Chad vs Papua New Guinea: Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source

Chad

52.2%

in 2024

Papua New Guinea

53.3%

in 2024

Chad rank

226th

Papua New Guinea rank

225th

Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source over time

Chad
Papua New Guinea

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 53.3% against 52.2% in Chad, a difference of 1.1%.

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

Chad ranks 226th and Papua New Guinea ranks 225th of 231 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source
Unit: %
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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, which is either located on their premises, or at a collection point, which takes no more than 30 minutes for a roundtrip.