Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria | 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 South Africa and Nigeria
Records
53
Source
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria | Improved water source, urban (% of urban population with access)
year value
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990 81.12816326
1991 81.29893425
1992 81.29331699
1993 80.34497726
1994 80.48286226
1995 80.50678274
1996 80.778337
1997 80.92766349
1998 81.15497214
1999 81.54060518
2000 81.66694194
2001 81.97916048
2002 82.16014887
2003 82.34749077
2004 82.59524176
2005 82.81757644
2006 83.12340833
2007 83.45496307
2008 83.64555903
2009 84.04659644
2010 84.04659359
2011
2012

Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria | 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 South Africa and Nigeria
Records
53
Source