People > Drinking water source > Improved > Rural: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
This entry is derived from People > Drinking water source > Improved, 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 | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Montserrat | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Germany | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Poland | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Netherlands | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Wallis and Futuna | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | France | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Slovakia | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Norway | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Finland | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Portugal | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Barbados | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Luxembourg | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Andorra | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Ireland | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Australia | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Denmark | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Lebanon | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Qatar | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Italy | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Israel | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Hungary | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | United Kingdom | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Aruba | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Spain | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Greenland | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Niue | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | New Zealand | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | United Arab Emirates | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Guam | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Czech Republic | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Cyprus | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Tonga | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Sweden | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Bulgaria | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Austria | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Japan | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Belgium | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | French Polynesia | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Switzerland | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Uruguay | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Malta | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Iceland | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 99.5% of population | 2013 | |||
| =44 | Canada | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
| =44 | Turkey | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
| =44 | Mauritius | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
| =44 | Malaysia | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
| =44 | Belize | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
| =44 | Republic of Macedonia | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
| =44 | Greece | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
| =44 | Slovenia | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
| =44 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
| =44 | Belarus | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
| =44 | Marshall Islands | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
| =44 | Egypt | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
| =44 | Kuwait | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 99% of population | 2013 | |||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 98.42% of population | 2013 | |||
| =57 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 98% of population | 2013 | ||
| =57 | Serbia | 98% of population | 2013 | ||
| =57 | Ukraine | 98% of population | 2013 | ||
| =57 | British Virgin Islands | 98% of population | 2013 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 97.82% of population | 2013 | |||
| Potential Future EU Members average (profile) | 97.71% of population | 2013 | |||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 97.44% of population | 2013 | |||
| Europe average (profile) | 97.09% of population | 2013 | |||
| =61 | Tuvalu | 97% of population | 2013 | ||
| =61 | Estonia | 97% of population | 2013 | ||
| =61 | Maldives | 97% of population | 2013 | ||
| =61 | Armenia | 97% of population | 2013 | ||
| =61 | Tokelau | 97% of population | 2013 | ||
| =61 | Northern Mariana Islands | 97% of population | 2013 | ||
| =61 | Croatia | 97% of population | 2013 | ||
| =61 | North Korea | 97% of population | 2013 | ||
| =61 | Comoros | 97% of population | 2013 | ||
| =70 | Montenegro | 96% of population | 2013 | ||
| =70 | Palau | 96% of population | 2013 | ||
| =70 | Georgia | 96% of population | 2013 | ||
| =70 | Samoa | 96% of population | 2013 | ||
| =70 | Latvia | 96% of population | 2013 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 95.58% of population | 2013 | |||
| =75 | Thailand | 95% of population | 2013 | ||
| =75 | Fiji | 95% of population | 2013 | ||
| =75 | Saint Lucia | 95% of population | 2013 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 94.63% of population | 2013 | |||
| =78 | Albania | 94% of population | 2013 | ||
| =78 | United States | 94% of population | 2013 | ||
| =78 | Bhutan | 94% of population | 2013 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 93.56% of population | 2013 | |||
| =81 | Moldova | 93% of population | 2013 | ||
| =81 | Trinidad and Tobago | 93% of population | 2013 | ||
| =81 | Vietnam | 93% of population | 2013 | ||
| =81 | Grenada | 93% of population | 2013 | ||
| =81 | Guyana | 93% of population | 2013 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 92.77% of population | 2013 | |||
| =86 | Dominica | 92% of population | 2013 | ||
| =86 | Philippines | 92% of population | 2013 | ||
| =86 | Jordan | 92% of population | 2013 | ||
| =86 | Botswana | 92% of population | 2013 | ||
| =86 | Federated States of Micronesia | 92% of population | 2013 | ||
| =86 | Russia | 92% of population | 2013 | ||
| =86 | Iran | 92% of population | 2013 | ||
| =93 | Costa Rica | 91% of population | 2013 | ||
| =93 | Mexico | 91% of population | 2013 | ||
| =95 | India | 90% of population | 2013 | ||
| =95 | Kazakhstan | 90% of population | 2013 | ||
