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

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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.