Myanmar
Capital: Naypyidaw · Lower middle income · Pop. 54.5 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Myanmar, 59.72% 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 22.0 million people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 60.53% use safely managed sanitation services and 74.18% have at least a basic service (2024).
Myanmar has about 18,654 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 3% of those internal resources annually (low water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 89% of Myanmar's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Myanmar have safe drinking water?
59.72% of Myanmar's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 22.0 million people do not.
Does Myanmar have enough freshwater?
Myanmar has roughly 18,654 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 3% of it annually (low stress).