Chad vs Zambia: Drinking water services in rural areas

Chad

1.41 million people

in 2024

Zambia

1.14 million people

in 2024

Chad rank

19th

Zambia rank

22nd

Drinking water services in rural areas over time

Chad currently reports 1.41 million people against 1.14 million people in Zambia, a difference of 270,960 people.

That makes Chad's figure about 1.2 times Zambia's.

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

Chad ranks 19th and Zambia ranks 22nd 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.