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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, rural > % of rural population with access (most recent) by country
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1990
2004
Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
= 1
Guam :
100 %
2004
= 1
Finland :
100 %
2004
= 1
Andorra :
100 %
2004
= 1
Japan :
100 %
2004
= 1
Australia :
100 %
2004
= 1
France :
100 %
2004
= 1
Austria :
100 %
2004
= 1
Iceland :
100 %
2004
= 1
Barbados :
100 %
2004
= 1
Lebanon :
100 %
2004
= 1
Belgium :
100 %
2004
= 1
French Polynesia :
100 %
2004
= 1
Belarus :
100 %
2004
= 1
Germany :
100 %
2004
= 1
Cyprus :
100 %
2004
= 1
Croatia :
100 %
2004
= 1
Denmark :
100 %
2004
= 1
Israel :
100 %
2004
= 1
Czech Republic :
100 %
2004
= 1
Korea, North :
100 %
2004
= 1
Luxembourg :
100 %
2004
= 1
Spain :
100 %
2004
= 1
Thailand :
100 %
2004
= 1
Mauritius :
100 %
2004
= 1
Switzerland :
100 %
2004
= 1
Malta :
100 %
2004
= 1
Qatar :
100 %
2004
= 1
Netherlands :
100 %
2004
= 1
Sweden :
100 %
2004
= 1
Norway :
100 %
2004
= 1
United Arab Emirates :
100 %
2004
= 1
Tonga :
100 %
2004
= 1
United States :
100 %
2004
= 1
United Kingdom :
100 %
2004
= 1
Uruguay :
100 %
2004
= 1
Aruba :
100 %
2004
= 37
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
99 %
2004
= 37
Canada :
99 %
2004
= 37
Slovakia :
99 %
2004
= 37
Estonia :
99 %
2004
= 41
Hungary :
98 %
2004
= 41
Saint Lucia :
98 %
2004
= 43
Bulgaria :
97 %
2004
= 43
Egypt :
97 %
2004
= 43
Northern Mariana Islands :
97 %
2004
= 46
Latvia :
96 %
2004
= 46
Malaysia :
96 %
2004
= 46
Marshall Islands :
96 %
2004
= 46
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
96 %
2004
= 50
Palau :
94 %
2004
= 50
Albania :
94 %
2004
= 50
Micronesia, Federated States of :
94 %
2004
= 53
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
93 %
2004
= 53
Grenada :
93 %
2004
= 53
Turkey :
93 %
2004
= 56
Costa Rica :
92 %
2004
= 56
Guatemala :
92 %
2004
= 58
Dominican Republic :
91 %
2004
= 58
Jordan :
91 %
2004
= 58
Ukraine :
91 %
2004
= 61
Botswana :
90 %
2004
= 61
Dominica :
90 %
2004
= 63
Ecuador :
89 %
2004
= 63
Pakistan :
89 %
2004
= 63
Nepal :
89 %
2004
= 63
Antigua and Barbuda :
89 %
2004
= 67
Trinidad and Tobago :
88 %
2004
= 67
Moldova :
88 %
2004
= 67
Russia :
88 %
2004
= 67
Jamaica :
88 %
2004
= 71
Mexico :
87 %
2004
= 71
Syria :
87 %
2004
= 71
Samoa :
87 %
2004
= 74
Bahamas, The :
86 %
2004
= 74
Serbia and Montenegro :
86 %
2004
# 76
Iran :
84 %
2004
= 77
India :
83 %
2004
= 77
Guyana :
83 %
2004
= 79
New Zealand :
82 %
1990
= 79
Comoros :
82 %
2004
= 79
Tunisia :
82 %
2004
= 79
Philippines :
82 %
2004
= 79
Belize :
82 %
2004
= 84
Namibia :
81 %
2004
= 84
Honduras :
81 %
2004
= 86
