Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) | Improved water source (% of population with access)
Access to an improved water source refers to the percentage of the population with reasonable access to an adequate amount of water from an improved source, such as a household connection, public standpipe, borehole, protected well or spring, and rainwater collection. Unimproved sources include vendors, tanker trucks, and unprotected wells and springs. Reasonable access is defined as the availability of at least 20 liters a person a day from a source within one kilometer of the dwelling.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Sub-Saharan Africa
Records
53
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Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) | Improved water source (% of population with access)
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1990 48.35521595
1991 48.92023565
1992 49.50819604
1993 49.90826043
1994 50.6311041
1995 51.04113209
1996 51.85452545
1997 52.70745972
1998 53.24232304
1999 54.09850937
2000 54.75520616
2001 55.41498768
2002 56.25354627
2003 56.75785074
2004 57.4812497
2005 58.31272225
2006 58.7618323
2007 59.48833832
2008 60.21917399
2009 60.845362
2010 61.12981273
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Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) | Improved water source (% of population with access)
Access to an improved water source refers to the percentage of the population with reasonable access to an adequate amount of water from an improved source, such as a household connection, public standpipe, borehole, protected well or spring, and rainwater collection. Unimproved sources include vendors, tanker trucks, and unprotected wells and springs. Reasonable access is defined as the availability of at least 20 liters a person a day from a source within one kilometer of the dwelling.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Sub-Saharan Africa
Records
53
Source