Ethiopia vs India: Drinking water services in rural areas

Ethiopia

4.69 million people

in 2024

India

4.82 million people

in 2024

Ethiopia rank

6th

India rank

5th

Drinking water services in rural areas over time

India currently reports 4.82 million people against 4.69 million people in Ethiopia, a difference of 133,930 people.

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

Ethiopia ranks 6th and India ranks 5th 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.