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

Lesotho

70.6%

in 2024

Namibia

74.3%

in 2024

Lesotho rank

137th

Namibia rank

134th

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

Lesotho
Namibia

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 74.3% against 70.6% in Lesotho, a difference of 3.7%.

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

Across all 25 years both countries report, Namibia has been ahead every year.

Lesotho ranks 137th 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.