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.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
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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 |