China vs Ghana: Drinking water services

China
1.30 million people
in 2024
Ghana
1.45 million people
in 2024
China rank
21st
Ghana rank
18th

Drinking water services over time

  • China
  • Ghana
010.0M20.0M30.0M200020122024

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 1.45 million people against 1.30 million people in China, a difference of 157,270 people.

That makes Ghana'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.

China ranks 21st and Ghana ranks 18th 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.