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

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		1990	2004
World
World		26	39
		1990	2004
Region/Classification
Asia (excluding Middle East)		16	35
Central America & Caribbean		29	50
Middle East & North Africa		56	..
North America		100	100
Oceania		87	84
South America		39	48
Sub-Saharan Africa		25	29
Developing Countries		19	35
Low Income Countries		12	29
Middle Income Countries		31	45
	ISO	1990	2004
Country
Afghanistan	AFG	2	29
Albania	ALB	..	84
Algeria	DZA	77	82
Andorra	AND	100	100
Angola	AGO	18	16
Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	..	94
Argentina	ARG	45	83
Armenia	ARM	..	61
Australia	AUS	100	100
Austria	AUT	100	100
Azerbaijan	AZE	..	36
Bahamas	BHS	100	100
Bangladesh	BGD	12	35
Barbados	BRB	100	100
Belarus	BLR	..	61
Belgium	BEL	100	100
Belize	BLZ	..	25
Benin	BEN	2	11
Bhutan	BTN	..	70
Bolivia	BOL	14	22
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	..	92
Botswana	BWA	21	25
Brazil	BRA	37	37
British Virgin Islands	VGB	100	100
Bulgaria	BGR	96	96
Burkina Faso	BFA	3	6
Burundi	BDI	44	35
Cambodia	KHM	..	8
Cameroon	CMR	40	43
Canada	CAN	99	99
Cape Verde	CPV	..	19
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	10	29
Central African Rep	CAF	17	12
Chad	TCD	2	4
Chile	CHL	52	62
China	CHN	7	28
Colombia	COL	52	54
Comoros	COM	20	29
Congo	COG	..	25
Congo, Dem Rep	COD	1	25
Cook Islands	COK	91	100
Costa Rica	CRI	97	97
Croatia	HRV	100	100
Cuba	CUB	95	95
Cyprus	CYP	100	100
Czech Rep	CZE	97	97
Denmark	DNK	100	100
Djibouti	DJI	50	50
Dominica	DMA	..	75
Dominican Rep	DOM	43	73
Ecuador	ECU	45	82
Egypt	EGY	42	58
El Salvador	SLV	33	39
Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	..	46
Eritrea	ERI	0	3
Estonia	EST	96	96
Ethiopia	ETH	2	7
Fiji	FJI	55	55
Finland	FIN	100	100
French Guiana	GUF	..	57
French Polynesia	PYF	97	97
Gabon	GAB	..	30
Gambia	GMB	..	46
Georgia	GEO	94	91
Germany	DEU	100	100
Ghana	GHA	10	11
Grenada	GRD	97	97
Guadeloupe	GLP	..	61
Guam	GUM	98	98
Guatemala	GTM	47	82
Guinea	GIN	10	11
Guinea-Bissau	GNB	..	23
Guyana	GUY	..	60
Haiti	HTI	23	14
Honduras	HND	31	54
Hungary	HUN	..	85
Iceland	ISL	100	100
India	IND	3	22
Indonesia	IDN	37	40
Iran, Islamic Rep	IRN	78	..
Iraq	IRQ	48	48
Jamaica	JAM	64	69
Japan	JPN	100	100
Jordan	JOR	82	87
Kazakhstan	KAZ	52	52
Kenya	KEN	37	41
Kiribati	KIR	21	22
Korea, Dem People's Rep	PRK	..	60
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	51	51
Lao People's Dem Rep	LAO	..	20
Latvia	LVA	..	71
Lebanon	LBN	..	87
Lesotho	LSO	32	32
Liberia	LBR	24	7
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	LBY	96	96
Luxembourg	LUX	100	100
Madagascar	MDG	10	26
Malawi	MWI	45	61
Malaysia	MYS	..	93
Maldives	MDV	..	42
Mali	MLI	32	39
Marshall Islands	MHL	51	58
Mauritania	MRT	22	8
Mauritius	MUS	..	94
Mexico	MEX	13	41
Micronesia, Fed States	FSM	20	14
Moldova, Rep	MDA	..	52
Mongolia	MNG	..	37
Morocco	MAR	27	52
Mozambique	MOZ	12	19
Myanmar	MMR	16	72
Namibia	NAM	8	13
Nepal	NPL	7	30
Netherlands	NLD	100	100
New Zealand	NZL	88	..
Nicaragua	NIC	24	34
Niger	NER	2	4
Nigeria	NGA	33	36
Niue	NIU	100	100
Northern Mariana Islands	MNP	78	96
Norway	NOR	100	100
Oman	OMN	61	..
Pakistan	PAK	17	41
Palau	PLW	54	52
Palestinian Territories		..	61
Panama	PAN	51	51
Papua New Guinea	PNG	41	41
Paraguay	PRY	45	61
Peru	PER	15	32
Philippines	PHL	48	59
Qatar	QAT	100	100
Russian Federation	RUS	70	70
Rwanda	RWA	36	38
Saint Kitts and Nevis	KNA	96	96
Samoa	WSM	98	100
Sao Tome & Principe	STP	..	20
Senegal	SEN	19	34
Serbia and Montenegro	YUG	77	77
Seychelles	SYC	100	100
Sierra Leone	SLE	..	30
Slovakia	SVK	98	98
Solomon Islands	SLB	..	18
Somalia	SOM	..	14
South Africa	ZAF	53	46
Spain	ESP	100	100
Sri Lanka	LKA	64	89
St. Lucia	LCA	..	89
St. Vincent & Grenadines	VCT	96	96
Sudan	SDN	26	24
Suriname	SUR	..	76
Swaziland	SWZ	..	44
Sweden	SWE	100	100
Switzerland	CHE	100	100
Syrian Arab Rep	SYR	50	81
Tajikistan	TJK	..	45
Tanzania	TZA	45	43
Thailand	THA	74	99
Timor-Leste	TMP	..	33
Togo	TGO	24	15
Tonga	TON	96	96
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	100	100
Tunisia	TUN	47	65
Turkey	TUR	70	72
Turkmenistan	TKM	..	50
Turks and Caicos Islands	TCA	..	94
Uganda	UGA	41	41
Ukraine	UKR	92	93
United Arab Emirates	ARE	95	95
United States	USA	100	100
Uruguay	URY	99	99
Uzbekistan	UZB	39	61
Vanuatu	VUT	..	42
Venezuela	VEN	..	48
Viet Nam	VNM	30	50
Yemen	YEM	19	28
Zambia	ZMB	31	52
Zimbabwe	ZWE	42	47

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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.