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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 (2004) by country
Showing values for 2004.
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1990
2004
Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Qatar :
100 %
2004
Health in Qatar
# 2
Spain :
100 %
2004
Health in Spain
# 3
Sweden :
100 %
2004
Health in Sweden
# 4
Japan :
100 %
2004
Health in Japan
# 5
Andorra :
100 %
2004
Health in Andorra
# 6
Israel :
100 %
2004
Health in Israel
# 7
Mauritius :
100 %
2004
Health in Mauritius
# 8
Switzerland :
100 %
2004
Health in Switzerland
# 9
United Arab Emirates :
100 %
2004
Health in United Arab Emirates
# 10
Aruba :
100 %
2004
Health in Aruba
# 11
Belarus :
100 %
2004
Health in Belarus
# 12
Australia :
100 %
2004
Health in Australia
# 13
French Polynesia :
100 %
2004
Health in French Polynesia
# 14
Austria :
100 %
2004
Health in Austria
# 15
Barbados :
100 %
2004
Health in Barbados
# 16
Iceland :
100 %
2004
Health in Iceland
# 17
Belgium :
100 %
2004
Health in Belgium
# 18
United States :
100 %
2004
Health in United States
# 19
Uruguay :
100 %
2004
Health in Uruguay
# 20
Korea, North :
100 %
2004
Health in Korea, North
# 21
Denmark :
100 %
2004
Health in Denmark
# 22
Norway :
100 %
2004
Health in Norway
# 23
Lebanon :
100 %
2004
Health in Lebanon
# 24
United Kingdom :
100 %
2004
Health in United Kingdom
# 25
Malta :
100 %
2004
Health in Malta
# 26
Czech Republic :
100 %
2004
Health in Czech Republic
# 27
Guam :
100 %
2004
Health in Guam
# 28
Cyprus :
100 %
2004
Health in Cyprus
# 29
Finland :
100 %
2004
Health in Finland
# 30
Luxembourg :
100 %
2004
Health in Luxembourg
# 31
Thailand :
100 %
2004
Health in Thailand
# 32
Croatia :
100 %
2004
Health in Croatia
# 33
Tonga :
100 %
2004
Health in Tonga
# 34
Netherlands :
100 %
2004
Health in Netherlands
# 35
Germany :
100 %
2004
Health in Germany
# 36
France :
100 %
2004
Health in France
# 37
Slovakia :
99 %
2004
Health in Slovakia
# 38
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
99 %
2004
Health in Saint Kitts and Nevis
# 39
Canada :
99 %
2004
Health in Canada
# 40
Estonia :
99 %
2004
Health in Estonia
# 41
Saint Lucia :
98 %
2004
Health in Saint Lucia
# 42
Hungary :
98 %
2004
Health in Hungary
# 43
Northern Mariana Islands :
97 %
2004
Health in Northern Mariana Islands
# 44
Bulgaria :
97 %
2004
Health in Bulgaria
# 45
Egypt :
97 %
2004
Health in Egypt
# 46
Malaysia :
96 %
2004
Health in Malaysia
# 47
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
96 %
2004
Health in Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 48
Latvia :
96 %
2004
Health in Latvia
# 49
Marshall Islands :
96 %
2004
Health in Marshall Islands
# 50
Micronesia, Federated States of :
94 %
2004
Health in Micronesia, Federated States of
# 51
Albania :
94 %
2004
Health in Albania
# 52
Palau :
94 %
2004
Health in Palau
# 53
Turkey :
93 %
2004
Health in Turkey
# 54
Grenada :
93 %
2004
Health in Grenada
# 55
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
93 %
2004
Health in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 56
