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

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

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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.