League Table: ACCESS TO WATER

% of population with access to safe water (alphabetical order).
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SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA SOUTH ASIA EAST ASIA & PACIFIC LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Angola 32 Algeria 79Afghanistan 12 Cambodia 36 Argentina 71
Benin 50 Egypt 80 Bangladesh 92 China 69 Bolivia 62
Botswana 93 Iran 83 Bhutan 21 Hong Kong 100 Brazil 71
Burkina Faso 78 Iraq 44 India 74 Indonesia 62 Chile 85
Burundi 70 Jordan 89 Nepal 46 Korea, Dem. * Colombia 87
Cameroon 50 Kuwait * Pakistan 79 Korea, Rep. 93 Costa Rica 92
Central African Rep. 18 Lebanon 100 Sri Lanka 46 Lao Rep. 39 Cuba 93
Chad 24 Libya ** Malaysia 78 Dominican Rep. 76
Congo ** Morocco 55 Mongolia 80 Ecuador 70
Côte d'Ivoire 72 Oman 63 Myanmar 38 El Salvador 55
Eritrea 16 Saudi Arabia ** Papua New Guinea 28 Guatemala 62
Ethiopia 25 Sudan 60 Philippines 87 Haiti 28
Gabon ** Syria 85 Singapore ** Honduras 65
Ghana 56 Tunisia 99 Thailand 86 Jamaica 100
Guinea 49 Turkey 80 Viet Nam 36 Mexico 83
Guinea-Bissau 53 U. Arab Emirates95 Nicaragua 58
Kenya 53 Yemen 55 Panama 83
Lesotho 52 Paraguay 35
Liberia 30 Peru 71
Madagascar 29 Trinidad/Tobago 97
Malawi 47 Uruguay **
Mali 37 Venezuela 79
Mauritania 81
Mauritius 99
Mozambique 32
Namibia 57
Niger 53
Nigeria 39
Rwanda+ 66
Senegal 52
Sierra Leone 3
Somalia **
South Africa 70
Tanzania 50
Togo 63
Uganda 34
Zaire 27
Zambia 50
Zimbabwe 84
+ Figures predate the tragic events of 1994.
* NO DATA
** OLD DATA (i.e. data before 1990)

Note: Of the 100 countries listed, 41 have data for 1993 or 1994, and a further 36 for 1991 or 1992.


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