Urban infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean: public policy priorities

Jaitman, Laura

doi:10.1007/s40503-015-0027-5

Latin American Economic Review

Table 4 Coverage of housing services in urban areas

From: Urban infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean: public policy priorities

	Water		Hygienic restrooms		Sewerage		Electricity		Telephone
	Poorest 20 %	Mean	Poorest 20 %	Mean	Poorest 20 %	Mean	Poorest 20 %	Mean	Poorest 20 %	Mean
Latin America
Argentina
2003-II	96.2	98.9	65.2	86.4	36.2	59.6
2011-I	98.4	99.6	74.5	91.5	43.4	65.1
Bolivia
2000	84.8	93.2	60.3	86.1	38.7	52.7	91.2	95.9	14.1	37.4
2007	95.2	96.9	78.5	83.5	53.1	55.3	99.2	98.2	66.6	83
Brazil
2004	84.4	95	57.6	77.5	43.9	65.2	98.5	99.6	42.4	72.5
2009	91.9	97.3	64	80	47.2	67.6	99.6	99.9	77.8	89.6
Chile
2000	96.6	98.9	83.1	93.7	77.1	858.8	99.2	99.8	35.4	68.9
2009	98.7	99.5	94.6	97.7	89.7	94.2	99.8	99.9
Colombia
2006	94.2	97.8	90.8	96.9	78.3	91.2	97.5	99.4	62.9	86.2
2010	94.5	96.9	90.1	96.6	78.1	91.4	99	99.8	83.4	93.6
Costa Rica
2004	99.2	99.7	95.9	98.4	32.7	40.4	99.9	99.8	64.4	84.2
2010	98.8	99.6	97.2	98.9	28.1	35.1	99.3	99.7	82.5	93
Dominican Republic
2008	75.4	86.8	57.1	80.6	18.9	33.7	98.8	99.6	63.2	78.6
2010	75.4	84.7	61.5	82.3	19.6	32.3	99.1	99.8	63.8	76.2
Ecuador
2003	85.1	91.1	71.2	85.9	48.4	67.4	97.8	99.3	26.8	50.6
2010	93.9	95.6	96.3	98.5	66.5	77.5	99	99.7	29.2	50
El Salvador
2000	44.9	74.1	20.1	52.4	17.5	50.3	82.3	96.1	15.9	51.8
2010	63.3	83.4	34	71.5	22.3	59.1	88.1	97	77.1	92.4
Guatemala
2000	83.1	88	49.8	66.4	48.5	63.2	83	93.7	7.9	38.9
2006	85.1	90	43.4	74.8	38	68.4	77.7	93.7	29.6	74.8
Honduras
2001	91.4	94	44.8	64.3	28.3	51.1	87.6	96.7
2010	93.7	94.7	63	71.2	47.5	59.1	97.3	98.7	43.6	53.7
Mexico
2000	87.6	95.8	30.5	72.6	26	66.8	96.1	99.5	13.9	48.9
2010	91.6	95.9	48.5	74.8	45.1	70.1	98.7	99.7	62	84.3
Nicaragua
2001	66.2	83.6	15.4	35.5	12.3	26.6	78.2	92	3.5	19.2
2005	74.3	89.5	19.1	48.3	16.9	36.4	78.8	95.5	12.8	47.6
Paraguay
2001	95.1	98.5	54.3	80.1	3	17.7	91.5	97.9	16.8	55.1
2010	97.7	98.3	69.6	90.8	4.8	13.7	96.6	99.5	72.7	92.9
Peru
2003	63.2	80.6	56.2	82.1	45.6	73.5	77	93.9	6.9	34.3
2010	72.9	87.5	68.6	88.2	59.7	83.5	93.2	98.2	12.9	40.9
Uruguay
2006	93.4	98.3	69.1	91.4	28.9	58.6	97.5	99.3	57.5	84.4
2010	97.4	99.2	74.9	92.7	30.1	57.7	98.4	99.5	22.9	62.9
Venezuela
2000	97.9	98.7	96.6	98.6			100	99.8	39.5	52.6
2010	87.5	93	83.7	92.4			99.1	99.5	54.2	67.4
The Caribbean
Bahamas
2001	72.3	86.7	86.2	94.4	13.4	12.8	88.5	96.1	65.6	80.3
Guyana
1992–1993	77.5	89	100	99.8	5	1.6	80	91	9.8	16.3
Haiti
2001	14.9	23.2	1.3	8.7			37.6	61.9	2	12.3
Jamaica
2002	63	65.3	80.2	79	33.9	32.9	90.4	92.3	57.6	61.9
Suriname
1999	89.5	87.5			98.2	98.1	98.2	99.6	61.4	64.5

Source Socio-Economic Database for Latin America and the Caribbean, Center for Distributive, Labor and Social Studies (Universidad Nacional de la Plata) and the World Bank

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