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Number of people in rural areas not using improved drinking water sources

Name: Number of people in rural areas not using improved drinking water sources by country, 2024
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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2024

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168 countries · 2024

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Number of people in rural areas not using improved drinking water sources league table
#	Country	people	Region	Income
1	Congo, Dem. Rep.	38.51M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
2	China	30.67M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
3	Nigeria	28.85M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
4	Ethiopia	21.08M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
5	India	19.16M	South Asia	Lower middle income
6	Tanzania	14.74M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
7	Kenya	13.15M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
8	Indonesia	11.68M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
9	Madagascar	10.89M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
10	Pakistan	9.83M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
11	Niger	7.99M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
12	Mozambique	7.72M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
13	Chad	6.72M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
14	Myanmar	6.7M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
15	Afghanistan	6.49M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
16	Uganda	5.95M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
17	Angola	5.8M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
18	Papua New Guinea	4.02M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
19	Burkina Faso	3.92M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
20	Cote d'Ivoire	3.75M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
21	Zambia	3.56M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
22	Yemen, Rep.	3.47M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
23	Sudan	3.05M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
24	Cameroon	3.03M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
25	Zimbabwe	2.95M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
26	Russian Federation	2.89M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
27	Poland	2.79M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
28	South Sudan	2.35M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
29	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	2.34M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
30	Rwanda	2.17M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
31	Mali	1.99M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
32	Guinea	1.96M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
33	Benin	1.96M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
34	Ghana	1.93M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
35	Burundi	1.9M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
36	Sri Lanka	1.88M	South Asia	Upper middle income
37	Sierra Leone	1.81M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
38	Egypt, Arab Rep.	1.67M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
39	Central African Republic	1.57M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
40	Morocco	1.45M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
41	Colombia	1.44M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
42	Philippines	1.41M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
43	South Africa	1.38M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
44	Cambodia	1.36M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
45	Senegal	1.36M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
46	Togo	1.33M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
47	Haiti	1.32M	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
48	Malawi	1.1M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
49	Viet Nam	916,501	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
50	Peru	855,954.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
51	Algeria	768,548.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
52	Bolivia	742,511.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
53	Ecuador	732,670.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
54	Tajikistan	714,996	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
55	Guatemala	707,323.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
56	Bangladesh	628,636.8	South Asia	Lower middle income
57	Mexico	600,167.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
58	Liberia	596,152.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
59	Nepal	543,050.1	South Asia	Lower middle income
60	Mauritania	508,969.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
61	Guinea-Bissau	422,890.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
62	Uzbekistan	399,896.3	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
63	Honduras	348,811.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
64	Iraq	333,006.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
65	Lao PDR	321,392.4	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
66	Malaysia	312,661.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
67	Mongolia	288,275.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
68	Lesotho	271,213.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
69	Turkiye	257,423.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
70	Kyrgyz Republic	201,463.8	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
71	Iran, Islamic Rep.	177,028.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
72	Namibia	176,687.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
73	Solomon Islands	170,906.2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
74	Moldova	166,371.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
75	Eswatini	164,868.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
76	Chile	149,390.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
77	Panama	130,147.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
78	Azerbaijan	122,236.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
79	Timor-Leste	114,012.3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
80	Canada	110,385.7	North America	High income
81	Tunisia	106,536.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
82	Gabon	88,247.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
83	Gambia, The	84,096.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
84	Cuba	80,619.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
85	Dominican Republic	77,059.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
86	Portugal	73,082.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
87	Georgia	62,927.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
88	El Salvador	58,759.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
89	Djibouti	53,612	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
90	Botswana	47,984.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
91	Serbia	40,286.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
92	Bulgaria	38,709.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
93	Jamaica	37,761.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
94	Ireland	37,475.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
95	Kazakhstan	36,289.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
96	Albania	34,827	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
97	Ukraine	33,192.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
98	Comoros	32,898.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
99	Vanuatu	31,454.4	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
100	Fiji	29,177.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
101	Kiribati	19,051.8	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
102	Saudi Arabia	17,709.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
103	Belize	16,494.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
104	Guyana	14,432.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
105	Jordan	12,777.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
106	Oman	12,301.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
107	Cabo Verde	10,286.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
108	Latvia	8,473.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
109	Sweden	5,240.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
110	Trinidad and Tobago	4,117.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
111	Suriname	3,875.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
112	Sao Tome and Principe	3,680.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
113	Czechia	3,047.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
114	North Macedonia	2,487.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
115	Croatia	2,351.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
116	Lithuania	2,338.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
117	Belarus	2,289.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
118	Cyprus	1,348.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
119	Samoa	1,218.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
120	Montenegro	1,043.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
121	Mauritius	933.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
122	Antigua and Barbuda	721.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
123	Dominica	619.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
124	Tonga	143.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
125	Turks and Caicos Islands	80.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
126	Marshall Islands	57.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
127	Palau	27.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
128	Tuvalu	3.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
129	Norway	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
130	Austria	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
131	Belgium	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
132	United States	0	North America	High income
133	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
134	Australia	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
135	Uruguay	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
136	Brazil	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
137	Bhutan	0	South Asia	Lower middle income
138	Switzerland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
139	Turkmenistan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
140	Costa Rica	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
141	Armenia	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
142	Thailand	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
143	Germany	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
144	Denmark	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
145	Syrian Arab Republic	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
146	Spain	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
147	Estonia	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
148	Slovak Republic	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
149	United Arab Emirates	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
150	Finland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
151	France	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
152	United Kingdom	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
153	Andorra	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
154	San Marino	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
155	Greece	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
156	Greenland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
157	Hungary	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
158	Iceland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
159	Israel	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
160	Romania	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
161	West Bank and Gaza	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
162	Paraguay	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
163	St. Lucia	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
164	Luxembourg	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
165	Maldives	0	South Asia	Upper middle income
166	New Zealand	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
167	Malta	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
168	Netherlands	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income

Number of people in rural areas not using improved drinking water sources