Democratic Republic of Congo vs Ethiopia: Drinking water usage in urban areas

Democratic Republic of Congo

448,001 people

in 2024

Ethiopia

381,373 people

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

7th

Ethiopia rank

8th

Drinking water usage in urban areas over time

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 448,001 people against 381,373 people in Ethiopia, a difference of 66,628 people.

That makes Democratic Republic of Congo's figure about 1.2 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 7th and Ethiopia ranks 8th of 188 countries.

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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