Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) | 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 (excluding high income)
Records
53
Source
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) | 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 82.04162298
1995 82.03442034
1996 82.18925469
1997 82.26901154
1998 82.15495288
1999 82.38766013
2000 82.4563619
2001 82.63516944
2002 82.47075774
2003 82.55656865
2004 82.79180977
2005 82.89774545
2006 82.80742761
2007 82.96939117
2008 83.05797005
2009 83.27998621
2010 82.99661094
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Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) | 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 (excluding high income)
Records
53
Source