Ghana vs Uganda: Drinking water services

Ghana

1.45 million people

in 2024

Uganda

1.95 million people

in 2024

Ghana rank

18th

Uganda rank

16th

Drinking water services over time

Uganda currently reports 1.95 million people against 1.45 million people in Ghana, a difference of 492,840 people.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.3 times Ghana's.

Across all 25 years both countries report, Uganda has been ahead every year.

Ghana ranks 18th and Uganda ranks 16th 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.