Drinking water service usage in Chad
Chad: Drinking water service usage was 6.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Drinking water service usage in Chad, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, drinking water service usage in Chad stood at 6.3%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water service usage in Chad peaked at 6.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.5%, in 2000.
That places Chad 162nd out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.7% | 5.5% | 5.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.9% | 5.8% | 6.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.2% | 6.2% | 6.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chad
- 159 Democratic Republic of Congo 11.9% compare
- 160 Sierra Leone 10.9% compare
- 161 Tuvalu 8.7% compare
- 163 Central African Republic 6.2% compare
More environment data for Chad
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 101.17 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 4.98 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 69.17 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.9648 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 3.11 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0011 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 75.12 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0005 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0083 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.86 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water service usage in Chad?
- Drinking water service usage in Chad was 6.3% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest drinking water service usage recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 6.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest drinking water service usage recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.5% in 2000.
- How does Chad rank for drinking water service usage?
- Chad ranks 162nd out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water service usage rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chad data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Drinking water service usage. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people using an improved drinking water source that is located on premises, available when needed and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination.