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November 2006

Coverage with Improved Drinking Water Sources

Country	Improved drinking water coverage % 1990			Improved drinking water coverage % 2004			Improved drinking water coverage % 2015	Progress towards the MDG drinking water target
Country	Total	Urban	Rural	Total	Urban	Rural	MDG Target	Progress towards the MDG drinking water target
Afghanistan	4	10	3	39	63	31	52	on track
Albania	96	99	94	96	99	94	98	on track
Algeria	94	99	89	85	88	80	97	not on track
Andorra	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
Angola	36	23	40	53	75	40	68	on track
Antigua and Barbuda	-	95	-	91	95	89	95	-
Argentina	94	97	72	96	98	80	97	on track
Armenia	-	99	-	92	99	80	96	-
Australia	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
Austria	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
Azerbaijan	68	82	51	77	95	59	84	on track
Bahamas	-	98	-	97	98	86	98	on track
Bahrain	-	100	-	-	100	-	-	-
Bangladesh	72	83	69	74	82	72	86	insufficient progress
Barbados	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
Belarus	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
Belgium	-	100	-	-	100	-	-	-
Belize	-	100	-	91	100	82	95	-
Benin	63	73	57	67	78	57	82	insufficient progress
Bhutan	-	-	-	62	86	60	79	-
Bolivia	72	91	49	85	95	68	86	on track
Bosnia and Herzegovina	97	99	96	97	99	96	99	on track
Botswana	93	100	88	95	100	90	97	on track
Brazil	83	93	55	90	96	57	92	on track
Brunei Darussalam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bulgaria	99	100	97	99	100	97	100	on track
Burkina Faso	38	61	34	61	94	54	69	on track
Burundi	69	97	67	79	92	77	85	on track
Cambodia	-	-	-	41	64	35	61	on track
Cameroon	50	77	31	66	86	44	75	on track
Canada	100	100	99	100	100	99	100	on track
Cape Verde	-	-	-	80	86	73	88	-
Central African Republic	52	74	39	75	93	61	76	on track
Chad	19	41	13	42	41	43	60	on track
Chile	90	98	49	95	100	58	95	on track
China	70	99	59	77	93	67	85	on track
Colombia	92	98	78	93	99	71	96	on track
Comoros	93	98	91	86	92	82	97	not on track
Congo	-	-	-	58	84	27	76	-
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	43	90	25	46	82	29	72	not on track
Cook Islands	94	99	87	94	98	88	97	not on track
Costa Rica	-	100	-	97	100	92	98	on track
Côte d'Ivoire	69	73	67	84	97	74	85	on track
Croatia	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
Cuba	-	95	-	91	95	78	95	-
Cyprus	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
Czech Republic	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
Denmark	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
Djibouti	72	76	59	73	76	59	86	insufficient progress
Dominica	-	100	-	97	100	90	98	on track
Dominican Republic	84	98	66	95	97	91	92	on track
Ecuador	73	82	61	94	97	89	87	on track
Egypt	94	97	92	98	99	97	97	on track
El Salvador	67	87	48	84	94	70	84	on track
Equatorial Guinea	-	-	-	43	45	42	68	-
Eritrea	43	62	39	60	74	57	72	on track
Estonia	100	100	99	100	100	99	100	on track
Ethiopia	23	81	15	22	81	11	62	not on track
Fiji	-	-	-	47	43	51	71	-
Finland	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
France	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
Gabon	-	95	-	88	95	47	91	-
Gambia	-	95	-	82	95	77	90	-
Georgia	80	91	67	82	96	67	90	on track
Germany	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
Ghana	55	86	37	75	88	64	78	on track
Greece	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Grenada	-	97	-	95	97	93	97	on track
Guatemala	79	89	72	95	99	92	90	on track
Guinea	44	74	34	50	78	35	72	not on track
Guinea-Bissau	-	-	-	59	79	49	76	-
Guyana	-	-	-	83	83	83	91	-
Haiti	47	60	42	54	52	56	74	not on track
Holy See	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Honduras	84	92	79	87	95	81	92	on track
