Kenya vs Tanzania: Drinking water services in rural areas

Kenya

9.82 million people

in 2024

Tanzania

6.99 million people

in 2024

Kenya rank

1st

Tanzania rank

4th

Drinking water services in rural areas over time

Kenya currently reports 9.82 million people against 6.99 million people in Tanzania, a difference of 2.83 million people.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.4 times Tanzania's.

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

Kenya ranks 1st and Tanzania ranks 4th 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.