Costa Rica :
92 %
2004
Health in Costa Rica
# 57
Guatemala :
92 %
2004
Health in Guatemala
# 58
Jordan :
91 %
2004
Health in Jordan
# 59
Dominican Republic :
91 %
2004
Health in Dominican Republic
# 60
Ukraine :
91 %
2004
Health in Ukraine
# 61
Botswana :
90 %
2004
Health in Botswana
# 62
Dominica :
90 %
2004
Health in Dominica
# 63
Ecuador :
89 %
2004
Health in Ecuador
# 64
Antigua and Barbuda :
89 %
2004
Health in Antigua and Barbuda
# 65
Pakistan :
89 %
2004
Health in Pakistan
# 66
Nepal :
89 %
2004
Health in Nepal
# 67
Trinidad and Tobago :
88 %
2004
Health in Trinidad and Tobago
# 68
Jamaica :
88 %
2004
Health in Jamaica
# 69
Russia :
88 %
2004
Health in Russia
# 70
Moldova :
88 %
2004
Health in Moldova
# 71
Samoa :
87 %
2004
Health in Samoa
# 72
Mexico :
87 %
2004
Health in Mexico
# 73
Syria :
87 %
2004
Health in Syria
# 74
Bahamas, The :
86 %
2004
Health in Bahamas, The
# 75
Serbia and Montenegro :
86 %
2004
Health in Serbia and Montenegro
# 76
Iran :
84 %
2004
Health in Iran
# 77
India :
83 %
2004
Health in India
# 78
Guyana :
83 %
2004
Health in Guyana
# 79
Tunisia :
82 %
2004
Health in Tunisia
# 80
Comoros :
82 %
2004
Health in Comoros
# 81
Belize :
82 %
2004
Health in Belize
# 82
Philippines :
82 %
2004
Health in Philippines
# 83
Honduras :
81 %
2004
Health in Honduras
# 84
Namibia :
81 %
2004
Health in Namibia
# 85
Vietnam :
80 %
2004
Health in Vietnam
# 86
Argentina :
80 %
2004
Health in Argentina
# 87
Algeria :
80 %
2004
Health in Algeria
# 88
Armenia :
80 %
2004
Health in Armenia
# 89
Panama :
79 %
2004
Health in Panama
# 90
Cuba :
78 %
2004
Health in Cuba
# 91
Burma :
77 %
2004
Health in Burma
# 92
Burundi :
77 %
2004
Health in Burundi
# 93
Gambia, The :
77 %
2004
Health in Gambia, The
# 94
Maldives :
76 %
2004
Health in Maldives
# 95
Lesotho :
76 %
2004
Health in Lesotho
# 96
Seychelles :
75 %
2004
Health in Seychelles
# 97
Uzbekistan :
75 %
2004
Health in Uzbekistan
# 98
Sri Lanka :
74 %
2004
Health in Sri Lanka
# 99
Côte d'Ivoire :
74 %
2004
Health in Côte d'Ivoire
# 100
South Africa :
73 %
2004
Health in South Africa
# 101
São Tomé and Príncipe :
73 %
2004
Health in São Tomé and Príncipe
# 102
Cape Verde :
73 %
2004
Health in Cape Verde
# 103
Suriname :
73 %
2004
Health in Suriname
# 104
Kazakhstan :
73 %
2004
Health in Kazakhstan
# 105
Bangladesh :
72 %
2004
Health in Bangladesh
# 106
Zimbabwe :
72 %
2004
Health in Zimbabwe
# 107
Colombia :
71 %
2004
Health in Colombia
# 108
Korea, South :
71 %
2004
Health in Korea, South
# 109
El Salvador :
70 %
2004
Health in El Salvador
# 110
Venezuela :
70 %
2004
Health in Venezuela
# 111
Indonesia :
69 %
2004
Health in Indonesia
# 112
Rwanda :
69 %
2004
Health in Rwanda
# 113
Paraguay :
68 %
2004
Health in Paraguay
# 114
Bolivia :
68 %
2004
Health in Bolivia
# 115
Malawi :
68 %
2004
Health in Malawi
# 116
China :
67 %
2004
Health in China
# 117
Georgia :
67 %
2004
Health in Georgia
# 118
Kyrgyzstan :
66 %
2004
Health in Kyrgyzstan
# 119
Yemen :
65 %
2004
Health in Yemen
# 120
Peru :
65 %
2004
Health in Peru
