Equatorial Guinea vs Kenya: Share of population not using improved drinking water sources

Equatorial Guinea

32.4%

in 2017

Kenya

25.6%

in 2024

Equatorial Guinea rank

6th

Kenya rank

9th

Share of population not using improved drinking water sources over time

Equatorial Guinea
Kenya

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 32.4% against 25.6% in Kenya, a difference of 6.7%.

That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.3 times Kenya's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 18 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Kenya ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 6th and Kenya ranks 9th 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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.