Drinking water services in rural areas in Chad
Chad: Drinking water services in rural areas was 1.41 million people in 2024. ▲ Rising
Drinking water services in rural areas 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 people.
Analysis
The most recent figure for drinking water services in rural areas in Chad is 1.41 million people, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.6% on the previous year and up 42.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water services in rural areas in Chad peaked at 1.41 million people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 570,219 people, in 2000.
Chad ranks 19th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top 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 | 689,505 people | 570,219 people | 820,269 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 million people | 851,649 people | 1.17 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.30 million people | 1.21 million people | 1.41 million people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chad
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 services in rural areas in Chad?
- Drinking water services in rural areas in Chad was 1.41 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 Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 1.41 million people in 2024.
- What is the lowest drinking water services in rural areas recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 570,219 people in 2000.
- How does Chad rank for drinking water services in rural areas?
- Chad ranks 19th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water services in rural areas rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.2%. 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 services in rural areas. 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.