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

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