People using safely managed drinking water services in Chad
Chad: People using safely managed drinking water services was 6.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using safely managed drinking water services in Chad, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
Chad recorded 6.3% for people using safely managed drinking water services in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using safely managed drinking water services in Chad peaked at 6.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.5%, in 2000.
That places Chad 150th out of 151 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 | 5.7% | 5.5% | 5.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.9% | 5.8% | 6.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.2% | 6.2% | 6.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chad
- 147 Democratic Republic of Congo 11.9% compare
- 148 Sierra Leone 10.9% compare
- 149 Tuvalu 8.7% compare
- 151 Central African Republic 6.2% compare
More health data for Chad
- Population ages 15-64, male 5.44 million (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 229,538 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 223,651 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 237,237 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 52.2% (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 230,966 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 239,256 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 245,807 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 216,618 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 51.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using safely managed drinking water services in Chad?
- People using safely managed drinking water services in Chad was 6.3% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest people using safely managed drinking water services recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 6.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using safely managed drinking water services recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.5% in 2000.
- How does Chad rank for people using safely managed drinking water services?
- Chad ranks 150th out of 151 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using safely managed drinking water services rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. 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 (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The percentage of people using drinking water from an improved source that is accessible on premises, available when needed and free from fecal and priority chemical contamination. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.