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Water Resources and Freshwater Ecosystems — Water and Sanitation: Rural access to an improved water source Units: Percent (%)

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		1990	2004
World
World		64	73
		1990	2004
Region/Classification
Asia (excluding Middle East)		65	76
Central America & Caribbean		64	84
Middle East & North Africa		74	79
North America		100	100
Oceania		86	83
South America		59	65
Sub-Saharan Africa		38	43
Developed Countries		95	93
Developing Countries		61	71
High Income Countries		..	98
Low Income Countries		57	69
Middle Income Countries		67	73
	ISO	1990	2004
Country
Afghanistan	AFG	3	31
Albania	ALB	94	94
Algeria	DZA	89	80
Andorra	AND	100	100
Angola	AGO	40	40
Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	..	89
Argentina	ARG	72	80
Armenia	ARM	..	80
Aruba	ABW	100	100
Australia	AUS	100	100
Austria	AUT	100	100
Azerbaijan	AZE	51	59
Bahamas	BHS	..	86
Bangladesh	BGD	69	72
Barbados	BRB	100	100
Belarus	BLR	100	100
Belgium	BEL	100	100
Belize	BLZ	..	82
Benin	BEN	57	57
Bhutan	BTN	..	60
Bolivia	BOL	49	68
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	96	96
Botswana	BWA	88	90
Brazil	BRA	55	57
British Virgin Islands	VGB	98	98
Bulgaria	BGR	97	97
Burkina Faso	BFA	34	54
Burundi	BDI	67	77
Cambodia	KHM	..	35
Cameroon	CMR	31	44
Canada	CAN	99	99
Cape Verde	CPV	..	73
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	67	74
Central African Rep	CAF	39	61
Chad	TCD	13	43
Chile	CHL	49	58
China	CHN	59	67
Colombia	COL	78	71
Comoros	COM	91	82
Congo	COG	..	27
Congo, Dem Rep	COD	25	29
Cook Islands	COK	87	88
Costa Rica	CRI	..	92
Croatia	HRV	100	100
Cuba	CUB	..	78
Cyprus	CYP	100	100
Czech Rep	CZE	100	100
Denmark	DNK	100	100
Djibouti	DJI	59	59
Dominica	DMA	..	90
Dominican Rep	DOM	66	91
Ecuador	ECU	61	89
Egypt	EGY	92	97
El Salvador	SLV	48	70
Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	..	42
Eritrea	ERI	39	57
Estonia	EST	99	99
Ethiopia	ETH	15	11
Fiji	FJI	..	51
Finland	FIN	100	100
France	FRA	100	100
French Guiana	GUF	..	71
French Polynesia	PYF	100	100
Gabon	GAB	..	47
Gambia	GMB	..	77
Georgia	GEO	67	67
Germany	DEU	100	100
Ghana	GHA	37	64
Grenada	GRD	..	93
Guadeloupe	GLP	..	93
Guam	GUM	100	100
Guatemala	GTM	72	92
Guinea	GIN	34	35
Guinea-Bissau	GNB	..	49
Guyana	GUY	..	83
Haiti	HTI	42	56
Honduras	HND	79	81
Hungary	HUN	98	98
Iceland	ISL	100	100
India	IND	64	83
Indonesia	IDN	63	69
Iran, Islamic Rep	IRN	84	84
Iraq	IRQ	50	50
Israel	ISR	100	100
Jamaica	JAM	86	88
Japan	JPN	100	100
Jordan	JOR	91	91
Kazakhstan	KAZ	73	73
Kenya	KEN	30	46
Kiribati	KIR	33	53
Korea, Dem People's Rep	PRK	100	100
Korea, Rep	KOR	..	71
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	66	66
Lao People's Dem Rep	LAO	..	43
Latvia	LVA	96	96
Lebanon	LBN	100	100
Lesotho	LSO	..	76
Liberia	LBR	34	52
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	LBY	68	..
Luxembourg	LUX	100	100
Madagascar	MDG	27	35
Malawi	MWI	33	68
Malaysia	MYS	96	96
Maldives	MDV	95	76
Mali	MLI	29	36
Malta	MLT	100	100
Marshall Islands	MHL	97	96
Mauritania	MRT	43	44
Mauritius	MUS	100	100
Mexico	MEX	64	87
Micronesia, Fed States	FSM	86	94
Moldova, Rep	MDA	..	88
Mongolia	MNG	30	30
Morocco	MAR	58	56
Mozambique	MOZ	24	26
Myanmar	MMR	47	77
Namibia	NAM	42	81
Nepal	NPL	67	89
Netherlands	NLD	100	100
New Zealand	NZL	82	..
Nicaragua	NIC	46	63
Niger	NER	35	36
Nigeria	NGA	33	31
Niue	NIU	100	100
Northern Mariana Islands	MNP	100	97
Norway	NOR	100	100
Oman	OMN	73	..
Pakistan	PAK	78	89
Palau	PLW	98	94
Palestinian Territories		..	88
Panama	PAN	79	79
Papua New Guinea	PNG	32	32
Paraguay	PRY	44	68
Peru	PER	41	65
Philippines	PHL	80	82
Qatar	QAT	100	100
Romania	ROU	..	16
Russian Federation	RUS	86	88
Rwanda	RWA	57	69
Saint Kitts and Nevis	KNA	99	99
Samoa	WSM	89	87
Sao Tome & Principe	STP	..	73
Saudi Arabia	SAU	63	..
Senegal	SEN	49	60
Serbia and Montenegro	YUG	86	86
Seychelles	SYC	75	75
Sierra Leone	SLE	..	46
Slovakia	SVK	99	99
Solomon Islands	SLB	..	65
Somalia	SOM	..	27
South Africa	ZAF	69	73
Spain	ESP	100	100
Sri Lanka	LKA	62	74
St. Lucia	LCA	98	98
St. Vincent & Grenadines	VCT	..	93
Sudan	SDN	57	64
Suriname	SUR	..	73
Swaziland	SWZ	..	54
Sweden	SWE	100	100
Switzerland	CHE	100	100
Syrian Arab Rep	SYR	67	87
Tajikistan	TJK	..	48
Tanzania	TZA	35	49
Thailand	THA	94	100
Timor-Leste	TMP	..	56
Togo	TGO	37	36
Tonga	TON	100	100
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	89	88
Tunisia	TUN	62	82
Turkey	TUR	74	93
Turkmenistan	TKM	..	54
Turks and Caicos Islands	TCA	100	100
Uganda	UGA	40	56
Ukraine	UKR	90	91
United Arab Emirates	ARE	100	100
United Kingdom	GBR	100	100
United States	USA	100	100
Uruguay	URY	100	100
Uzbekistan	UZB	91	75
Vanuatu	VUT	53	52
Venezuela	VEN	..	70
Viet Nam	VNM	59	80
Yemen	YEM	68	65
Zambia	ZMB	27	40
Zimbabwe	ZWE	69	72

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Source

World Helath Organization (WHO) and United Nation's Children's Fund (UNICEF). 2006. Meeting the MDG Drinking Water and Sanitation Target: The Urban and Rural Challenge of the Decade. Geneva: WHO and New York: UNICEF. Available online at http://www.wssinfo.org/pdf/JMP_06.pdf.