Sudan vs Uganda: Drinking water services in rural areas

Sudan

2.16 million people

in 2024

Uganda

1.78 million people

in 2024

Sudan rank

15th

Uganda rank

17th

Drinking water services in rural areas over time

Sudan currently reports 2.16 million people against 1.78 million people in Uganda, a difference of 387,730 people.

That makes Sudan's figure about 1.2 times Uganda's.

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

Sudan ranks 15th and Uganda ranks 17th 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.