Ghana vs Guinea: People not using improved drinking water sources

Ghana
1.93 million people
in 2024
Guinea
2.03 million people
in 2024
Ghana rank
38th
Guinea rank
35th

People not using improved drinking water sources over time

  • Ghana
  • Guinea
01.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M5.0M200020122024

How they compare

Guinea currently reports 2.03 million people against 1.93 million people in Ghana, a difference of 102,780 people.

That makes Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.

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

Ghana ranks 38th and Guinea ranks 35th 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.