People using at least a basic drinking water source in Rwanda
Rwanda: People using at least a basic drinking water source was 8.75 million people in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using at least a basic drinking water source 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
In 2024, people using at least a basic drinking water source in Rwanda stood at 8.75 million people. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and up 38.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using at least a basic drinking water source in Rwanda peaked at 8.75 million people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.91 million people, in 2000.
Rwanda ranks 96th of 231 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.56 million people | 3.91 million people | 5.33 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.46 million people | 5.52 million people | 7.47 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.23 million people | 7.72 million people | 8.75 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 people using at least a basic drinking water source in Rwanda?
- People using at least a basic drinking water source in Rwanda was 8.75 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 people using at least a basic drinking water source recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 8.75 million people in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using at least a basic drinking water source recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.91 million people in 2000.
- How does Rwanda rank for people using at least a basic drinking water source?
- Rwanda ranks 96th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using at least a basic drinking water source rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 People using at least a basic drinking water source. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of people using an improved drinking water source, which is either available on premises, or collection time is no more than 30 minutes for a roundtrip.