Cameroon vs Zambia: Drinking water services

Cameroon

1.27 million people

in 2024

Zambia

1.19 million people

in 2024

Cameroon rank

22nd

Zambia rank

24th

Drinking water services over time

Cameroon currently reports 1.27 million people against 1.19 million people in Zambia, a difference of 82,250 people.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Zambia's.

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

Cameroon ranks 22nd and Zambia ranks 24th 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.