People in rural areas not using an improved water source in Madagascar
Madagascar: People in rural areas not using an improved water source was 10.89 million people in 2024. ▲ Rising
People in rural areas not using an improved water source 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
Madagascar recorded 10.89 million people for people in rural areas not using an improved water source in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people in rural areas not using an improved water source in Madagascar peaked at 10.89 million people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9.03 million people, in 2000.
That places Madagascar 9th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.65 million people | 9.03 million people | 10.16 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.56 million people | 10.26 million people | 10.79 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.86 million people | 10.82 million people | 10.89 million people | 5 |
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More environment data for Madagascar
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 35.79 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.12 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 17.89 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 1.74 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 3.06 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0204 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 25.4 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0018 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0078 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 2.67 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people in rural areas not using an improved water source in Madagascar?
- People in rural areas not using an improved water source in Madagascar was 10.89 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 in rural areas not using an improved water source recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 10.89 million people in 2024.
- What is the lowest people in rural areas not using an improved water source recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.03 million people in 2000.
- How does Madagascar rank for people in rural areas not using an improved water source?
- Madagascar ranks 9th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people in rural areas not using an improved water source rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. 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 in rural areas not using an improved water source. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number 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.