Chad vs Congo: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services

Chad

43.8%

in 2024

Congo

44.2%

in 2021

Chad rank

170th

Congo rank

169th

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

Chad
Congo

How they compare

Congo currently reports 44.2% against 43.8% in Chad, a difference of 0.4%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Chad ahead.

Chad ranks 170th and Congo ranks 169th 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.