Zambia vs Zimbabwe: Drinking water services

Zambia

1.19 million people

in 2024

Zimbabwe

1.20 million people

in 2024

Zambia rank

24th

Zimbabwe rank

23rd

Drinking water services over time

Zimbabwe currently reports 1.20 million people against 1.19 million people in Zambia, a difference of 12,040 people.

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

Zambia ranks 24th and Zimbabwe ranks 23rd 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.