What share of Madagascar's population has access to drinking water?

The national rate published by the MEAH sits at the top of this page with its year; the regional table gives the territorial detail. The source distinguishes water access from drinking-water access, and this page keeps both series as published.

What is the difference between water and drinking water in these figures?

They are the MEAH's own two published headings, with distinct rates. This page keeps the source's distinction without redefining it; both series appear on the chart and in the table.

The source tracks the share of communes certified ODF (open defecation free), a community sanitation certification. The published national and regional rates appear on this page.

Where do these figures come from?

From the MEAH statistical yearbook, republished as workbooks by INSTAT. Stileex archives each edition verbatim, keeps the published rates without recomputing them and serves the national series over an API.

Water and sanitation access in Madagascar

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The access rates published by the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (MEAH): water, drinking water, basic sanitation and ODF communes, nationally and by region.

In 2023, 54.4 % of Madagascar's population had access to water according to the MEAH. Drinking water access stood at 36.0 % in 2023. Basic sanitation covered 40.0 % of the population in 2023. Source: MEAH statistical yearbook, republished by INSTAT.

Drinking water access (2023)

36.0 %

National rate as published by the MEAH.

Water access (2023)

54.4 %

Published national rate; the source distinguishes water from drinking water.

Basic sanitation (2023)

40.0 %

ODF-certified communes: 23.0 % in 2023.

The national rates since 2019

The four series the MEAH publishes, year by year. Years a series does not cover stay empty: the source did not publish the rate, and the curve does not invent it.

National rates as published by the MEAH, including the values the source derives inside its own workbook.

The rates by region in 2023

The rates published region by region in the MEAH yearbook. Territorial gaps read directly.

Region	Water	Drinking water	Sanitation	ODF communes
ALAOTRA MANGORO	61.1	30.7	51.3	21.0
AMORON'I MANIA	61.5	34.2	54.5	28.0
ANALAMANGA	68.4	50.6	26.0	7.0
ANALANJIROFO	57.8	38.5	67.6	31.0
ANDROY	60.9	43.7	74.4	91.0
ANOSY	58.5	38.8	40.8	13.0
ATSIMO ANDREFANA	52.8	32.1	35.2	6.0
ATSIMO ATSINANANA	57.8	40.4	53.9	36.0
ATSINANANA	55.9	36.5	37.1	36.0
BETSIBOKA	49.9	26.5	39.6	13.0
BOENY	54.8	35.7	31.2	17.0
BONGOLAVA	51.6	30.5	28.6	7.0
DIANA	71.6	61.5	29.9	0.0
HAUTE MATSIATRA	57.2	39.9	38.1	23.0
IHOROMBE	47.1	24.5	38.8	6.0
ITASY	64.4	52.7	14.9	4.0
MELAKY	54.7	30.5	36.6	5.0
MENABE	54.4	28.6	39.3	25.0
SAVA	48.2	23.7	38.6	1.0
SOFIA	43.6	18.5	30.7	0.0
VAKINANKARATRA	53.7	31.5	46.0	36.0
VATOVAVY FITOVINANY	47.5	22.8	43.0	34.0

Rates in % of the region's population (share of communes for ODF), as published.

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Method and source

The figures come from the workbooks published with the statistical yearbook of the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene and republished by INSTAT: the annual national situation and the per-region rates. Each workbook is archived verbatim; successive editions revise the same years and the latest publication prevails.

The rates shown are the source's own published figures, never our computation. The source publishes some files as fractions and others as percentages: the scale is unified to percent, the value stays its own.

Source: Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (MEAH), via INSTAT

API access

The national access rates for water, drinking water and basic sanitation are available as JSON, for your services and your agents.

Drinking water access: GET https://api.stileex.xyz/v1/series/mg/drinking-water-access-rate/latest
Water access, latest rate: GET https://api.stileex.xyz/v1/series/mg/water-access-rate/latest
Basic sanitation: GET https://api.stileex.xyz/v1/series/mg/basic-sanitation-rate/latest
All series: GET https://api.stileex.xyz/v1/series/mg

Frequently asked questions

What share of Madagascar's population has access to drinking water?: The national rate published by the MEAH sits at the top of this page with its year; the regional table gives the territorial detail. The source distinguishes water access from drinking-water access, and this page keeps both series as published.
What is the difference between water and drinking water in these figures?: They are the MEAH's own two published headings, with distinct rates. This page keeps the source's distinction without redefining it; both series appear on the chart and in the table.
What does ODF mean?: The source tracks the share of communes certified ODF (open defecation free), a community sanitation certification. The published national and regional rates appear on this page.
Where do these figures come from?: From the MEAH statistical yearbook, republished as workbooks by INSTAT. Stileex archives each edition verbatim, keeps the published rates without recomputing them and serves the national series over an API.