Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by People > Drinking water source > Unimproved > Rural

DEFINITION: This entry is derived from People > Drinking water source > Unimproved, which provides information about access to improved or unimproved drinking water sources available to segments of the population of a country.improved drinking water - use of any of the following sources: piped water into dwelling, yard, or plot; public tap or standpipe; tubewell or borehole; protected dug well; protected spring; or rainwater collection. unimproved drinking water - use of any of the following sources: unprotected dug well; unprotected spring; cart with small tank or drum; tanker truck; surface water, which includes rivers, dams, lakes, ponds, streams, canals or irrigation channels; or bottled water.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Somalia	93% of population	2013
2	Democratic Republic of the Congo	73% of population	2013
3	Mozambique	71% of population	2013
=4	Ethiopia	66% of population	2013
=4	Madagascar	66% of population	2013
6	Sierra Leone	65% of population	2013
7	Angola	62% of population	2013
8	Niger	61% of population	2013
9	Togo	60% of population	2013
10	Gabon	59% of population	2013
11	Equatorial Guinea	58% of population	2013
12	Nigeria	57% of population	2013
=13	Tanzania	56% of population	2013
=13	Chad	56% of population	2013
15	Zambia	54% of population	2013
16	Mauritania	52% of population	2013
=17	Central African Republic	49% of population	2013
=17	Mali	49% of population	2013
=19	Sudan	48% of population	2013
=19	Kenya	48% of population	2013
=19	Cameroon	48% of population	2013
22	Guinea-Bissau	47% of population	2013
23	Djibouti	46% of population	2013
24	Senegal	44% of population	2013
25	Eritrea	43% of population	2013
26	Liberia	40% of population	2013
27	Rwanda	37% of population	2013
=28	Swaziland	35% of population	2013
=28	Guinea	35% of population	2013
=30	Cote d'Ivoire	32% of population	2013
=30	Benin	32% of population	2013
=30	Uganda	32% of population	2013
33	Zimbabwe	31% of population	2013
34	Burundi	29% of population	2013
=35	Burkina Faso	27% of population	2013
=35	Lesotho	27% of population	2013
37	South Africa	21% of population	2013
=38	Malawi	20% of population	2013
=38	Ghana	20% of population	2013
=40	The Gambia	15% of population	2013
=40	Cape Verde	15% of population	2013
42	Sao Tome and Principe	12% of population	2013
43	Namibia	10% of population	2013
44	Botswana	8% of population	2013
45	Comoros	3% of population	2013
46	Mauritius	1% of population	2013

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