Botswana vs Lesotho: Drinking water usage in urban areas

Botswana
2,188 people
in 2024
Lesotho
3,071 people
in 2024
Botswana rank
59th
Lesotho rank
58th

Drinking water usage in urban areas over time

  • Botswana
  • Lesotho
5001.0k1.5k2.0k2.5k3.0k200020122024

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 3,071 people against 2,188 people in Botswana, a difference of 882.86 people.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.4 times Botswana's.

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

Botswana ranks 59th and Lesotho ranks 58th of 188 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Drinking water usage in urban 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
188 places, 4,613 data points, 2000–2024
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Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.