Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by People > Drinking water source > Improved > Total

DEFINITION: This entry is derived from People > Drinking water source > Improved, which provides information about access to improved or unimproved drinking water sources available to segments of the population of a country.improved drinking water - use of any of the following sources: piped water into dwelling, yard, or plot; public tap or standpipe; tubewell or borehole; protected dug well; protected spring; or rainwater collection. unimproved drinking water - use of any of the following sources: unprotected dug well; unprotected spring; cart with small tank or drum; tanker truck; surface water, which includes rivers, dams, lakes, ponds, streams, canals or irrigation channels; or bottled water.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Mauritius	99% of population	2013
2	Botswana	96% of population	2013
3	Comoros	95% of population	2013
4	Namibia	93% of population	2013
5	South Africa	91% of population	2013
=6	Sao Tome and Principe	89% of population	2013
=6	The Gambia	89% of population	2013
=8	Cape Verde	88% of population	2013
=8	Djibouti	88% of population	2013
10	Gabon	87% of population	2013
11	Ghana	86% of population	2013
12	Malawi	83% of population	2013
=13	Zimbabwe	80% of population	2013
=13	Cote d'Ivoire	80% of population	2013
15	Burkina Faso	79% of population	2013
16	Lesotho	78% of population	2013
17	Cameroon	77% of population	2013
18	Benin	75% of population	2013
19	Guinea	74% of population	2013
20	Liberia	73% of population	2013
=21	Senegal	72% of population	2013
=21	Uganda	72% of population	2013
=21	Burundi	72% of population	2013
24	Swaziland	71% of population	2013
25	Central African Republic	67% of population	2013
26	Rwanda	65% of population	2013
=27	Mali	64% of population	2013
=27	Guinea-Bissau	64% of population	2013
=29	Eritrea	61% of population	2013
=29	Togo	61% of population	2013
=29	Zambia	61% of population	2013
32	Kenya	59% of population	2013
=33	Nigeria	58% of population	2013
=33	Sudan	58% of population	2013
=35	Sierra Leone	55% of population	2013
=35	South Sudan	55% of population	2012
37	Tanzania	53% of population	2013
=38	Angola	51% of population	2013
=38	Chad	51% of population	2013
40	Mauritania	50% of population	2013
41	Niger	49% of population	2013
42	Mozambique	47% of population	2013
43	Madagascar	46% of population	2013
44	Democratic Republic of the Congo	45% of population	2013
45	Ethiopia	44% of population	2013
46	Equatorial Guinea	43% of population	2013
47	Somalia	29% of population	2013

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