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Environment > Sanitation Stats: compare key data on Costa Rica & Nicaragua

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STAT Costa Rica Nicaragua HISTORY
Drinking water source by dwelling type > Houses with piped water inside the unit 1.11 million
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Nicaragua
388,393
Ranked 2nd.
Drinking water source by dwelling type > Houses with piped water inside the unit per thousand people 234.89
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Nicaragua
71.2
Ranked 2nd.
Drinking water source by dwelling type > Houses with piped water outside the unit 6,214
Ranked 3rd.
238,152
Ranked 1st. 38 times more than Costa Rica
Drinking water source by dwelling type > Houses with piped water outside the unit per thousand people 1.31
Ranked 3rd.
43.66
Ranked 1st. 33 times more than Costa Rica
Drinking water source by dwelling type > Houses with shared water 47,111
Ranked 3rd.
47,917
Ranked 2nd. 2% more than Costa Rica
Drinking water source by dwelling type > Houses with shared water per thousand people 9.94
Ranked 1st. 13% more than Nicaragua
8.78
Ranked 1st.
Drinking water source by dwelling type > Units with piped water inside the unit 8,349
Ranked 2nd. 12 times more than Nicaragua
722
Ranked 2nd.
Drinking water source by dwelling type > Units with piped water inside the unit per thousand people 1.76
Ranked 2nd. 13 times more than Nicaragua
0.132
Ranked 2nd.
Drinking water source by dwelling type > Units with piped water outside the unit 618
Ranked 2nd.
16,610
Ranked 1st. 27 times more than Costa Rica
Drinking water source by dwelling type > Units with piped water outside the unit per thousand people 0.13
Ranked 2nd.
3.04
Ranked 1st. 23 times more than Costa Rica
Drinking water source by dwelling type > Units with shared water 816
Ranked 2nd.
17,744
Ranked 2nd. 22 times more than Costa Rica
Drinking water source by dwelling type > Units with shared water per million people 172.24
Ranked 2nd.
3,252.67
Ranked 1st. 19 times more than Costa Rica
Population with improved sanitation > Rural 91.64%
Ranked 78th. 2 times more than Nicaragua
36.99%
Ranked 137th.

Population with improved sanitation > Urban 94.84
Ranked 88th. 50% more than Nicaragua
63.18
Ranked 148th.

Population with improved sanitation > Urban and rural 93.71
Ranked 80th. 80% more than Nicaragua
52.06
Ranked 144th.

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables

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