Drinking water services in rural areas in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Drinking water services in rural areas was 1.20 million people in 2024. ▲ Rising
Drinking water services in rural areas in Zimbabwe, 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
Zimbabwe recorded 1.20 million people for drinking water services in rural areas in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 26.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water services in rural areas in Zimbabwe peaked at 1.20 million people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 692,624 people, in 2000.
Zimbabwe ranks 21st 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 | 748,182 people | 692,624 people | 827,855 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 957,789 people | 851,005 people | 1.06 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.14 million people | 1.09 million people | 1.20 million people | 5 |
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More environment data for Zimbabwe
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 30.78 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.85 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 9.2 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 1.05 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.9067 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0093 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 12.79 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0022 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0156 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.6 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water services in rural areas in Zimbabwe?
- Drinking water services in rural areas in Zimbabwe was 1.20 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.20 million people in 2024.
- What is the lowest drinking water services in rural areas recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 692,624 people in 2000.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for drinking water services in rural areas?
- Zimbabwe ranks 21st out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water services in rural areas rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.