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

Democratic Republic of Congo

8.01 million people

in 2024

Kenya

9.82 million people

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

3rd

Kenya rank

1st

Drinking water services in rural areas over time

Kenya currently reports 9.82 million people against 8.01 million people in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 1.81 million people.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.2 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

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

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 3rd and Kenya ranks 1st 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.