DEFINITION
Access to an improved water source refers to the percentage of the population with reasonable access to an adequate amount of water from an improved source, such as a household connection, public standpipe, borehole, protected well or spring, and rainwater collection. Unimproved sources include vendors, tanker trucks, and unprotected wells and springs. Reasonable access is defined as the availability of at least 20 liters a person a day from a source within one kilometer of the dwelling.
Health Statistics > Improved water source > % of population with access (most recent) by country
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1990
2004
2005
Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
= 1
France :
100 %
2004
= 1
Lebanon :
100 %
2004
= 1
Andorra :
100 %
2004
= 1
Iceland :
100 %
2004
= 1
Australia :
100 %
2004
= 1
Finland :
100 %
2004
= 1
Austria :
100 %
2004
= 1
Guam :
100 %
2004
= 1
Barbados :
100 %
2004
= 1
Japan :
100 %
2004
= 1
Belgium :
100 %
2004
= 1
Czech Republic :
100 %
2004
= 1
Belarus :
100 %
2004
= 1
French Polynesia :
100 %
2004
= 1
Canada :
100 %
2004
= 1
Germany :
100 %
2004
= 1
Cyprus :
100 %
2004
= 1
Croatia :
100 %
2004
= 1
Denmark :
100 %
2004
= 1
Israel :
100 %
2004
= 1
Estonia :
100 %
2004
= 1
Korea, North :
100 %
2004
= 1
Slovakia :
100 %
2004
= 1
Norway :
100 %
2004
= 1
Sweden :
100 %
2004
= 1
Luxembourg :
100 %
2004
= 1
Singapore :
100 %
2004
= 1
Monaco :
100 %
2004
= 1
Netherlands :
100 %
2004
= 1
Mauritius :
100 %
2004
= 1
Qatar :
100 %
2004
= 1
Malta :
100 %
2004
= 1
Spain :
100 %
2004
= 1
Switzerland :
100 %
2004
= 1
United Kingdom :
100 %
2004
= 1
United Arab Emirates :
100 %
2004
= 1
Aruba :
100 %
2004
= 1
Tonga :
100 %
2004
= 1
United States :
100 %
2004
= 1
Uruguay :
100 %
2004
= 41
Hungary :
99 %
2004
= 41
Brunei :
99 %
2005
= 41
Thailand :
99 %
2004
= 41
Northern Mariana Islands :
99 %
2004
= 41
Latvia :
99 %
2004
= 41
Bulgaria :
99 %
2004
= 41
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
99 %
2004
= 41
Malaysia :
99 %
2004
= 49
Saint Lucia :
98 %
2004
= 49
Egypt :
98 %
2004
= 51
Costa Rica :
97 %
2004
= 51
New Zealand :
97 %
1990
= 51
Bahamas, The :
97 %
2004
= 51
Dominica :
97 %
2004
= 51
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
97 %
2004
= 51
Mexico :
97 %
2004
= 51
Jordan :
97 %
2004
= 51
Russia :
97 %
2004
= 59
Argentina :
96 %
2004
= 59
Ukraine :
96 %
2004
= 59
Turkey :
96 %
2004
= 59
Albania :
96 %
2004
= 63
Dominican Republic :
95 %
2004
= 63
Guatemala :
95 %
2004
= 63
Chile :
95 %
2004
= 63
Botswana :
95 %
2004
= 63
Grenada :
95 %
2004
= 68
Ecuador :
94 %
2004
= 68
Micronesia, Federated States of :
94 %
2004
= 68
Iran :
94 %
2004
= 71
Syria :
93 %
2004
= 71
Jamaica :
93 %
2004
= 71
Tunisia :
93 %
2004
= 71
Colombia :
93 %
2004
= 71
Serbia and Montenegro :
93 %
2004
= 76
Suriname :
92 %
2004
= 76
Armenia :
92 %
2004
= 76
Moldova :
92 %
2004
= 76
Korea, South :
92 %
2004
= 80
Cuba :
91 %
2004
= 80
Antigua and Barbuda :
91 %
2004
= 80
Trinidad and Tobago :
91 %
2004
= 80
Pakistan :
91 %
2004
= 80
Belize :
91 %
2004
= 85
Brazil :
90 %
2004
= 85
Nepal :
90 %
2004
= 85
Panama :
90 %
2004
= 85
Saudi Arabia :
