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Table 2 Improved water and sanitation coverage (in percent)

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

 

Proportion of population using an improved drinking water source (percentage)

Proportion of population using an improved sanitation facility (percentage)

1990

2011

1990

2011

Total

Urban

Rural

Total

Urban

Rural

Total

Urban

Rural

Total

Urban

Rural

World

76

95

62

89

96

81

49

77

29

64

80

47

Developing Regions

70

93

59

87

95

79

36

65

21

57

74

43

Northern Africa

87

94

80

92

95

89

72

92

54

90

94

84

Sub-Saharan Africa

49

83

36

63

84

51

26

43

19

30

42

24

Latin America and the Caribbean

85

94

64

94

97

82

68

80

38

82

87

63

Eastern Asia

68

97

56

92

98

85

27

53

16

67

76

57

Southern Asia

72

90

66

90

95

88

24

56

12

41

64

30

Western Asia

85

95

69

90

96

78

80

94

59

88

96

71

Oceania

50

92

37

56

95

45

36

77

23

36

78

24

Caucasus and Central Asia

89

97

81

86

96

79

91

96

86

96

96

95

Developed regions

98

99

94

99

100

97

95

97

90

96

97

92

  1. Source United Nations (2012)
  2. Indicators 7.8 and 7.9 to monitor Millennium Development Goal Target 7.C: Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation