when needed and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination.