Botswana vs Jamaica: Drinking water services

Botswana

10,379 people

in 2024

Jamaica

16,157 people

in 2024

Botswana rank

85th

Jamaica rank

82nd

Drinking water services over time

Jamaica currently reports 16,157 people against 10,379 people in Botswana, a difference of 5,778 people.

That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.6 times Botswana's.

Across all 25 years both countries report, Jamaica has been ahead every year.

Botswana ranks 85th and Jamaica ranks 82nd of 231 countries.

Indicator: Drinking water services
Unit: people
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: 231 places, 5,429 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.