Indicators on water supply and sanitation
Source: World Health Organization.
Year Population with Population with
access to safe access to adequate
water (%) sanitation (%)
Urban Rural Urban Rural
Afghanistan 1994 39 5 38 1
American Samoa 1995 100 ... 100 100
Angola 1995 60 20 25 15
Argentina 1995 ... 24 100 2
Bahamas 1995 77 87 100 100
Bangladesh 1995 54 ... 79 44
Belize 1994 96 82 23 87
Benin 1993 41 53 54 6
Bhutan 1994 75 54 66 18
Bolivia 1995 75 27 77 39
Brazil 1995 80 28 74 42
Burkina Faso 1995 67 ... 41 10
Burundi 1992 92 49 60 50
Cape Verde 1991 70 34 40 10
Central African Rep. 1995 25 25 45 45
Chad 1994 48 17 73 7
Chile 1995 99 47 95 ...
China 1993 93 89 58 7
Colombia 1995 90 32 70 27
Cook Islands 1995 100 100 100 100
Costa Rica 1995 ... 22 100 95
Côte d'Ivoire 1994 59 81 59 51
Cuba 1995 96 69 95 83
Dem. Rep. of the Congo 1995 66 25 53 6
Djibouti 1993 77 100 77 100
Dominican Republic 1995 88 55 89 68
Ecuador 1995 84 10 70 26
Egypt 1993 82 50 20 5
El Salvador 1995 82 24 89 91
Equatorial Guinea 1994 80 100 61 48
Fiji 1993 100 100 100 85
Gambia 1993 ... ... 83 23
Ghana 1995 78 52 63 13
Guatemala 1995 100 48 94 50
Guinea 1994 61 62 ... ...
Guinea Bissau 1994 38 57 32 17
Guyana 1992 90 45 82 80
Haiti 1995 38 39 ... 16
Honduras 1995 91 66 93 29
Hong Kong a 1995 98 90 100 20
India 1994 85 79 70 14
Indonesia 1995 ... ... 17 8
Iran 1992 89 77 89 37
Kenya 1993 67 49 69 81
Kiribati 1993 100 100 100 100
Lao People's Dem. Rep. 1995 67 51 ... 16
Lesotho 1994 14 64 1 7
Liberia 1994 58 8 38 2
Madagascar 1995 85 24 49 5
Malawi 1995 92 47 96 76
Maldives 1995 100 85 100 25
Mali 1995 39 5 81 17
Mauritania 1992 84 69 ... ...
Mauritius 1990 95 100 100 100
Mexico 1995 93 57 93 28
Micronesia, Fed. States of 1993 100 100 100 100
Mongolia 1995 54 48 48 25
Morocco 1993 98 14 69 18
Mozambique 1994 17 40 70 ...
Myanmar 1993 36 39 42 40
Namibia 1991 87 42 77 12
Nepal 1991 66 41 51 16
New Zealand 1995 100 80 100 88
Nicaragua 1995 93 28 88 28
Niger 1994 46 55 71 4
Nigeria 1993 63 26 61 21
Pakistan 1994 77 52 53 19
Palau 1995 100 94 95 100
Panama 1995 99 73 99 81
Papua New Guinea 1993 84 17 82 11
Peru 1995 81 31 79 23
Philippines 1992 93 77 87 67
Senegal 1993 82 28 83 40
Sierra Leone 1994 58 21 17 8
Singapore 1995 100 ... 100 ...
South Africa 1994 ... ... 79 12
Sri Lanka 1995 100 50 100 56
Sudan 1993 66 45 79 4
Surinam 1995 100 70 95 36
Swaziland 1993 41 44 36 37
Tanzania 1995 60 44 90 70
Thailand 1995 ... 92 ... 96
Togo 1992 74 58 57 13
Tonga 1993 100 100 100 100
Trinidad and Tobago 1995 100 88 97 92
Tunisia 1992 100 89 100 85
Tuvalu 1993 100 95 90 85
Uganda 1994 47 32 55 55
Venezuela 1995 79 79 74 60
Vietnam 1994 53 32 43 15
Zambia 1994 64 27 40 10
Source:
World Health Organization, Water Supply and Sanitation
Collaborative Council and United Nations Children's Fund, Water
Supply and Sanitation Sector Monitoring Report 1996--Sector status
as of 31 December 1994, WHO/EOS/96.15 (Geneva, WHO, 1996), and
unpublished updates as of 31 December 1995.
... Not available.
a Pursuant to a Joint Declaration signed on 19 December 1984, the United
Kingdom restored Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China with
effect from 1 July 1997; the People's Republic of China resumed
the exercise of sovereignty over the territory with effect from
that date.
Technical notes:
Statistics on access to safe water supply and sanitation in developing
countries for urban and rural areas are compiled by the
World Health Organization from data reported by national authorities.
The definition of what constitutes "access" to safe water has
been determined by the reporting countries, thereby limiting
comparability.
Of the 84 countries reporting in the most recent round of data
collection, 54 provided a definition of access to safe drinking water.
Walking distance or time from household to water source was the
principal criterion, particularly in rural areas.
Water quantity was included in the definition for rural areas by
38 countries, with the acceptable quantity ranging from 15-20 litres
per person per day (lpd) in one case to 50 lpd or more in three cases.
Thirty-one countries set a minimum for urban access, with the average
value being 50 lpd.
For sanitation, countries in general regard excreta disposal
facilities which break the faecal-human transmission route as
"adequate".
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