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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, urban > % of urban population with access (most recent) by country
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1990
2004
Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
= 1
Korea, North :
100 %
2004
= 1
Andorra :
100 %
2004
= 1
Seychelles :
100 %
2004
= 1
Australia :
100 %
2004
= 1
Mexico :
100 %
2004
= 1
Austria :
100 %
2004
= 1
Iceland :
100 %
2004
= 1
Bahrain :
100 %
2004
= 1
Luxembourg :
100 %
2004
= 1
Barbados :
100 %
2004
= 1
New Zealand :
100 %
2004
= 1
Botswana :
100 %
2004
= 1
Croatia :
100 %
2004
= 1
Belgium :
100 %
2004
= 1
Italy :
100 %
2004
= 1
Belize :
100 %
2004
= 1
Latvia :
100 %
2004
= 1
Belarus :
100 %
2004
= 1
Mauritius :
100 %
2004
= 1
Bulgaria :
100 %
2004
= 1
Netherlands :
100 %
2004
= 1
Canada :
100 %
2004
= 1
Qatar :
100 %
2004
= 1
Chile :
100 %
2004
= 1
Guam :
100 %
2004
= 1
Costa Rica :
100 %
2004
= 1
Hungary :
100 %
2004
= 1
Cyprus :
100 %
2004
= 1
Israel :
100 %
2004
= 1
Denmark :
100 %
2004
= 1
Japan :
100 %
2004
= 1
Dominica :
100 %
2004
= 1
Lebanon :
100 %
2004
= 1
Ireland :
100 %
2004
= 1
Slovakia :
100 %
2004
= 1
Estonia :
100 %
2004
= 1
Monaco :
100 %
2004
= 1
Czech Republic :
100 %
2004
= 1
Malta :
100 %
2004
= 1
Finland :
100 %
2004
= 1
Malaysia :
100 %
2004
= 1
French Polynesia :
100 %
2004
= 1
Norway :
100 %
2004
= 1
France :
100 %
2004
= 1
Poland :
100 %
2004
= 1
Germany :
100 %
2004
= 1
Russia :
100 %
2004
= 1
Singapore :
100 %
2004
= 1
United States :
100 %
2004
= 1
Spain :
100 %
2004
= 1
Tonga :
100 %
2004
= 1
Sweden :
100 %
2004
= 1
United Arab Emirates :
100 %
2004
= 1
Switzerland :
100 %
2004
= 1
United Kingdom :
100 %
2004
= 1
Uruguay :
100 %
2004
= 1
Aruba :
100 %
2004
= 58
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
99 %
2004
= 58
Tunisia :
99 %
2004
= 58
Guatemala :
99 %
2004
= 58
Jordan :
99 %
2004
= 58
Egypt :
99 %
2004
= 58
Paraguay :
99 %
2004
= 58
Iran :
99 %
2004
= 58
Serbia and Montenegro :
99 %
2004
= 58
Morocco :
99 %
2004
= 58
Albania :
99 %
2004
= 58
Panama :
99 %
2004
= 58
Armenia :
99 %
2004
= 58
South Africa :
99 %
2004
= 58
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
99 %
2004
= 58
Ukraine :
99 %
2004
= 58
Colombia :
99 %
2004
= 58
Vietnam :
99 %
2004
= 75
Zimbabwe :
98 %
2004
= 75
Syria :
98 %
2004
= 75
Bahamas, The :
98 %
2004
= 75
Suriname :
98 %
2004
= 75
Sri Lanka :
98 %
2004
= 75
Turkey :
98 %
2004
= 75
Northern Mariana Islands :
98 %
2004
= 75
Maldives :
98 %
2004
= 75
Jamaica :
98 %
2004
= 75
Saint Lucia :
98 %
2004
= 75
Kyrgyzstan :
98 %
2004
= 75
Argentina :
98 %
2004
= 75
Malawi :
98 %
2004
= 75
Namibia :
98 %
2004
= 75
Thailand :
98 %
2004
= 90
Kazakhstan :
97 %
2004
= 90
Iraq :
