Drinking water services in rural areas in Ghana
Ghana: Drinking water services in rural areas was 1.45 million people in 2024. ▼ Falling
Drinking water services in rural areas in Ghana, 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 Ghana stood at 1.45 million people. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 5.5% on the previous year and down 34.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water services in rural areas in Ghana peaked at 2.88 million people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.45 million people, in 2024.
Ghana ranks 18th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.72 million people | 2.52 million people | 2.88 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.18 million people | 1.86 million people | 2.47 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.62 million people | 1.45 million people | 1.78 million people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More environment data for Ghana
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 48.09 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.4 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 6.2 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.7908 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 7.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0127 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 18.11 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0108 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0685 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water services in rural areas in Ghana?
- Drinking water services in rural areas in Ghana was 1.45 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 Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 2.88 million people in 2000.
- What is the lowest drinking water services in rural areas recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.45 million people in 2024.
- How does Ghana rank for drinking water services in rural areas?
- Ghana ranks 18th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water services in rural areas rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana 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.