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

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

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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.