Cameroon vs South Sudan: Drinking water services

Cameroon
1.27 million people
in 2024
South Sudan
1.40 million people
in 2024
Cameroon rank
22nd
South Sudan rank
20th

Drinking water services over time

  • Cameroon
  • South Sudan
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How they compare

South Sudan currently reports 1.40 million people against 1.27 million people in Cameroon, a difference of 135,920 people.

That makes South Sudan's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2011 it was South Sudan ahead.

Cameroon ranks 22nd and South Sudan ranks 20th of 231 countries.

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About this data

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