# 121
Solomon Islands :
65 %
2004
Health in Solomon Islands
# 122
Sudan :
64 %
2004
Health in Sudan
# 123
Ghana :
64 %
2004
Health in Ghana
# 124
Nicaragua :
63 %
2004
Health in Nicaragua
# 125
Central African Republic :
61 %
2004
Health in Central African Republic
# 126
Senegal :
60 %
2004
Health in Senegal
# 127
Bhutan :
60 %
2004
Health in Bhutan
# 128
Azerbaijan :
59 %
2004
Health in Azerbaijan
# 129
Djibouti :
59 %
2004
Health in Djibouti
# 130
Chile :
58 %
2004
Health in Chile
# 131
Eritrea :
57 %
2004
Health in Eritrea
# 132
Brazil :
57 %
2004
Health in Brazil
# 133
Benin :
57 %
2004
Health in Benin
# 134
Haiti :
56 %
2004
Health in Haiti
# 135
Uganda :
56 %
2004
Health in Uganda
# 136
East Timor :
56 %
2004
Health in East Timor
# 137
Morocco :
56 %
2004
Health in Morocco
# 138
Turkmenistan :
54 %
2004
Health in Turkmenistan
# 139
Burkina Faso :
54 %
2004
Health in Burkina Faso
# 140
Swaziland :
54 %
2004
Health in Swaziland
# 141
Kiribati :
53 %
2004
Health in Kiribati
# 142
Vanuatu :
52 %
2004
Health in Vanuatu
# 143
Liberia :
52 %
2004
Health in Liberia
# 144
Fiji :
51 %
2004
Health in Fiji
# 145
Iraq :
50 %
2004
Health in Iraq
# 146
Guinea-Bissau :
49 %
2004
Health in Guinea-Bissau
# 147
Tanzania :
49 %
2004
Health in Tanzania
# 148
Tajikistan :
48 %
2004
Health in Tajikistan
# 149
Gabon :
47 %
2004
Health in Gabon
# 150
Sierra Leone :
46 %
2004
Health in Sierra Leone
# 151
Kenya :
46 %
2004
Health in Kenya
# 152
Mauritania :
44 %
2004
Health in Mauritania
# 153
Cameroon :
44 %
2004
Health in Cameroon
# 154
Laos :
43 %
2004
Health in Laos
# 155
Chad :
43 %
2004
Health in Chad
# 156
Equatorial Guinea :
42 %
2004
Health in Equatorial Guinea
# 157
Angola :
40 %
2004
Health in Angola
# 158
Zambia :
40 %
2004
Health in Zambia
# 159
Niger :
36 %
2004
Health in Niger
# 160
Mali :
36 %
2004
Health in Mali
# 161
Togo :
36 %
2004
Health in Togo
# 162
Guinea :
35 %
2004
Health in Guinea
# 163
Cambodia :
35 %
2004
Health in Cambodia
# 164
Madagascar :
35 %
2004
Health in Madagascar
# 165
Papua New Guinea :
32 %
2004
Health in Papua New Guinea
# 166
Nigeria :
31 %
2004
Health in Nigeria
# 167
Afghanistan :
31 %
2004
Health in Afghanistan
# 168
Mongolia :
30 %
2004
Health in Mongolia
# 169
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
29 %
2004
Health in Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 170
Somalia :
27 %
2004
Health in Somalia
# 171
Congo, Republic of the :
27 %
2004
Health in Congo, Republic of the
# 172
Mozambique :
26 %
2004
Health in Mozambique
# 173
Romania :
16 %
2004
Health in Romania
# 174
Ethiopia :
11 %
2004
Health in Ethiopia
Weighted average:
75.0 %
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.
See also
See this stat for year:
2004 1990
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CITATION
"Improved water source, rural > % of rural population with access (2004) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/hea_imp_wat_sou_rur_of_rur_pop_wit_acc-water-source-rural-population-access&date=2004
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