Ghana vs Sudan: Drinking water services in rural areas

Ghana
1.45 million people
in 2024
Sudan
2.16 million people
in 2024
Ghana rank
18th
Sudan rank
15th

Drinking water services in rural areas over time

  • Ghana
  • Sudan
01.0M2.0M3.0M200020122024

How they compare

Sudan currently reports 2.16 million people against 1.45 million people in Ghana, a difference of 711,490 people.

That makes Sudan's figure about 1.5 times Ghana's.

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

Ghana ranks 18th and Sudan ranks 15th of 178 countries.

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About this data

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
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Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.