Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Chad
Chad: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services was 43.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services 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 %.
Analysis
Chad recorded 43.8% for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Chad peaked at 43.8% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 28.8%, in 2000.
That places Chad 170th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom 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 | 31.8% | 28.8% | 34.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.9% | 35.6% | 42.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.6% | 43.0% | 43.8% | 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 share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Chad?
- Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Chad was 43.8% 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 share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 43.8% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.8% in 2000.
- How does Chad rank for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services?
- Chad ranks 170th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. 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 Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, which is either located on their premises, or at a collection point, which takes no more than 30 minutes for a roundtrip.