90 %
1990
= 89
Gabon :
88 %
2004
= 89
Samoa :
88 %
2004
= 89
South Africa :
88 %
2004
= 89
Seychelles :
88 %
2004
= 93
Marshall Islands :
87 %
2004
= 93
Namibia :
87 %
2004
= 93
Honduras :
87 %
2004
= 96
Paraguay :
86 %
2004
= 96
India :
86 %
2004
= 96
Comoros :
86 %
2004
= 96
Kazakhstan :
86 %
2004
= 100
Palau :
85 %
2004
= 100
Algeria :
85 %
2004
= 100
Bolivia :
85 %
2004
= 100
Philippines :
85 %
2004
= 100
Vietnam :
85 %
2004
= 105
Côte d'Ivoire :
84 %
2004
= 105
El Salvador :
84 %
2004
= 107
Maldives :
83 %
2004
= 107
Guyana :
83 %
2004
= 107
Peru :
83 %
2004
= 107
Venezuela :
83 %
2004
= 111
Gambia, The :
82 %
2004
= 111
Georgia :
82 %
2004
= 111
Uzbekistan :
82 %
2004
= 114
Zimbabwe :
81 %
2004
= 114
Morocco :
81 %
2004
= 114
Iraq :
81 %
2004
= 117
Oman :
80 %
1990
= 117
Cape Verde :
80 %
2004
= 119
Sri Lanka :
79 %
2004
= 119
São Tomé and Príncipe :
79 %
2004
= 119
Lesotho :
79 %
2004
= 119
Burundi :
79 %
2004
= 119
Nicaragua :
79 %
2004
# 124
Burma :
78 %
2004
= 125
Kyrgyzstan :
77 %
2004
= 125
Azerbaijan :
77 %
2004
= 125
Indonesia :
77 %
2004
= 125
China :
77 %
2004
# 129
Senegal :
76 %
2004
= 130
Central African Republic :
75 %
2004
= 130
Ghana :
75 %
2004
= 132
Rwanda :
74 %
2004
= 132
Bangladesh :
74 %
2004
= 134
Djibouti :
73 %
2004
= 134
Malawi :
73 %
2004
# 136
Turkmenistan :
72 %
2004
# 137
Libya :
71 %
1990
= 138
Sudan :
70 %
2004
= 138
Solomon Islands :
70 %
2004
= 140
Benin :
67 %
2004
= 140
Yemen :
67 %
2004
# 142
Cameroon :
66 %
2004
# 143
Kiribati :
65 %
2004
= 144
Mongolia :
62 %
2004
= 144
Bhutan :
62 %
2004
= 144
Tanzania :
62 %
2004
= 144
Swaziland :
62 %
2004
= 148
Liberia :
61 %
2004
= 148
Burkina Faso :
61 %
2004
= 148
Kenya :
61 %
2004
= 151
Uganda :
60 %
2004
= 151
Eritrea :
60 %
2004
= 151
Vanuatu :
60 %
2004
= 154
Guinea-Bissau :
59 %
2004
= 154
Tajikistan :
59 %
2004
= 156
Congo, Republic of the :
58 %
2004
= 156
East Timor :
58 %
2004
= 156
Zambia :
58 %
2004
= 159
Romania :
57 %
2004
= 159
Sierra Leone :
57 %
2004
# 161
Haiti :
54 %
2004
= 162
Angola :
53 %
2004
= 162
Mauritania :
53 %
2004
# 164
Togo :
52 %
2004
# 165
Laos :
51 %
2004
= 166
Mali :
50 %
2004
= 166
Guinea :
50 %
2004
# 168
Nigeria :
48 %
2004
# 169
Fiji :
47 %
2004
= 170
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
46 %
2004
= 170
Madagascar :
46 %
2004
= 170
Niger :
46 %
2004
= 173
Equatorial Guinea :
43 %
2004
= 173
Mozambique :
43 %
2004
# 175
Chad :
42 %
2004
# 176
Cambodia :
41 %
2004
= 177
Afghanistan :
39 %
2004
= 177
Papua New Guinea :
39 %
2004
# 179
Somalia :
29 %
2004
# 180
Ethiopia :
22 %
2004
Weighted average:
82.5 %
DEFINITION: Access to an improved water source refers to the percentage of the population with reasonable access to an adequate amount of water from an improved source, such as a household connection, public standpipe, borehole, protected well or spring, and rainwater collection. Unimproved sources include vendors, tanker trucks, and unprotected wells and springs. Reasonable access is defined as the availability of at least 20 liters a person a day from a source within one kilometer of the dwelling.
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