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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1990 35.17272095
1991 35.39029307
1992 35.95274169
1993 36.50672356
1994 37.1442749
1995 37.82086264
1996 38.6027342
1997 39.33237955
1998 40.0040484
1999 40.84890302
2000 41.58888679
2001 42.19813327
2002 43.08577616
2003 43.62798622
2004 44.34434531
2005 45.12257737
2006 45.80030634
2007 46.47382077
2008 47.27715631
2009 47.89614548
2010 48.44123565
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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