Rwanda vs Zimbabwe: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services

Rwanda

55.6%

in 2024

Zimbabwe

54.4%

in 2024

Rwanda rank

159th

Zimbabwe rank

161st

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

Rwanda
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 55.6% against 54.4% in Zimbabwe, a difference of 1.2%.

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

Rwanda ranks 159th and Zimbabwe ranks 161st 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.