Botswana vs Eswatini: People not using safely managed drinking water sources

Botswana
925,484 people
in 2024
Eswatini
767,858 people
in 2024
Botswana rank
72nd
Eswatini rank
74th

People not using safely managed drinking water sources over time

  • Botswana
  • Eswatini
0200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k1.0M200020122024

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 925,484 people against 767,858 people in Eswatini, a difference of 157,626 people.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.2 times Eswatini's.

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

Botswana ranks 72nd and Eswatini ranks 74th 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
Last refreshed

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.