Armenia :
80 %
2004
= 86
Algeria :
80 %
2004
= 86
Argentina :
80 %
2004
= 86
Vietnam :
80 %
2004
# 90
Panama :
79 %
2004
# 91
Cuba :
78 %
2004
= 92
Burma :
77 %
2004
= 92
Burundi :
77 %
2004
= 92
Gambia, The :
77 %
2004
= 95
Maldives :
76 %
2004
= 95
Lesotho :
76 %
2004
= 97
Uzbekistan :
75 %
2004
= 97
Seychelles :
75 %
2004
= 99
Sri Lanka :
74 %
2004
= 99
Côte d'Ivoire :
74 %
2004
= 101
Suriname :
73 %
2004
= 101
Kazakhstan :
73 %
2004
= 101
Cape Verde :
73 %
2004
= 101
Oman :
73 %
1990
= 101
South Africa :
73 %
2004
= 101
São Tomé and Príncipe :
73 %
2004
= 107
Zimbabwe :
72 %
2004
= 107
Bangladesh :
72 %
2004
= 109
Korea, South :
71 %
2004
= 109
Colombia :
71 %
2004
= 111
Venezuela :
70 %
2004
= 111
El Salvador :
70 %
2004
= 113
Rwanda :
69 %
2004
= 113
Indonesia :
69 %
2004
= 115
Libya :
68 %
1990
= 115
Bolivia :
68 %
2004
= 115
Malawi :
68 %
2004
= 115
Paraguay :
68 %
2004
= 119
China :
67 %
2004
= 119
Georgia :
67 %
2004
# 121
Kyrgyzstan :
66 %
2004
= 122
Solomon Islands :
65 %
2004
= 122
Yemen :
65 %
2004
= 122
Peru :
65 %
2004
= 125
Ghana :
64 %
2004
= 125
Sudan :
64 %
2004
= 127
Nicaragua :
63 %
2004
= 127
Saudi Arabia :
63 %
1990
# 129
Central African Republic :
61 %
2004
= 130
Bhutan :
60 %
2004
= 130
Senegal :
60 %
2004
= 132
Azerbaijan :
59 %
2004
= 132
Djibouti :
59 %
2004
# 134
Chile :
58 %
2004
= 135
Brazil :
57 %
2004
= 135
Eritrea :
57 %
2004
= 135
Benin :
57 %
2004
= 138
Uganda :
56 %
2004
= 138
Haiti :
56 %
2004
= 138
East Timor :
56 %
2004
= 138
Morocco :
56 %
2004
= 142
Turkmenistan :
54 %
2004
= 142
Burkina Faso :
54 %
2004
= 142
Swaziland :
54 %
2004
# 145
Kiribati :
53 %
2004
= 146
Liberia :
52 %
2004
= 146
Vanuatu :
52 %
2004
# 148
Fiji :
51 %
2004
# 149
Iraq :
50 %
2004
= 150
Guinea-Bissau :
49 %
2004
= 150
Tanzania :
49 %
2004
# 152
Tajikistan :
48 %
2004
# 153
Gabon :
47 %
2004
= 154
Sierra Leone :
46 %
2004
= 154
Kenya :
46 %
2004
= 156
Mauritania :
44 %
2004
= 156
Cameroon :
44 %
2004
= 158
Chad :
43 %
2004
= 158
Laos :
43 %
2004
# 160
Equatorial Guinea :
42 %
2004
= 161
Angola :
40 %
2004
= 161
Zambia :
40 %
2004
= 163
Mali :
36 %
2004
= 163
Niger :
36 %
2004
= 163
Togo :
36 %
2004
= 166
Cambodia :
35 %
2004
= 166
Guinea :
35 %
2004
= 166
Madagascar :
35 %
2004
# 169
Papua New Guinea :
32 %
2004
= 170
Nigeria :
31 %
2004
= 170
Afghanistan :
31 %
2004
# 172
Mongolia :
30 %
2004
# 173
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
29 %
2004
= 174
Congo, Republic of the :
27 %
2004
= 174
Somalia :
27 %
2004
# 176
Mozambique :
26 %
2004
# 177
Romania :
16 %
2004
# 178
Ethiopia :
11 %
2004
Weighted average:
74.9 %
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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