Ethiopia vs Tanzania: Drinking water services

Ethiopia

5.07 million people

in 2024

Tanzania

7.51 million people

in 2024

Ethiopia rank

6th

Tanzania rank

4th

Drinking water services over time

Tanzania currently reports 7.51 million people against 5.07 million people in Ethiopia, a difference of 2.44 million people.

That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.5 times Ethiopia's.

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

Ethiopia ranks 6th and Tanzania ranks 4th 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.