Botswana vs Saudi Arabia: Drinking water services in rural areas

Botswana

8,191 people

in 2024

Saudi Arabia

9,357 people

in 2024

Botswana rank

84th

Saudi Arabia rank

83rd

Drinking water services in rural areas over time

Saudi Arabia currently reports 9,357 people against 8,191 people in Botswana, a difference of 1,166 people.

That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.

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

Botswana ranks 84th and Saudi Arabia ranks 83rd of 178 countries.

Indicator: Drinking water services in rural areas
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: 178 places, 4,232 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.