Myanmar (Burma)

Safe drinking water in Myanmar (Burma)

Safe drinking water in Myanmar (Burma): 27.5% in 2000 and 57.4% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates.

Latest, 2022
57.4%
Since 2000
+29.9 percentage points
Rank, 2022
95 of 135
counting from the highest
World, 2022
72.9%
Watch it change on the map

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

Safe drinking water in Myanmar (Burma)Safe drinking water in Myanmar (Burma): 27.5% in 2000 and 57.4% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022, Myanmar (Burma) ranked 95 of 135 countries, counting from the highest.
Estimates, WHO/UNICEFWorld

Every year

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

YearMyanmar (Burma)World
202257.472.9
202157.372.5
202056.872.3
201955.771.7
201854.271
201752.870.4
201651.469.7
20155069.1
201448.768.4
201347.367.7
20124667.1
201144.766.4
201043.265.9
200941.565.4
200839.864.9
200738.264.6
200636.664
20053563.7
200433.563
200331.962.4
200230.461.8
20012961.1
200027.560.8

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Myanmar (Burma) in numbers

Every measure for Myanmar (Burma) on one page

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Military

Climate

Technology and environment