Botswana vs Portugal: People not using improved drinking water sources

Botswana
99,629 people
in 2024
Portugal
74,268 people
in 2024
Botswana rank
95th
Portugal rank
98th

People not using improved drinking water sources over time

  • Botswana
  • Portugal
020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k100.0k200020122024

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 99,629 people against 74,268 people in Portugal, a difference of 25,361 people.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.3 times Portugal's.

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

Botswana ranks 95th and Portugal ranks 98th of 231 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
People not using improved drinking water sources
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
231 places, 5,586 data points, 2000–2024
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Number of people not using improved drinking water sources. These people might use surface water sources or unprotected springs or wells, as no safe and reliable improved drinking water source is available to them.