Democratic Republic of Congo vs Ethiopia: Drinking water services in rural areas

Democratic Republic of Congo

8.01 million people

in 2024

Ethiopia

4.69 million people

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

3rd

Ethiopia rank

6th

Drinking water services in rural areas over time

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 8.01 million people against 4.69 million people in Ethiopia, a difference of 3.32 million people.

That makes Democratic Republic of Congo's figure about 1.7 times Ethiopia's.

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

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 3rd and Ethiopia ranks 6th 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.