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Indicator: number of people as % of the total population, with sustainable access to an improved water source.
Source: WHO-Unicef Joint Monitoring Programme
Year of data: 2008
Target: 100% |  |
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According to the definition of WHO, access to an improved water source means that at least 20 litres of safe drinking water per person per day should be available within one kilometre of a user’s dwelling. An improved water source includes: household connections, public standpipes, boreholes, protected dug wells, protected springs and rainwater collection. |
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Top 10 - Sufficient to Drink |
| Rank |
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SSI
2006 |
SSI
2008 |
SSI
2010 |
| 1 |
Australia |
10.0 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
| 2 |
Austria |
10.0 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
| 3 |
Belarus |
10.0 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
| 4 |
Belgium |
10.0 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
| 5 |
Bulgaria |
10.0 |
9.9 |
10.0 |
| 6 |
Canada |
10.0 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
| 7 |
Cyprus |
10.0 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
| 8 |
Czech Republic |
9.3 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
| 9 |
Denmark |
10.0 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
| 10 |
Finland |
10.0 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
Bottom 10 - Sufficient to Drink |
| Rank |
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SSI
2006 |
SSI
2008 |
SSI
2010 |
| 142 |
Angola |
5.0 |
5.1 |
5.0 |
| 143 |
Chad |
3.4 |
4.8 |
5.0 |
| 144 |
Mauritania |
5.6 |
6.0 |
4.9 |
| 145 |
Sierra Leone |
5.7 |
5.3 |
4.9 |
| 146 |
Niger |
4.6 |
4.2 |
4.8 |
| 147 |
Mozambique |
4.2 |
4.2 |
4.7 |
| 148 |
Congo. Dem. Rep. |
4.6 |
4.6 |
4.6 |
| 149 |
Madagascar |
4.5 |
4.7 |
4.1 |
| 150 |
Papua New Guinea |
3.9 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
| 151 |
Ethiopia |
2.2 |
4.2 |
3.8 |
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