| =95 | Sri Lanka | 90% of population | 2013 | ||
| =95 | Namibia | 90% of population | 2013 | ||
| =99 | Ecuador | 89% of population | 2013 | ||
| =99 | Pakistan | 89% of population | 2013 | ||
| =99 | Cuba | 89% of population | 2013 | ||
| =99 | Antigua and Barbuda | 89% of population | 2013 | ||
| =103 | South Korea | 88% of population | 2013 | ||
| =103 | Nepal | 88% of population | 2013 | ||
| =103 | Sao Tome and Principe | 88% of population | 2013 | ||
| =103 | Jamaica | 88% of population | 2013 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 87.12% of population | 2013 | |||
| =107 | Vanuatu | 87% of population | 2013 | ||
| =107 | Guatemala | 87% of population | 2013 | ||
| =107 | Cook Islands | 87% of population | 2013 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 86.8% of population | 2013 | |||
| =110 | Syria | 86% of population | 2013 | ||
| =110 | The Bahamas | 86% of population | 2013 | ||
| =112 | The Gambia | 85% of population | 2013 | ||
| =112 | Cape Verde | 85% of population | 2013 | ||
| =112 | China | 85% of population | 2013 | ||
| =112 | Brazil | 85% of population | 2013 | ||
| =112 | Kyrgyzstan | 85% of population | 2013 | ||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 84.42% of population | 2013 | |||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 84.36% of population | 2013 | |||
| =117 | Dominican Republic | 84% of population | 2013 | ||
| =117 | Tunisia | 84% of population | 2013 | ||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 83.17% of population | 2013 | |||
| East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 83.11% of population | 2013 | |||
| 119 | Panama | 83% of population | 2013 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 83% of population | 2013 | |||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 82.23% of population | 2013 | |||
| =120 | Uzbekistan | 81% of population | 2013 | ||
| =120 | Suriname | 81% of population | 2013 | ||
| =120 | Lithuania | 81% of population | 2013 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 80.92% of population | 2013 | |||
| =123 | Malawi | 80% of population | 2013 | ||
| =123 | Bangladesh | 80% of population | 2013 | ||
| =123 | Argentina | 80% of population | 2013 | ||
| =123 | Ghana | 80% of population | 2013 | ||
| =127 | South Africa | 79% of population | 2013 | ||
| =127 | Algeria | 79% of population | 2013 | ||
| =127 | Honduras | 79% of population | 2013 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 79% of population | 2013 | |||
| South Asia average (profile) | 79% of population | 2013 | |||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 78.7% of population | 2013 | |||
| =130 | Oman | 78% of population | 2013 | ||
| =130 | Burma | 78% of population | 2013 | ||
| 132 | El Salvador | 76% of population | 2013 | ||
| Landlocked countries average (profile) | 75.26% of population | 2013 | |||
| 133 | Chile | 75% of population | 2013 | ||
| =134 | Indonesia | 74% of population | 2013 | ||
| =134 | Venezuela | 74% of population | 2013 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 73.6% of population | 2013 | |||
| =136 | Burkina Faso | 73% of population | 2013 | ||
| =136 | Lesotho | 73% of population | 2013 | ||
| Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 72.95% of population | 2013 | |||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 72.29% of population | 2013 | |||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 72.19% of population | 2013 | |||
| =138 | Turkmenistan | 72% of population | 2013 | ||
| =138 | Colombia | 72% of population | 2013 | ||
| =140 | Bolivia | 71% of population | 2013 | ||
| =140 | Azerbaijan | 71% of population | 2013 | ||
| =140 | Burundi | 71% of population | 2013 | ||
| 143 | Romania | 70% of population | 2013 | ||
| 144 | Zimbabwe | 69% of population | 2013 | ||
| =145 | Cote d'Ivoire | 68% of population | 2013 | ||
| =145 | Benin | 68% of population | 2013 | ||
| =145 | Uganda | 68% of population | 2013 | ||
| =145 | Nicaragua | 68% of population | 2013 | ||
| 149 | Paraguay | 66% of population | 2013 | ||
| =150 | Swaziland | 65% of population | 2013 | ||
| =150 | Guinea | 65% of population | 2013 | ||
| =150 | Solomon Islands | 65% of population | 2013 | ||
| =150 | Peru | 65% of population | 2013 | ||
| 154 | Rwanda | 63% of population | 2013 | ||
| 155 | Laos | 62% of population | 2013 | ||
| 156 | Morocco | 61% of population | 2013 | ||
| =157 | East Timor | 60% of population | 2013 | ||
| =157 | Liberia | 60% of population | 2013 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 59.48% of population | 2013 | |||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 58.41% of population | 2013 | |||
| 159 | Cambodia | 58% of population | 2013 | ||
| 160 | Eritrea | 57% of population | 2013 | ||
| =161 | Senegal | 56% of population | 2013 | ||
| =161 | Iraq | 56% of population | 2013 | ||
| 163 | Libya | 55% of population | 2013 | ||
| =164 | Tajikistan | 54% of population | 2013 | ||
| =164 | Djibouti | 54% of population | 2013 | ||
| =166 | Mongolia | 53% of population | 2013 | ||
| =166 | Guinea-Bissau | 53% of population | 2013 | ||
| =166 | South Sudan | 53% of population | 2012 | ||
| =169 | Cameroon | 52% of population | 2013 | ||
| =169 | Sudan | 52% of population | 2013 | ||
| =169 | Kenya | 52% of population | 2013 | ||
| =172 | Central African Republic | 51% of population | 2013 | ||
| =172 | Mali | 51% of population | 2013 | ||
| =172 | Haiti | 51% of population | 2013 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | 50.93% of population | 2013 | |||
| 175 | Kiribati | 50% of population | 2013 | ||
| 176 | Mauritania | 48% of population | 2013 | ||
| 177 | Yemen | 47% of population | 2013 | ||
| 178 | Zambia | 46% of population | 2013 | ||
| =179 | Tanzania | 44% of population | 2013 | ||
| =179 | Chad | 44% of population | 2013 | ||
| 181 | Nigeria | 43% of population | 2013 | ||
| =182 | Afghanistan | 42% of population | 2013 | ||
| =182 | Equatorial Guinea | 42% of population | 2013 | ||
| 184 | Gabon | 41% of population | 2013 | ||
| 185 | Togo | 40% of population | 2013 | ||
| 186 | Niger | 39% of population | 2013 | ||
| 187 | Angola | 38% of population | 2013 | ||
| 188 | Sierra Leone | 35% of population | 2013 | ||
| =189 | Ethiopia | 34% of population | 2013 | ||
| =189 | Madagascar | 34% of population | 2013 | ||
| 191 | Papua New Guinea | 33% of population | 2013 | ||
| 192 | Congo, Republic of the | 32% of population | 2013 | ||
| 193 | Mozambique | 29% of population | 2013 | ||
| 194 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 27% of population | 2013 | ||
| 195 | Somalia | 7% of population | 2013 |