97 %
2004
= 90
Ecuador :
97 %
2004
= 90
Dominican Republic :
97 %
2004
= 90
Saudi Arabia :
97 %
2004
= 90
Korea, South :
97 %
2004
= 90
Côte d'Ivoire :
97 %
2004
= 90
Moldova :
97 %
2004
= 90
Grenada :
97 %
2004
= 99
Nepal :
96 %
2004
= 99
Georgia :
96 %
2004
= 99
Pakistan :
96 %
2004
= 99
Brazil :
96 %
2004
= 103
Uzbekistan :
95 %
2004
= 103
Gabon :
95 %
2004
= 103
Micronesia, Federated States of :
95 %
2004
= 103
Cuba :
95 %
2004
= 103
Antigua and Barbuda :
95 %
2004
= 103
Gambia, The :
95 %
2004
= 103
Azerbaijan :
95 %
2004
= 103
Honduras :
95 %
2004
= 103
Bolivia :
95 %
2004
= 103
India :
95 %
2004
= 113
Solomon Islands :
94 %
2004
= 113
El Salvador :
94 %
2004
= 113
Burkina Faso :
94 %
2004
= 116
China :
93 %
2004
= 116
Central African Republic :
93 %
2004
= 116
Turkmenistan :
93 %
2004
= 119
Burundi :
92 %
2004
= 119
Senegal :
92 %
2004
= 119
Tajikistan :
92 %
2004
= 119
Rwanda :
92 %
2004
= 119
Lesotho :
92 %
2004
= 119
Trinidad and Tobago :
92 %
2004
= 119
Comoros :
92 %
2004
# 126
Romania :
91 %
2004
= 127
Nicaragua :
90 %
2004
= 127
Samoa :
90 %
2004
= 127
Zambia :
90 %
2004
= 130
Peru :
89 %
2004
= 130
São Tomé and Príncipe :
89 %
2004
= 132
Algeria :
88 %
2004
= 132
Ghana :
88 %
2004
= 132
Papua New Guinea :
88 %
2004
= 135
Philippines :
87 %
2004
= 135
Swaziland :
87 %
2004
= 135
Mongolia :
87 %
2004
= 135
Indonesia :
87 %
2004
= 135
Uganda :
87 %
2004
= 140
Bhutan :
86 %
2004
= 140
Vanuatu :
86 %
2004
= 140
Cape Verde :
86 %
2004
= 140
Cameroon :
86 %
2004
= 144
Tanzania :
85 %
2004
= 144
Venezuela :
85 %
2004
= 144
Oman :
85 %
1990
# 147
Congo, Republic of the :
84 %
2004
= 148
Kenya :
83 %
2004
= 148
Guyana :
83 %
2004
= 150
Bangladesh :
82 %
2004
= 150
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
82 %
2004
= 150
Marshall Islands :
82 %
2004
# 153
Ethiopia :
81 %
2004
= 154
Niger :
80 %
2004
= 154
Togo :
80 %
2004
= 154
Burma :
80 %
2004
= 157
Guinea-Bissau :
79 %
2004
= 157
Laos :
79 %
2004
= 157
Palau :
79 %
2004
= 160
Benin :
78 %
2004
= 160
Guinea :
78 %
2004
= 160
Mali :
78 %
2004
= 160
Sudan :
78 %
2004
= 164
Madagascar :
77 %
2004
= 164
East Timor :
77 %
2004
= 164
Kiribati :
77 %
2004
# 167
Djibouti :
76 %
2004
= 168
Sierra Leone :
75 %
2004
= 168
Angola :
75 %
2004
# 170
Eritrea :
74 %
2004
= 171
Liberia :
72 %
2004
= 171
Libya :
72 %
1990
= 171
Mozambique :
72 %
2004
# 174
Yemen :
71 %
2004
# 175
Nigeria :
67 %
2004
# 176
Cambodia :
64 %
2004
# 177
Afghanistan :
63 %
2004
# 178
Mauritania :
59 %
2004
# 179
Haiti :
52 %
2004
# 180
Equatorial Guinea :
45 %
2004
# 181
Fiji :
43 %
2004
# 182
Chad :
41 %
2004
# 183
Somalia :
32 %
2004
Weighted average:
91.5 %
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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