Guinea vs Rwanda: People in rural areas not using an improved water source

Guinea
1.96 million people
in 2024
Rwanda
2.17 million people
in 2024
Guinea rank
32nd
Rwanda rank
30th

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

  • Guinea
  • Rwanda
01.0M2.0M3.0M200020122024

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 2.17 million people against 1.96 million people in Guinea, a difference of 209,640 people.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Guinea's.

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

Guinea ranks 32nd and Rwanda ranks 30th 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
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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.