Chad vs South Sudan: Drinking water services

Chad

1.44 million people

in 2024

South Sudan

1.40 million people

in 2024

Chad rank

19th

South Sudan rank

20th

Drinking water services over time

Chad currently reports 1.44 million people against 1.40 million people in South Sudan, a difference of 39,940 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 14 shared years of data; in 2011 it was South Sudan ahead.

Chad ranks 19th and South Sudan ranks 20th 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.