Botswana vs Oman: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services

Botswana

77.9%

in 2024

Oman

76.3%

in 2024

Botswana rank

129th

Oman rank

131st

Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services over time

Botswana
Oman

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 77.9% against 76.3% in Oman, a difference of 1.6%.

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

Botswana ranks 129th and Oman ranks 131st of 178 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services
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: 178 places, 4,351 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.