Cameroon vs Zimbabwe: Drinking water services in rural areas

Cameroon
1.03 million people
in 2024
Zimbabwe
1.20 million people
in 2024
Cameroon rank
23rd
Zimbabwe rank
21st

Drinking water services in rural areas over time

  • Cameroon
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 1.20 million people against 1.03 million people in Cameroon, a difference of 172,370 people.

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

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

Cameroon ranks 23rd and Zimbabwe ranks 21st of 178 countries.

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About this data

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