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

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		1990	2004
World
World		78	83
		1990	2004
Region/Classification
Asia (excluding Middle East)		73	82
Central America & Caribbean		80	93
Middle East & North Africa		84	87
North America		100	100
Oceania		89	85
South America		84	90
Sub-Saharan Africa		49	56
Developed Countries		98	97
Developing Countries		71	79
High Income Countries		..	100
Low Income Countries		64	75
Middle Income Countries		78	84
	ISO	1990	2004
Country
Afghanistan	AFG	4	39
Albania	ALB	96	96
Algeria	DZA	94	85
Andorra	AND	100	100
Angola	AGO	36	53
Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	..	91
Argentina	ARG	94	96
Armenia	ARM	..	92
Aruba	ABW	100	100
Australia	AUS	100	100
Austria	AUT	100	100
Azerbaijan	AZE	68	77
Bahamas	BHS	..	97
Bangladesh	BGD	72	74
Barbados	BRB	100	100
Belarus	BLR	100	100
Belgium	BEL	100	100
Belize	BLZ	..	91
Benin	BEN	63	67
Bhutan	BTN	..	62
Bolivia	BOL	72	85
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	97	97
Botswana	BWA	93	95
Brazil	BRA	83	90
British Virgin Islands	VGB	98	98
Bulgaria	BGR	99	99
Burkina Faso	BFA	38	61
Burundi	BDI	69	79
Cambodia	KHM	..	41
Cameroon	CMR	50	66
Canada	CAN	100	100
Cape Verde	CPV	..	80
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	69	84
Central African Rep	CAF	52	75
Chad	TCD	19	42
Chile	CHL	90	95
China	CHN	70	77
Colombia	COL	92	93
Comoros	COM	93	86
Congo	COG	..	58
Congo, Dem Rep	COD	43	46
Cook Islands	COK	94	94
Costa Rica	CRI	..	97
Croatia	HRV	100	100
Cuba	CUB	..	91
Cyprus	CYP	100	100
Czech Rep	CZE	100	100
Denmark	DNK	100	100
Djibouti	DJI	72	73
Dominica	DMA	..	97
Dominican Rep	DOM	84	95
Ecuador	ECU	73	94
Egypt	EGY	94	98
El Salvador	SLV	67	84
Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	..	43
Eritrea	ERI	43	60
Estonia	EST	100	100
Ethiopia	ETH	23	22
Fiji	FJI	..	47
Finland	FIN	100	100
France	FRA	100	100
French Guiana	GUF	..	84
French Polynesia	PYF	100	100
Gabon	GAB	..	88
Gambia	GMB	..	82
Georgia	GEO	80	82
Germany	DEU	100	100
Ghana	GHA	55	75
Grenada	GRD	..	95
Guadeloupe	GLP	..	98
Guam	GUM	100	100
Guatemala	GTM	79	95
Guinea	GIN	44	50
Guinea-Bissau	GNB	..	59
Guyana	GUY	..	83
Haiti	HTI	47	54
Honduras	HND	84	87
Hungary	HUN	99	99
Iceland	ISL	100	100
India	IND	70	86
Indonesia	IDN	72	77
Iran, Islamic Rep	IRN	92	94
Iraq	IRQ	83	81
Israel	ISR	100	100
Jamaica	JAM	92	93
Japan	JPN	100	100
Jordan	JOR	97	97
Kazakhstan	KAZ	87	86
Kenya	KEN	45	61
Kiribati	KIR	49	65
Korea, Dem People's Rep	PRK	100	100
Korea, Rep	KOR	..	92
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	78	77
Lao People's Dem Rep	LAO	..	51
Latvia	LVA	99	99
Lebanon	LBN	100	100
Lesotho	LSO	..	79
Liberia	LBR	55	61
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	LBY	71	..
Luxembourg	LUX	100	100
Madagascar	MDG	40	46
Malawi	MWI	40	73
Malaysia	MYS	98	99
Maldives	MDV	96	83
Mali	MLI	34	50
Malta	MLT	100	100
Marshall Islands	MHL	96	87
Mauritania	MRT	38	53
Mauritius	MUS	100	100
Mexico	MEX	82	97
Micronesia, Fed States	FSM	88	94
Moldova, Rep	MDA	..	92
Monaco	MCO	100	100
Mongolia	MNG	63	62
Morocco	MAR	75	81
Mozambique	MOZ	36	43
Myanmar	MMR	57	78
Namibia	NAM	57	87
Nepal	NPL	70	90
Netherlands	NLD	100	100
New Zealand	NZL	97	..
Nicaragua	NIC	70	79
Niger	NER	39	46
Nigeria	NGA	49	48
Niue	NIU	100	100
Northern Mariana Islands	MNP	98	99
Norway	NOR	100	100
Oman	OMN	80	..
Pakistan	PAK	83	91
Palau	PLW	80	85
Palestinian Territories		..	92
Panama	PAN	90	90
Papua New Guinea	PNG	39	39
Paraguay	PRY	62	86
Peru	PER	74	83
Philippines	PHL	87	85
Qatar	QAT	100	100
Romania	ROU	..	57
Russian Federation	RUS	94	97
Rwanda	RWA	59	74
Saint Kitts and Nevis	KNA	99	99
Samoa	WSM	91	88
Sao Tome & Principe	STP	..	79
Saudi Arabia	SAU	90	..
Senegal	SEN	65	76
Serbia and Montenegro	YUG	93	93
Seychelles	SYC	88	88
Sierra Leone	SLE	..	57
Singapore	SGP	100	100
Slovakia	SVK	100	100
Solomon Islands	SLB	..	70
Somalia	SOM	..	29
South Africa	ZAF	83	88
Spain	ESP	100	100
Sri Lanka	LKA	68	79
St. Lucia	LCA	98	98
Sudan	SDN	64	70
Suriname	SUR	..	92
Swaziland	SWZ	..	62
Sweden	SWE	100	100
Switzerland	CHE	100	100
Syrian Arab Rep	SYR	80	93
Tajikistan	TJK	..	59
Tanzania	TZA	46	62
Thailand	THA	95	99
Timor-Leste	TMP	..	58
Togo	TGO	50	52
Tonga	TON	100	100
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	92	91
Tunisia	TUN	81	93
Turkey	TUR	85	96
Turkmenistan	TKM	..	72
Turks and Caicos Islands	TCA	100	100
Uganda	UGA	44	60
Ukraine	UKR	96	96
United Arab Emirates	ARE	100	100
United Kingdom	GBR	100	100
United States	USA	100	100
Uruguay	URY	100	100
Uzbekistan	UZB	94	82
Vanuatu	VUT	60	60
Venezuela	VEN	..	83
Viet Nam	VNM	65	85
Yemen	YEM	71	67
Zambia	ZMB	50	58
Zimbabwe	ZWE	78	81

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Source

World Health 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.