Percent Urban Population With Access To Drinking Water

Africa Ranking

percentSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Morocco	90.7	2020	1	90.5
2	Swaziland	88.7	2020	2	88.7
3	Tunisia	83.9	2020	3	83.9
4	Botswana	83.1	2020	4	83.1
5	South Africa	81.1	2020	5	81.7
6	Lesotho	77.7	2020	6	76.2
7	Algeria	73.7	2020	7	74.9
8	Gambia	66.9	2020	8	66.4
9	Zimbabwe	64.6	2020	9	64.6
10	Ghana	60.3	2020	10	58.6
11 ↓	Republic of the Congo	58.6	2020	10	58.6
12	Kenya	57.7	2020	12	57.7
13	Ivory Coast	54.5	2020	13	54.6
14	Zambia	50.5	2020	14	50.4
15	Rwanda	45.5	2020	15	45.5
16	Uganda	42.8	2020	16	41.4
17	Guinea-Bissau	40.9	2020	17	40.9
18 ↑	Democratic Republic of the Congo	40.4	2020	19	39.7
19 ↓	Sao Tome and Principe	40.1	2020	18	39.9
20	Ethiopia	39	2020	20	38.8
21	Madagascar	38.2	2020	21	37.1
22	Togo	36.8	2020	22	36.8
23	Nigeria	25.4	2020	23	25.2
24	Chad	17.4	2020	24	17.3
25	Sierra Leone	12.5	2020	25	12.4
26	Central African Republic	11.5	2020	26	11.8

Definition of Percent Urban Population With Access To Drinking Water

Access to an improved water source, urban, refers to the percentage of the urban population using an improved drinking water source. The improved drinking water source includes piped water on premises (piped household water connection located inside the users' dwelling, plot or yard), and other improved drinking water sources (public taps or standpipes, tube wells or boreholes, protected dug wells, protected springs, and rainwater collection).