Madagascar
Capital: Antananarivo · Low income · Pop. 32.0 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Madagascar, 22.06% of the population uses safely managed drinking water — an improved source, located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination (2024 estimate). That leaves roughly 24.9 million people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 12.8% use safely managed sanitation services and 15.37% have at least a basic service (2024).
Madagascar has about 11,072 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 4% of those internal resources annually (low water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 96% of Madagascar's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Madagascar have safe drinking water?
22.06% of Madagascar's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 24.9 million people do not.
Does Madagascar have enough freshwater?
Madagascar has roughly 11,072 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 4% of it annually (low stress).