Drinking water services in rural areas in Rwanda
Rwanda: Drinking water services in rural areas was 951,705 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
Drinking water services in rural areas 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
The most recent figure for drinking water services in rural areas in Rwanda is 951,705 people, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.2% on the previous year and down 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water services in rural areas in Rwanda peaked at 1.15 million people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 951,705 people, in 2024.
That places Rwanda 25th 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 | 1.11 million people | 1.10 million people | 1.15 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.08 million people | 1.04 million people | 1.11 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 991,153 people | 951,705 people | 1.03 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 rural areas in Rwanda?
- Drinking water services in rural areas in Rwanda was 951,705 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 Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 1.15 million people in 2000.
- What is the lowest drinking water services in rural areas recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 951,705 people in 2024.
- How does Rwanda rank for drinking water services in rural areas?
- Rwanda ranks 25th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water services in rural areas rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.0%. 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 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.