Using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population in Madagascar
Madagascar: Using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population was 86.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population 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 86.5% for using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population in Madagascar peaked at 86.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 74.4%, in 2000.
Madagascar ranks 185th of 188 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 74.4% | — |
| 2001 | 74.9% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 75.4% | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 75.9% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 76.4% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 76.9% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 77.5% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 78.0% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 78.5% | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 79.0% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 79.5% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 80.0% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 80.5% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 81.0% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 81.5% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 82.0% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 82.5% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 83.0% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 83.5% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 84.0% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 84.5% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 85.0% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 85.5% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 86.0% | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 86.5% | +0.6% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 86.5% is below the median for low income countries, which is 96.0%, 90% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 86.5% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 96.6%, 90% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 76.7% | 74.4% | 79.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 81.7% | 79.5% | 84.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.5% | 84.5% | 86.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 182 Democratic Republic of Congo 89.7% compare
- 183 Papua New Guinea 89.4% compare
- 184 South Sudan 87.4% compare
- 186 Central African Republic 83.7% compare
- 187 Equatorial Guinea 81.7% compare
- 188 Benin 81.4% compare
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 — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population in Madagascar?
- Using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population in Madagascar was 86.5% 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 using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 86.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.4% in 2000.
- How does Madagascar rank for using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population?
- Madagascar ranks 185th out of 188 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. 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 Using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, regardless of collection time. An improved drinking water source is a safely designed drinking water source and includes e.g. piped water, boreholes or tubewells and packaged or delivered water.