Eswatini vs Namibia: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services

Eswatini

74.4%

in 2024

Namibia

74.3%

in 2024

Eswatini rank

133rd

Namibia rank

134th

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

Eswatini
Namibia

How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 74.4% against 74.3% in Namibia, a difference of 0.1%.

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

Eswatini ranks 133rd and Namibia ranks 134th 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.