Drinking water services in rural areas in Cameroon
Cameroon: Drinking water services in rural areas was 1.03 million people in 2024. ▼ Falling
Drinking water services in rural areas in Cameroon, 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 rural areas in Cameroon stood at 1.03 million people. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.2% on the previous year and down 20.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water services in rural areas in Cameroon peaked at 1.48 million people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.03 million people, in 2024.
That places Cameroon 23rd out of 178 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 | 1.43 million people | 1.38 million people | 1.48 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.28 million people | 1.18 million people | 1.36 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.09 million people | 1.03 million people | 1.15 million people | 5 |
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More environment data for Cameroon
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 40.62 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.39 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 7.44 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 2.23 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 7.73 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0019 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 21.82 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0018 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0255 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 4.38 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water services in rural areas in Cameroon?
- Drinking water services in rural areas in Cameroon was 1.03 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 in rural areas recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1.48 million people in 2000.
- What is the lowest drinking water services in rural areas recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.03 million people in 2024.
- How does Cameroon rank for drinking water services in rural areas?
- Cameroon ranks 23rd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water services in rural areas rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cameroon 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 in rural areas. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.