Angola vs Zambia: Share of population not using improved drinking water sources

Angola
20.9%
in 2024
Zambia
19.5%
in 2024
Angola rank
17th
Zambia rank
18th

Share of population not using improved drinking water sources over time

  • Angola
  • Zambia
0204060200020122024

How they compare

Angola currently reports 20.9% against 19.5% in Zambia, a difference of 1.3%.

That makes Angola's figure about 1.1 times Zambia's.

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

Angola ranks 17th and Zambia ranks 18th of 231 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of population not using improved drinking water sources
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
231 places, 5,586 data points, 2000–2024
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Proportion 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.