Chad vs China: Drinking water services

Chad

1.44 million people

in 2024

China

1.30 million people

in 2024

Chad rank

19th

China rank

21st

Drinking water services over time

Chad currently reports 1.44 million people against 1.30 million people in China, a difference of 148,910 people.

That makes Chad's figure about 1.1 times China's.

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

Chad ranks 19th and China ranks 21st 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.