Rwanda vs Zambia: Drinking water usage in urban areas

Rwanda

57,272 people

in 2024

Zambia

48,160 people

in 2024

Rwanda rank

28th

Zambia rank

30th

Drinking water usage in urban areas over time

Rwanda currently reports 57,272 people against 48,160 people in Zambia, a difference of 9,112 people.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.2 times Zambia's.

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

Rwanda ranks 28th and Zambia ranks 30th 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.