Botswana vs Namibia: People using at least a basic drinking water source

Botswana
2.31 million people
in 2024
Namibia
2.62 million people
in 2024
Botswana rank
141st
Namibia rank
138th

People using at least a basic drinking water source over time

  • Botswana
  • Namibia
01.0M2.0M3.0M200020122024

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 2.62 million people against 2.31 million people in Botswana, a difference of 307,650 people.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.

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

Botswana ranks 141st and Namibia ranks 138th of 231 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
People using at least a basic drinking water source
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 using an improved drinking water source, which is either available on premises, or collection time is no more than 30 minutes for a roundtrip.