People > Drinking water source > Improved > Urban: 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 |
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=1 | Singapore | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Iceland | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Germany | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Poland | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Montserrat | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Canada | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Netherlands | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Monaco | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | South Korea | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Turkey | 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 | Mauritius | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Malaysia | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Barbados | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Costa Rica | 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 | Georgia | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Denmark | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Lebanon | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Fiji | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Qatar | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Italy | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Maldives | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Israel | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Hungary | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Republic of Macedonia | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | United Kingdom | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Greece | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Aruba | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Slovenia | 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 | Mongolia | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Tonga | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | United States | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Sweden | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Bulgaria | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Austria | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Latvia | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Japan | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Niger | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Brazil | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Belarus | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Belgium | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Croatia | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | French Polynesia | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Switzerland | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Uruguay | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Egypt | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Bhutan | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Malta | 100% of population | 2013 | ||
=1 | Bahrain | 100% of population | 2010 | ||
=1 | Seychelles | 100% of population | 2010 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 100% of population | 2013 | |||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 99.9% of population | 2013 | |||
Eurozone average (profile) | 99.89% of population | 2013 | |||
European Union average (profile) | 99.57% of population | 2013 | |||
NATO countries average (profile) | 99.41% of population | 2013 | |||
Europe average (profile) | 99.24% of population | 2013 | |||
Potential Future EU Members average (profile) | 99.14% of population | 2013 | |||
Cold countries average (profile) | 99.12% of population | 2013 | |||
=68 | Montenegro | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
=68 | Portugal | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
=68 | Moldova | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
=68 | Estonia | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
=68 | Colombia | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
=68 | Serbia | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
=68 | Paraguay | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
=68 | Botswana | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
=68 | Cook Islands | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
=68 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
=68 | Armenia | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
=68 | Vietnam | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
=68 | Russia | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
=68 | South Africa | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
=68 | Chile | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
=68 | Djibouti | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
=68 | Kuwait | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
=68 | Kazakhstan | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
=68 | Kyrgyzstan | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
=68 | North Korea | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
=68 | Tunisia | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
=68 | Sri Lanka | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
=68 | Namibia | 99% of population | 2013 | ||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 98.75% of population | 2013 | |||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 98.63% of population | 2013 | |||
=91 | Vanuatu | 98% of population | 2013 | ||
=91 | Tuvalu | 98% of population | 2013 | ||
=91 | Belize | 98% of population | 2013 | ||
=91 | Morocco | 98% of population | 2013 | ||
=91 | Uzbekistan | 98% of population | 2013 | ||
=91 | Zimbabwe | 98% of population | 2013 | ||
=91 | Jordan | 98% of population | 2013 | ||
=91 | Trinidad and Tobago | 98% of population | 2013 | ||
=91 | Argentina | 98% of population | 2013 | ||
=91 | Guatemala | 98% of population | 2013 | ||
=91 | The Bahamas | 98% of population | 2013 | ||
=91 | Jamaica | 98% of population | 2013 | ||
=91 | Saint Lucia | 98% of population | 2013 | ||
=91 | China | 98% of population | 2013 | ||
=91 | Ukraine | 98% of population | 2013 | ||
=91 | British Virgin Islands | 98% of population | 2013 | ||
=91 | Northern Mariana Islands | 98% of population | 2013 | ||
