Kenya vs Nigeria: Drinking water services in rural areas

Kenya

9.82 million people

in 2024

Nigeria

8.21 million people

in 2024

Kenya rank

1st

Nigeria rank

2nd

Drinking water services in rural areas over time

Kenya currently reports 9.82 million people against 8.21 million people in Nigeria, a difference of 1.61 million people.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.2 times Nigeria's.

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

Kenya ranks 1st and Nigeria ranks 2nd 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.