Congo vs Iraq: Drinking water services in rural areas

Congo

359,525 people

in 2021

Iraq

333,006 people

in 2024

Congo rank

45th

Iraq rank

48th

Drinking water services in rural areas over time

Congo currently reports 359,525 people against 333,006 people in Iraq, a difference of 26,519 people.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times Iraq's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Iraq ahead.

Congo ranks 45th and Iraq ranks 48th 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.