(Results dynamically generated 11-22-09 6:19:48)

EarthTrends -> Water Resources and Freshwater Ecosystems -> Variable -> Searchable Database Results

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

Reverse years

		1990	2004
World
World		95	95
		1990	2004
Region/Classification
Asia (excluding Middle East)		94	93
Central America & Caribbean		89	96
Europe		99	100
Middle East & North Africa		92	94
North America		100	100
Oceania		98	96
South America		93	96
Sub-Saharan Africa		81	81
Developed Countries		99	100
Developing Countries		92	91
High Income Countries		100	100
Low Income Countries		87	89
Middle Income Countries		96	94
	ISO	1990	2004
Country
Afghanistan	AFG	10	63
Albania	ALB	99	99
Algeria	DZA	99	88
Andorra	AND	100	100
Angola	AGO	23	75
Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	95	95
Argentina	ARG	97	98
Armenia	ARM	99	99
Aruba	ABW	100	100
Australia	AUS	100	100
Austria	AUT	100	100
Azerbaijan	AZE	82	95
Bahamas	BHS	98	98
Bahrain	BHR	100	100
Bangladesh	BGD	83	82
Barbados	BRB	100	100
Belarus	BLR	100	100
Belgium	BEL	100	100
Belize	BLZ	100	100
Benin	BEN	73	78
Bhutan	BTN	..	86
Bolivia	BOL	91	95
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	99	99
Botswana	BWA	100	100
Brazil	BRA	93	96
British Virgin Islands	VGB	98	98
Bulgaria	BGR	100	100
Burkina Faso	BFA	61	94
Burundi	BDI	97	92
Cambodia	KHM	..	64
Cameroon	CMR	77	86
Canada	CAN	100	100
Cape Verde	CPV	..	86
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	73	97
Central African Rep	CAF	74	93
Chad	TCD	41	41
Chile	CHL	98	100
China	CHN	99	93
Colombia	COL	98	99
Comoros	COM	98	92
Congo	COG	..	84
Congo, Dem Rep	COD	90	82
Cook Islands	COK	99	98
Costa Rica	CRI	100	100
Croatia	HRV	100	100
Cuba	CUB	95	95
Cyprus	CYP	100	100
Czech Rep	CZE	100	100
Denmark	DNK	100	100
Djibouti	DJI	76	76
Dominica	DMA	100	100
Dominican Rep	DOM	98	97
Ecuador	ECU	82	97
Egypt	EGY	97	99
El Salvador	SLV	87	94
Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	..	45
Eritrea	ERI	62	74
Estonia	EST	100	100
Ethiopia	ETH	81	81
Fiji	FJI	..	43
Finland	FIN	100	100
France	FRA	100	100
French Guiana	GUF	..	88
French Polynesia	PYF	100	100
Gabon	GAB	95	95
Gambia	GMB	95	95
Georgia	GEO	91	96
Germany	DEU	100	100
Ghana	GHA	86	88
Grenada	GRD	97	97
Guadeloupe	GLP	98	98
Guam	GUM	100	100
Guatemala	GTM	89	99
Guinea	GIN	74	78
Guinea-Bissau	GNB	..	79
Guyana	GUY	..	83
Haiti	HTI	60	52
Honduras	HND	92	95
Hungary	HUN	100	100
Iceland	ISL	100	100
India	IND	89	95
Indonesia	IDN	92	87
Iran, Islamic Rep	IRN	99	99
Iraq	IRQ	97	97
Ireland	IRL	100	100
Israel	ISR	100	100
Italy	ITA	100	100
Jamaica	JAM	98	98
Japan	JPN	100	100
Jordan	JOR	99	99
Kazakhstan	KAZ	97	97
Kenya	KEN	91	83
Kiribati	KIR	76	77
Korea, Dem People's Rep	PRK	100	100
Korea, Rep	KOR	97	97
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	98	98
Lao People's Dem Rep	LAO	..	79
Latvia	LVA	100	100
Lebanon	LBN	100	100
Lesotho	LSO	..	92
Liberia	LBR	85	72
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	LBY	72	..
Luxembourg	LUX	100	100
Madagascar	MDG	80	77
Malawi	MWI	90	98
Malaysia	MYS	100	100
Maldives	MDV	100	98
Mali	MLI	50	78
Malta	MLT	100	100
Marshall Islands	MHL	95	82
Mauritania	MRT	32	59
Mauritius	MUS	100	100
Mexico	MEX	89	100
Micronesia, Fed States	FSM	93	95
Moldova, Rep	MDA	97	97
Monaco	MCO	100	100
Mongolia	MNG	87	87
Morocco	MAR	94	99
Mozambique	MOZ	83	72
Myanmar	MMR	86	80
Namibia	NAM	99	98
Nepal	NPL	95	96
Netherlands	NLD	100	100
New Zealand	NZL	100	100
Nicaragua	NIC	91	90
Niger	NER	62	80
Nigeria	NGA	80	67
Niue	NIU	100	100
Northern Mariana Islands	MNP	98	98
Norway	NOR	100	100
Oman	OMN	85	..
Pakistan	PAK	95	96
Palau	PLW	73	79
Palestinian Territories		94	94
Panama	PAN	99	99
Papua New Guinea	PNG	88	88
Paraguay	PRY	81	99
Peru	PER	89	89
Philippines	PHL	95	87
Poland	POL	100	100
Qatar	QAT	100	100
Romania	ROU	..	91
Russian Federation	RUS	97	100
Rwanda	RWA	88	92
Saint Kitts and Nevis	KNA	99	99
Samoa	WSM	99	90
Sao Tome & Principe	STP	..	89
Saudi Arabia	SAU	97	97
Senegal	SEN	89	92
Serbia and Montenegro	YUG	99	99
Seychelles	SYC	100	100
Sierra Leone	SLE	..	75
Singapore	SGP	100	100
Slovakia	SVK	100	100
Solomon Islands	SLB	..	94
Somalia	SOM	..	32
South Africa	ZAF	98	99
Spain	ESP	100	100
Sri Lanka	LKA	91	98
St. Lucia	LCA	98	98
Sudan	SDN	85	78
Suriname	SUR	98	98
Swaziland	SWZ	..	87
Sweden	SWE	100	100
Switzerland	CHE	100	100
Syrian Arab Rep	SYR	94	98
Tajikistan	TJK	..	92
Tanzania	TZA	85	85
Thailand	THA	98	98
Timor-Leste	TMP	..	77
Togo	TGO	81	80
Tonga	TON	100	100
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	93	92
Tunisia	TUN	95	99
Turkey	TUR	92	98
Turkmenistan	TKM	..	93
Turks and Caicos Islands	TCA	100	100
Uganda	UGA	80	87
Ukraine	UKR	99	99
United Arab Emirates	ARE	100	100
United Kingdom	GBR	100	100
United States	USA	100	100
Uruguay	URY	100	100
Uzbekistan	UZB	99	95
Vanuatu	VUT	93	86
Venezuela	VEN	..	85
Viet Nam	VNM	90	99
Yemen	YEM	84	71
Zambia	ZMB	86	90
Zimbabwe	ZWE	100	98

Footnotes

No footnotes

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.