Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) | Improved water source, rural (% of rural 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
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) | Improved water source, rural (% of rural population with access)
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35.17272095 1990
35.39029307 1991
35.95274169 1992
36.50672356 1993
37.1442749 1994
37.82086264 1995
38.6027342 1996
39.33237955 1997
40.0040484 1998
40.84890302 1999
41.58888679 2000
42.19813327 2001
43.08577616 2002
43.62798622 2003
44.34434531 2004
45.12257737 2005
45.80030634 2006
46.47382077 2007
47.27715631 2008
47.89614548 2009
48.44123565 2010
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Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) | Improved water source, rural (% of rural 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