Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) | Improved water source, urban (% of urban 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, urban (% of urban population with access)
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1990 82.83125604
1991 82.90632932
1992 82.87153259
1993 82.2277005
1994 82.0261522
1995 82.01874266
1996 82.17352119
1997 82.25328807
1998 82.13942383
1999 82.37199357
2000 82.44071888
2001 82.61944479
2002 82.45526524
2003 82.5410742
2004 82.7761793
2005 82.88210735
2006 82.79194972
2007 82.96939117
2008 83.05797005
2009 83.27998621
2010 82.99661094
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Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) | Improved water source, urban (% of urban 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