Nepal vs Uganda: Drinking water service usage

Nepal

16.5%

in 2024

Uganda

18.1%

in 2024

Nepal rank

156th

Uganda rank

154th

Drinking water service usage over time

Nepal
Uganda

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 18.1% against 16.5% in Nepal, a difference of 1.6%.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times Nepal's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Nepal ahead.

Nepal ranks 156th and Uganda ranks 154th of 163 countries.

Individual pages

Drinking water service usage in Nepal
Drinking water service usage in Uganda
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Drinking water service usage
Unit: %
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 163 places, 3,991 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Proportion of people using an improved drinking water source that is located on premises, available when needed and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination.