Drinking Water and Sanitation Around the World

About 42% of the world’s population, or 2.6 billion people, live in families with no proper means of sanitation, and 1.1 billion do not have access to safe drinking water. Lack of water supply and sanitation services kills about 4,500 children a day.

Drinking Water: Percentage with
Access to Safe Drinking Water
Sanitation: Percentage with
Access to Basic Sanitation
Region 1990 2002
World 77% 83%
Developed countries 100 98
Eurasia 92 93
Developing countries 71 79
 Northern Africa 88 90
 Sub-Saharan Africa 49 58
 Latin America and
the Caribbean
83 89
 Eastern Asia 72 78
 South Asia 71 84
 Southeastern Asia 73 79
 Western Asia 83 88
 Oceania 51 52

 

 

Region 1990 2002
World 49% 58%
Developed countries 100 98
Eurasia 84 83
Developing countries 34 49
 Northern Africa 65 73
 Sub-Saharan Africa 32 36
 Latin America and
the Caribbean
69 75
 Eastern Asia 24 45
 South Asia 20 37
 Southeastern Asia 48 61
 Western Asia 79 79
 Oceania 58 55

 

 

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation.

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