=91 | Nicaragua | 98% of population | 2013 | ||
=91 | Guyana | 98% of population | 2013 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 97.44% of population | 2013 | |||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 97.33% of population | 2013 | |||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 97.17% of population | 2013 | |||
=110 | Turkmenistan | 97% of population | 2013 | ||
=110 | Ethiopia | 97% of population | 2013 | ||
=110 | Panama | 97% of population | 2013 | ||
=110 | Thailand | 97% of population | 2013 | ||
=110 | Suriname | 97% of population | 2013 | ||
=110 | Mexico | 97% of population | 2013 | ||
=110 | Saudi Arabia | 97% of population | 2013 | ||
=110 | India | 97% of population | 2013 | ||
=110 | Romania | 97% of population | 2013 | ||
=110 | Iran | 97% of population | 2013 | ||
=110 | Grenada | 97% of population | 2013 | ||
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 96.68% of population | 2013 | |||
=121 | Dominica | 96% of population | 2013 | ||
=121 | Ecuador | 96% of population | 2013 | ||
=121 | Bolivia | 96% of population | 2013 | ||
=121 | Pakistan | 96% of population | 2013 | ||
=121 | Samoa | 96% of population | 2013 | ||
=121 | Albania | 96% of population | 2013 | ||
=121 | Cuba | 96% of population | 2013 | ||
=121 | Cayman Islands | 96% of population | 2013 | ||
=129 | Cameroon | 95% of population | 2013 | ||
=129 | Burkina Faso | 95% of population | 2013 | ||
=129 | Congo, Republic of the | 95% of population | 2013 | ||
=129 | Malawi | 95% of population | 2013 | ||
=129 | Gabon | 95% of population | 2013 | ||
=129 | Uganda | 95% of population | 2013 | ||
=129 | Antigua and Barbuda | 95% of population | 2013 | ||
=129 | Honduras | 95% of population | 2013 | ||
Religious countries average (profile) | 94.87% of population | 2013 | |||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 94.85% of population | 2013 | |||
Christian countries average (profile) | 94.7% of population | 2013 | |||
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 94.24% of population | 2013 | |||
Catholic countries average (profile) | 94.24% of population | 2013 | |||
Landlocked countries average (profile) | 94.08% of population | 2013 | |||
=137 | El Salvador | 94% of population | 2013 | ||
=137 | Venezuela | 94% of population | 2013 | ||
=137 | Solomon Islands | 94% of population | 2013 | ||
=137 | Federated States of Micronesia | 94% of population | 2013 | ||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 93.98% of population | 2013 | |||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 93.6% of population | 2013 | |||
=141 | Philippines | 93% of population | 2013 | ||
=141 | Nepal | 93% of population | 2013 | ||
=141 | Senegal | 93% of population | 2013 | ||
=141 | Syria | 93% of population | 2013 | ||
=141 | Lithuania | 93% of population | 2013 | ||
=141 | Oman | 93% of population | 2013 | ||
=141 | Burma | 93% of population | 2013 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 92.71% of population | 2013 | |||
=148 | Tajikistan | 92% of population | 2013 | ||
=148 | Indonesia | 92% of population | 2013 | ||
=148 | Central African Republic | 92% of population | 2013 | ||
=148 | The Gambia | 92% of population | 2013 | ||
=148 | Marshall Islands | 92% of population | 2013 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 91.2% of population | 2013 | |||
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 91.18% of population | 2013 | |||
=153 | East Timor | 91% of population | 2013 | ||
=153 | Swaziland | 91% of population | 2013 | ||
=153 | Ghana | 91% of population | 2013 | ||
=153 | Lesotho | 91% of population | 2013 | ||
=153 | Peru | 91% of population | 2013 | ||
=153 | Cote d'Ivoire | 91% of population | 2013 | ||
=153 | Iraq | 91% of population | 2013 | ||
=153 | Guinea-Bissau | 91% of population | 2013 | ||
=153 | Comoros | 91% of population | 2013 | ||
Hot countries average (profile) | 90.37% of population | 2013 | |||
=162 | Guinea | 90% of population | 2013 | ||
=162 | Cape Verde | 90% of population | 2013 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 89.98% of population | 2013 | |||
=164 | Sao Tome and Principe | 89% of population | 2013 | ||
=164 | Togo | 89% of population | 2013 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 88.24% of population | 2013 | |||
=166 | Liberia | 88% of population | 2013 | ||
=166 | Nauru | 88% of population | 2013 | ||
=166 | Azerbaijan | 88% of population | 2013 | ||
=169 | Dominican Republic | 87% of population | 2013 | ||
=169 | Sierra Leone | 87% of population | 2013 | ||
=169 | Papua New Guinea | 87% of population | 2013 | ||
=169 | Cambodia | 87% of population | 2013 | ||
=169 | Mali | 87% of population | 2013 | ||
=169 | Zambia | 87% of population | 2013 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 86.45% of population | 2013 | |||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 85.61% of population | 2013 | |||
=175 | Bangladesh | 85% of population | 2013 | ||
=175 | Algeria | 85% of population | 2013 | ||
=175 | Haiti | 85% of population | 2013 | ||
178 | Benin | 84% of population | 2013 | ||
=179 | Palau | 83% of population | 2013 | ||
=179 | Burundi | 83% of population | 2013 | ||
failed states average (profile) | 82.67% of population | 2013 | |||
181 | Kenya | 82% of population | 2013 | ||
=182 | Tanzania | 79% of population | 2013 | ||
=182 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 79% of population | 2013 | ||
184 | Afghanistan | 78% of population | 2013 | ||
=185 | Laos | 77% of population | 2013 | ||
=185 | Mozambique | 77% of population | 2013 | ||
=185 | Kiribati | 77% of population | 2013 | ||
188 | Rwanda | 76% of population | 2013 | ||
=189 | Madagascar | 74% of population | 2013 | ||
=189 | Nigeria | 74% of population | 2013 | ||
=189 | Eritrea | 74% of population | 2013 | ||
192 | Yemen | 72% of population | 2013 | ||
193 | Chad | 70% of population | 2013 | ||
=194 | Sudan | 67% of population | 2013 | ||
=194 | South Sudan | 67% of population | 2012 | ||
196 | Somalia | 66% of population | 2013 | ||
=197 | Anguilla | 60% of population | 2013 | ||
=197 | Angola | 60% of population | 2013 | ||
199 | Libya | 54% of population | 2013 | ||
200 | Mauritania | 52% of population | 2013 | ||
201 | Equatorial Guinea | 45% of population | 2013 |