Algeria vs Congo: People in rural areas not using an improved water source

Algeria
768,548 people
in 2024
Congo
850,757 people
in 2021
Algeria rank
54th
Congo rank
53rd

People in rural areas not using an improved water source over time

  • Algeria
  • Congo
0500.0k1.0M1.5M200020122024

How they compare

Congo currently reports 850,757 people against 768,548 people in Algeria, a difference of 82,209 people.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times Algeria's.

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

Algeria ranks 54th and Congo ranks 53rd of 178 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
People in rural areas not using an improved water source
Unit
people
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

Number of people not using improved drinking water sources. These people might use surface water sources or unprotected springs or wells, as no safe and reliable improved drinking water source is available to them.