Chad vs Uganda: Drinking water services in rural areas

Chad

1.41 million people

in 2024

Uganda

1.78 million people

in 2024

Chad rank

19th

Uganda rank

17th

Drinking water services in rural areas over time

Uganda currently reports 1.78 million people against 1.41 million people in Chad, a difference of 367,430 people.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.3 times Chad's.

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

Chad ranks 19th and Uganda ranks 17th 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.