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

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		1990	2004
World
World		79	80
		1990	2004
Region/Classification
Asia (excluding Middle East)		61	70
Central America & Caribbean		74	88
Middle East & North Africa		85	..
North America		100	100
Oceania		93	92
South America		83	85
Sub-Saharan Africa		48	51
Developing Countries		62	69
Low Income Countries		49	60
Middle Income Countries		74	79
	ISO	1990	2004
Country
Afghanistan	AFG	7	49
Albania	ALB	99	99
Algeria	DZA	99	99
Andorra	AND	100	100
Angola	AGO	61	56
Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	98	98
Argentina	ARG	86	92
Armenia	ARM	96	96
Australia	AUS	100	100
Austria	AUT	100	100
Azerbaijan	AZE	..	73
Bahamas	BHS	100	100
Bahrain	BHR	100	100
Bangladesh	BGD	55	51
Barbados	BRB	99	99
Belarus	BLR	..	93
Belgium	BEL	100	100
Belize	BLZ	..	71
Benin	BEN	32	59
Bhutan	BTN	..	65
Bolivia	BOL	49	60
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	99	99
Botswana	BWA	61	57
Brazil	BRA	82	83
British Virgin Islands	VGB	100	100
Bulgaria	BGR	100	100
Burkina Faso	BFA	32	42
Burundi	BDI	42	47
Cambodia	KHM	..	53
Cameroon	CMR	59	58
Canada	CAN	100	100
Cape Verde	CPV	..	61
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	37	46
Central African Rep	CAF	34	47
Chad	TCD	28	24
Chile	CHL	91	95
China	CHN	64	69
Colombia	COL	95	96
Comoros	COM	62	41
Congo	COG	..	28
Congo, Dem Rep	COD	53	42
Cook Islands	COK	100	100
Costa Rica	CRI	..	89
Croatia	HRV	100	100
Cuba	CUB	99	99
Cyprus	CYP	100	100
Czech Rep	CZE	99	99
Denmark	DNK	100	100
Djibouti	DJI	88	88
Dominica	DMA	..	86
Dominican Rep	DOM	60	81
Ecuador	ECU	77	94
Egypt	EGY	70	86
El Salvador	SLV	70	77
Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	..	60
Eritrea	ERI	44	32
Estonia	EST	97	97
Ethiopia	ETH	13	44
Fiji	FJI	87	87
Finland	FIN	100	100
French Guiana	GUF	..	85
French Polynesia	PYF	99	99
Gabon	GAB	..	37
Gambia	GMB	..	72
Georgia	GEO	99	96
Germany	DEU	100	100
Ghana	GHA	23	27
Grenada	GRD	96	96
Guadeloupe	GLP	..	64
Guam	GUM	99	99
Guatemala	GTM	73	90
Guinea	GIN	27	31
Guinea-Bissau	GNB	..	57
Guyana	GUY	..	86
Haiti	HTI	25	57
Honduras	HND	77	87
Hungary	HUN	100	100
Iceland	ISL	100	100
India	IND	45	59
Indonesia	IDN	65	73
Iran, Islamic Rep	IRN	86	..
Iraq	IRQ	95	95
Israel	ISR	100	100
Jamaica	JAM	86	91
Japan	JPN	100	100
Jordan	JOR	97	94
Kazakhstan	KAZ	87	87
Kenya	KEN	48	46
Kiribati	KIR	33	59
Korea, Dem People's Rep	PRK	..	58
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	75	75
Lao People's Dem Rep	LAO	..	67
Latvia	LVA	..	82
Lebanon	LBN	100	100
Lesotho	LSO	61	61
Liberia	LBR	59	49
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	LBY	97	97
Luxembourg	LUX	100	100
Madagascar	MDG	27	48
Malawi	MWI	64	62
Malaysia	MYS	95	95
Maldives	MDV	100	100
Mali	MLI	50	59
Malta	MLT	100	100
Marshall Islands	MHL	88	93
Mauritania	MRT	42	49
Mauritius	MUS	95	95
Mexico	MEX	75	91
Micronesia, Fed States	FSM	54	61
Moldova, Rep	MDA	..	86
Monaco	MCO	100	100
Mongolia	MNG	..	75
Morocco	MAR	87	88
Mozambique	MOZ	49	53
Myanmar	MMR	48	88
Namibia	NAM	70	50
Nepal	NPL	48	62
Netherlands	NLD	100	100
Nicaragua	NIC	64	56
Niger	NER	35	43
Nigeria	NGA	51	53
Niue	NIU	100	100
Northern Mariana Islands	MNP	85	94
Norway	NOR	100	100
Oman	OMN	97	97
Pakistan	PAK	82	92
Palau	PLW	76	96
Palestinian Territories		..	78
Panama	PAN	89	89
Papua New Guinea	PNG	67	67
Paraguay	PRY	72	94
Peru	PER	69	74
Philippines	PHL	66	80
Qatar	QAT	100	100
Romania	ROU	..	89
Russian Federation	RUS	93	93
Rwanda	RWA	49	56
Saint Kitts and Nevis	KNA	96	96
Samoa	WSM	100	100
Sao Tome & Principe	STP	..	32
Saudi Arabia	SAU	100	100
Senegal	SEN	53	79
Serbia and Montenegro	YUG	97	97
Sierra Leone	SLE	..	53
Singapore	SGP	100	100
Slovakia	SVK	100	100
Solomon Islands	SLB	98	98
Somalia	SOM	..	48
South Africa	ZAF	85	79
Spain	ESP	100	100
Sri Lanka	LKA	89	98
St. Lucia	LCA	..	89
Sudan	SDN	53	50
Suriname	SUR	99	99
Swaziland	SWZ	..	59
Sweden	SWE	100	100
Switzerland	CHE	100	100
Syrian Arab Rep	SYR	97	99
Tajikistan	TJK	..	70
Tanzania	TZA	52	53
Thailand	THA	95	98
Timor-Leste	TMP	..	66
Togo	TGO	71	71
Tonga	TON	98	98
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	100	100
Tunisia	TUN	95	96
Turkey	TUR	96	96
Turkmenistan	TKM	..	77
Turks and Caicos Islands	TCA	98	98
Uganda	UGA	54	54
Ukraine	UKR	98	98
United Arab Emirates	ARE	98	98
United States	USA	100	100
Uruguay	URY	100	100
Uzbekistan	UZB	69	78
Vanuatu	VUT	..	78
Venezuela	VEN	..	71
Viet Nam	VNM	58	92
Yemen	YEM	82	86
Zambia	ZMB	63	59
Zimbabwe	ZWE	69	63

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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.