Madagascar

Safe drinking water in Madagascar

Safe drinking water in Madagascar: 6.9% in 2000 and 22.2% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates.

Latest, 2022
22.2%
Since 2000
+15.3 percentage points
Rank, 2022
122 of 135
counting from the highest
World, 2022
72.9%

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

Safe drinking water in MadagascarSafe drinking water in Madagascar: 6.9% in 2000 and 22.2% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022, Madagascar ranked 122 of 135 countries, counting from the highest.
Estimates, WHO/UNICEFWorld

Every year

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

YearMadagascarWorld
202222.272.9
202121.572.5
202020.872.3
201920.171.7
201819.471
201718.770.4
20161869.7
201517.469.1
201416.868.4
201316.167.7
201215.367.1
201114.566.4
201013.765.9
200912.965.4
200812.164.9
200711.464.6
200610.664
20059.963.7
20049.363
20038.662.4
20028.161.8
20017.561.1
20006.960.8

Good to know

  • The share of people whose drinking water comes from an improved source at home, there when needed and free of contamination.
  • Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme, via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 135 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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