What is the difference in drinking water services in rural areas between Cambodia and Zimbabwe?

203,586 people, with Zimbabwe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Zimbabwe?

25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Drinking water services in rural areas. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cambodia vs Zimbabwe: Drinking water services in rural areas

Cambodia

994,424 people

in 2024

Zimbabwe

1.20 million people

in 2024

Cambodia rank

24th

Zimbabwe rank

21st

Drinking water services in rural areas over time

Cambodia
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 1.20 million people against 994,424 people in Cambodia, a difference of 203,586 people.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.2 times Cambodia's.

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

Cambodia ranks 24th and Zimbabwe ranks 21st of 178 countries.

Cambodia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cambodia	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
2000s	2.62 million people	748,182 people	1.87 million people	Cambodia
2010s	1.90 million people	957,789 people	941,319 people	Cambodia
2020s	1.20 million people	1.14 million people	56,523 people	Cambodia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher drinking water services in rural areas, Cambodia or Zimbabwe?: Zimbabwe, at 1.20 million people against 994,424 people in Cambodia as of 2024.
What is the difference in drinking water services in rural areas between Cambodia and Zimbabwe?: 203,586 people, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Zimbabwe?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Cambodia and Zimbabwe rank globally for drinking water services in rural areas?: Cambodia ranks 24th and Zimbabwe ranks 21st of 178 countries.
Where does this data come from?: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Drinking water services in rural areas. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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: 18 September 2026

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