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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
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Guam :
100 %
2004 ...
#2
Finland :
100 %
2004 ...
#3
Andorra :
100 %
2004 ...
#4
Japan :
100 %
2004 ...
#5
Australia :
100 %
2004 ...
#6
France :
100 %
2004 ...
#7
Austria :
100 %
2004 ...
#8
Iceland :
100 %
2004 ...
#9
Barbados :
100 %
2004 ...
#10
Lebanon :
100 %
2004 ...
#11
Belgium :
100 %
2004 ...
#12
French Polynesia :
100 %
2004 ...
#13
Belarus :
100 %
2004 ...
#14
Germany :
100 %
2004 ...
#15
Cyprus :
100 %
2004 ...
#16
Croatia :
100 %
2004 ...
#17
Denmark :
100 %
2004 ...
#18
Israel :
100 %
2004 ...
#19
Czech Republic :
100 %
2004 ...
#20
Korea, North :
100 %
2004 ...
#21
Luxembourg :
100 %
2004 ...
#22
Spain :
100 %
2004 ...
#23
Thailand :
100 %
2004 ...
#24
Mauritius :
100 %
2004 ...
#25
Switzerland :
100 %
2004 ...
#26
Malta :
100 %
2004 ...
#27
Qatar :
100 %
2004 ...
#28
Netherlands :
100 %
2004 ...
#29
Sweden :
100 %
2004 ...
#30
Norway :
100 %
2004 ...
#31
United Arab Emirates :
100 %
2004 ...
#32
Tonga :
100 %
2004 ...
#33
United States :
100 %
2004 ...
#34
United Kingdom :
100 %
2004 ...
#35
Uruguay :
100 %
2004 ...
#36
Aruba :
100 %
2004 ...
#37
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
99 %
2004 ...
#38
Canada :
99 %
2004 ...
#39
Slovakia :
99 %
2004 ...
#40
Estonia :
99 %
2004 ...
#41
Hungary :
98 %
2004 ...
#42
Saint Lucia :
98 %
2004 ...
#43
Bulgaria :
97 %
2004 ...
#44
Egypt :
97 %
2004 ...
#45
Northern Mariana Islands :
97 %
2004 ...
#46
Latvia :
96 %
2004 ...
#47
Malaysia :
96 %
2004 ...
#48
Marshall Islands :
96 %
2004 ...
#49
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
96 %
2004 ...
#50
Palau :
94 %
2004 ...
#51
Albania :
94 %
2004 ...
#52
Micronesia, Federated States of :
94 %
2004 ...
#53
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
93 %
2004 ...
#54
Grenada :
93 %
2004 ...
#55
Turkey :
93 %
2004 ...
#56
Costa Rica :
92 %
2004 ...
#57
Guatemala :
92 %
2004 ...
#58
Dominican Republic :
91 %
2004 ...
#59
Jordan :
91 %
2004 ...
#60
Ukraine :
91 %
2004 ...
#61
Botswana :
90 %
2004 ...
#62
Dominica :
90 %
2004 ...
#63
Ecuador :
89 %
2004 ...
#64
Pakistan :
89 %
2004 ...
#65
Nepal :
89 %
2004 ...
#66
Antigua and Barbuda :
89 %
2004 ...
#67
Trinidad and Tobago :
88 %
2004 ...
#68
Moldova :
88 %
2004 ...
#69
Russia :
88 %
2004 ...
#70
Jamaica :
88 %
2004 ...
#71
Mexico :
87 %
2004 ...
#72
Syria :
87 %
2004 ...
#73
Samoa :
87 %
2004 ...
#74
Bahamas, The :
86 %
2004 ...
#75
Serbia and Montenegro :
86 %
2004 ...
#76
Iran :
84 %
2004 ...
#77
India :
83 %
2004 ...
#78
Guyana :
83 %
2004 ...
#79
New Zealand :
82 %
1990 ...
#80
Comoros :
82 %
2004 ...
#81
Tunisia :
82 %
2004 ...
#82
Philippines :
82 %
2004 ...
#83
Belize :
82 %
2004 ...
#84
Namibia :
81 %
2004 ...
#85
Honduras :
81 %
2004 ...
#86
Armenia :
80 %
2004 ...
#87
Algeria :
80 %
2004 ...
#88
Argentina :
80 %
2004 ...
#89
Vietnam :
80 %
2004 ...
#90
Panama :
79 %
2004 ...
#91
Cuba :
78 %
2004 ...
#92
Burma :
77 %
2004 ...
#93
Burundi :
77 %
2004 ...
#94
Gambia, The :
77 %
2004 ...
#95
Maldives :
76 %
2004 ...
#96
Lesotho :
76 %
2004 ...
#97
Uzbekistan :
75 %
2004 ...
#98
Seychelles :
75 %
2004 ...
#99
Sri Lanka :
74 %
2004 ...
#100
Côte d'Ivoire :
74 %
2004 ...
#101
Suriname :
73 %
2004 ...
#102
Kazakhstan :
73 %
2004 ...
#103
Cape Verde :
73 %
2004 ...
#104
Oman :
73 %
1990 ...
#105
South Africa :
73 %
2004 ...
#106
São Tomé and Príncipe :
73 %
2004 ...
#107
Zimbabwe :
72 %
2004 ...
#108
Bangladesh :
72 %
2004 ...
#109
Korea, South :
71 %
2004 ...
#110
Colombia :
71 %
2004 ...
#111
Venezuela :
70 %
2004 ...
#112
El Salvador :
70 %
2004 ...
#113
Rwanda :
69 %
2004 ...
#114
Indonesia :
69 %
2004 ...
#115
Libya :
68 %
1990 ...
#116
Bolivia :
68 %
2004 ...
#117
Malawi :
68 %
2004 ...
#118
Paraguay :
68 %
2004 ...
#119
China :
67 %
2004 ...
#120
Georgia :
67 %
2004 ...
#121
Kyrgyzstan :
66 %
2004 ...
#122
Solomon Islands :
65 %
2004 ...
#123
Yemen :
65 %
2004 ...
#124
Peru :
65 %
2004 ...
#125
Ghana :
64 %
2004 ...
#126
Sudan :
64 %
2004 ...
#127
Nicaragua :
63 %
2004 ...
#128
Saudi Arabia :
63 %
1990