Algeria vs Senegal: People not using safely managed drinking water sources

Algeria
14.50 million people
in 2024
Senegal
13.47 million people
in 2024
Algeria rank
28th
Senegal rank
30th

People not using safely managed drinking water sources over time

  • Algeria
  • Senegal
05.0M10.0M15.0M200020122024

How they compare

Algeria currently reports 14.50 million people against 13.47 million people in Senegal, a difference of 1.03 million people.

That makes Algeria's figure about 1.1 times Senegal's.

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

Algeria ranks 28th and Senegal ranks 30th of 163 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
People not using safely managed 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
163 places, 3,991 data points, 2000–2024
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People not using safely managed drinking water sources either use unimproved drinking water sources or the improved sources they use are not located on their premises, not available when needed, or not free of contamination.