Rwanda vs Zambia: Drinking water services

Rwanda

1.01 million people

in 2024

Zambia

1.19 million people

in 2024

Rwanda rank

27th

Zambia rank

24th

Drinking water services over time

Zambia currently reports 1.19 million people against 1.01 million people in Rwanda, a difference of 176,990 people.

That makes Zambia's figure about 1.2 times Rwanda's.

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

Rwanda ranks 27th and Zambia ranks 24th 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.