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

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		2004	1990
World
World		59	49
		2004	1990
Region/Classification
Asia (excluding Middle East)		47	29
Central America & Caribbean		77	59
Middle East & North Africa		..	70
North America		100	100
Oceania		86	..
South America		77	72
Sub-Saharan Africa		37	32
Developing Countries		49	33
Low Income Countries		38	22
Middle Income Countries		62	48
	ISO	2004	1990
Country
Afghanistan	AFG	34	3
Albania	ALB	91	..
Algeria	DZA	92	88
Andorra	AND	100	100
Angola	AGO	31	29
Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	95	..
Argentina	ARG	91	81
Armenia	ARM	83	..
Australia	AUS	100	100
Austria	AUT	100	100
Azerbaijan	AZE	54	..
Bahamas	BHS	100	100
Bangladesh	BGD	39	20
Barbados	BRB	100	100
Belarus	BLR	84	..
Belgium	BEL	100	100
Belize	BLZ	47	..
Benin	BEN	33	12
Bhutan	BTN	70	..
Bolivia	BOL	46	33
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	95	..
Botswana	BWA	42	38
Brazil	BRA	75	71
British Virgin Islands	VGB	100	100
Bulgaria	BGR	99	99
Burkina Faso	BFA	13	7
Burundi	BDI	36	44
Cambodia	KHM	17	..
Cameroon	CMR	51	48
Canada	CAN	100	100
Cape Verde	CPV	43	..
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	37	21
Central African Rep	CAF	27	23
Chad	TCD	9	7
Chile	CHL	91	84
China	CHN	44	23
Colombia	COL	86	82
Comoros	COM	33	32
Congo	COG	27	..
Congo, Dem Rep	COD	30	16
Cook Islands	COK	100	97
Costa Rica	CRI	92	..
Croatia	HRV	100	100
Cuba	CUB	98	98
Cyprus	CYP	100	100
Czech Rep	CZE	98	99
Denmark	DNK	100	100
Djibouti	DJI	82	79
Dominica	DMA	84	..
Dominican Rep	DOM	78	52
Ecuador	ECU	89	63
Egypt	EGY	70	54
El Salvador	SLV	62	51
Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	53	..
Eritrea	ERI	9	7
Estonia	EST	97	97
Ethiopia	ETH	13	3
Fiji	FJI	72	68
Finland	FIN	100	100
French Guiana	GUF	78	..
French Polynesia	PYF	98	98
Gabon	GAB	36	..
Gambia	GMB	53	..
Georgia	GEO	94	97
Germany	DEU	100	100
Ghana	GHA	18	15
Grenada	GRD	96	97
Guadeloupe	GLP	64	..
Guam	GUM	99	99
Guatemala	GTM	86	58
Guinea	GIN	18	14
Guinea-Bissau	GNB	35	..
Guyana	GUY	70	..
Haiti	HTI	30	24
Honduras	HND	69	50
Hungary	HUN	95	..
Iceland	ISL	100	100
India	IND	33	14
Indonesia	IDN	55	46
Iran, Islamic Rep	IRN	..	83
Iraq	IRQ	79	81
Jamaica	JAM	80	75
Japan	JPN	100	100
Jordan	JOR	93	93
Kazakhstan	KAZ	72	72
Kenya	KEN	43	40
Kiribati	KIR	40	25
Korea, Dem People's Rep	PRK	59	..
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	59	60
Lao People's Dem Rep	LAO	30	..
Latvia	LVA	78	..
Lebanon	LBN	98	..
Lesotho	LSO	37	37
Liberia	LBR	27	39
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	LBY	97	97
Luxembourg	LUX	100	100
Madagascar	MDG	32	14
Malawi	MWI	61	47
Malaysia	MYS	94	..
Maldives	MDV	59	..
Mali	MLI	46	36
Marshall Islands	MHL	82	74
Mauritania	MRT	34	31
Mauritius	MUS	94	..
Mexico	MEX	79	58
Micronesia, Fed States	FSM	28	29
Moldova, Rep	MDA	68	..
Monaco	MCO	100	100
Mongolia	MNG	59	..
Morocco	MAR	73	56
Mozambique	MOZ	32	20
Myanmar	MMR	77	24
Namibia	NAM	25	24
Nepal	NPL	35	11
Netherlands	NLD	100	100
Nicaragua	NIC	47	45
Niger	NER	13	7
Nigeria	NGA	44	39
Niue	NIU	100	100
Northern Mariana Islands	MNP	95	84
Norway	NOR	100	100
Oman	OMN	..	83
Pakistan	PAK	59	37
Palau	PLW	83	70
Palestinian Territories		73	..
Panama	PAN	73	71
Papua New Guinea	PNG	44	44
Paraguay	PRY	80	58
Peru	PER	63	52
Philippines	PHL	72	57
Qatar	QAT	100	100
Russian Federation	RUS	87	87
Rwanda	RWA	42	37
Saint Kitts and Nevis	KNA	95	95
Samoa	WSM	100	98
Sao Tome & Principe	STP	25	..
Senegal	SEN	57	33
Serbia and Montenegro	YUG	87	87
Sierra Leone	SLE	39	..
Singapore	SGP	100	100
Slovakia	SVK	99	99
Solomon Islands	SLB	31	..
Somalia	SOM	26	..
South Africa	ZAF	65	69
Spain	ESP	100	100
Sri Lanka	LKA	91	69
St. Lucia	LCA	89	..
Sudan	SDN	34	33
Suriname	SUR	94	..
Swaziland	SWZ	48	..
Sweden	SWE	100	100
Switzerland	CHE	100	100
Syrian Arab Rep	SYR	90	73
Tajikistan	TJK	51	..
Tanzania	TZA	47	47
Thailand	THA	99	80
Timor-Leste	TMP	36	..
Togo	TGO	35	37
Tonga	TON	96	96
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	100	100
Tunisia	TUN	85	75
Turkey	TUR	88	85
Turkmenistan	TKM	62	..
Turks and Caicos Islands	TCA	96	..
Uganda	UGA	43	42
Ukraine	UKR	96	96
United Arab Emirates	ARE	98	97
United States	USA	100	100
Uruguay	URY	100	100
Uzbekistan	UZB	67	51
Vanuatu	VUT	50	..
Venezuela	VEN	68	..
Viet Nam	VNM	61	36
Yemen	YEM	43	32
Zambia	ZMB	55	44
Zimbabwe	ZWE	53	50

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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.