Drinking water services in Rwanda
Rwanda: Drinking water services was 1.01 million people in 2024. ▼ Falling
Drinking water services in Rwanda, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in people.
Analysis
In 2024, drinking water services in Rwanda stood at 1.01 million people. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water services in Rwanda peaked at 1.22 million people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.01 million people, in 2024.
That places Rwanda 27th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.19 million people | 1.17 million people | 1.22 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.15 million people | 1.11 million people | 1.19 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.05 million people | 1.01 million people | 1.09 million people | 5 |
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More environment data for Rwanda
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 8.35 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.5857 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 1.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.9152 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.9571 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0053 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 4.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0055 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.12 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water services in Rwanda?
- Drinking water services in Rwanda was 1.01 million people 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 services recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 1.22 million people in 2000.
- What is the lowest drinking water services recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.01 million people in 2024.
- How does Rwanda rank for drinking water services?
- Rwanda ranks 27th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water services rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Rwanda 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 services. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.