Chad
Capital: N'Djamena · Low income · Pop. 20.3 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Chad, 6.34% of the population uses safely managed drinking water — an improved source, located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination (2024 estimate). That leaves roughly 19.0 million people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 11.09% use safely managed sanitation services and 13.14% have at least a basic service (2024).
Chad has about 813 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year — below the ~1,000 m³ threshold widely used to define water scarcity. It withdraws the equivalent of 6% of those internal resources annually (low water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 76% of Chad's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Chad have safe drinking water?
6.34% of Chad's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 19.0 million people do not.
Does Chad have enough freshwater?
Chad has roughly 813 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 6% of it annually (low stress).