Hungary	99	100	98	99	100	98	100	on track
Iceland	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
India	70	89	64	86	95	83	85	on track
Indonesia	72	92	63	77	87	69	86	on track
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	92	99	84	94	99	84	96	on track
Iraq	83	97	50	81	97	50	92	not on track
Ireland	-	100	-	-	100	-	-	-
Israel	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
Italy	-	100	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaica	92	98	86	93	98	88	96	not on track
Japan	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
Jordan	97	99	91	97	99	91	99	on track
Kazakhstan	87	97	73	86	97	73	94	-
Kenya	45	91	30	61	83	46	73	on track
Kiribati	49	76	33	65	77	53	75	on track
Korea, Democratic People's Republic. of	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
Korea, Republic of	-	97	-	92	97	71	95	-
Kuwait	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrgyzstan	78	98	66	77	98	66	89	-
Lao People's Dem. Republic	-	-	-	51	79	43	72	-
Latvia	99	100	96	99	100	96	100	on track
Lebanon	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
Lesotho	-	-	-	79	92	76	88	-
Liberia	55	85	34	61	72	52	78	not on track
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	71	72	68	-	-	-	86	-
Liechtenstein	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lithuania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luxembourg	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
Madagascar	40	80	27	50	77	35	70	not on track
Malawi	40	90	33	73	98	68	70	on track
Malaysia	98	100	96	99	100	96	99	on track
Maldives	96	100	95	83	98	76	98	not on track
Mali	34	50	29	50	78	36	67	on track
Malta	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
Marshall Islands	96	95	97	87	82	96	98	not on track
Mauritania	38	32	43	53	59	44	69	on track
Mauritius	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
Mexico	82	89	64	97	100	87	91	on track
Micronesia (Federated States of)	88	93	86	94	95	94	94	on track
Moldova, Republic of	-	97	-	92	97	88	96	-
Monaco	100	100	-	100	100	-	100	on track
Mongolia	63	87	30	62	87	30	82	-
Montenegro*	93	99	86	93	99	86	97	-
Morocco	75	94	58	81	99	56	88	on track
Mozambique	36	83	24	43	72	26	68	not on track
Myanmar	57	86	47	78	80	77	79	on track
Namibia	57	99	42	87	98	81	79	on track
Nauru	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nepal	70	95	67	90	96	89	85	on track
Netherlands	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
New Zealand	97	100	82	-	100	-	99	-
Nicaragua	70	91	46	79	90	63	85	on track
Niger	39	62	35	46	80	36	70	not on track
Nigeria	49	80	33	48	67	31	75	not on track
Niue	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
Norway	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
Occupied Palestinian Terr.	-	94	-	92	94	88	96	-
Oman	80	85	73	-	-	-	90	-
Pakistan	83	95	78	91	96	89	92	on track
Palau	80	73	98	85	79	94	90	on track
Panama	90	99	79	90	99	79	95	-
Papua New Guinea	39	88	32	39	88	32	70	-
Paraguay	62	81	44	86	99	68	81	on track
Peru	74	89	41	83	89	65	87	on track
Philippines	87	95	80	85	87	82	94	not on track
Poland	-	100	-	-	-	-	-	-
Portugal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Qatar	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
Romania	-	-	-	57	91	16	76	-
Russian Federation	94	97	86	97	100	88	97	on track
Rwanda	59	88	57	74	92	69	80	on track
Saint Kitts and Nevis	100	99	99	100	99	99	100	on track
Saint Lucia	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	on track
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-	-	-	-	-	93	-	-
Samoa	91	99	89	88	90	87	96	not on track
San Marino	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
São Tomé and Príncipe	-	-	-	79	89	73	88	-
Saudi Arabia	90	97	63	-	97	-	95	-
Senegal	65	89	49	76	92	60	83	on track
Serbia*	93	99	86	93	99	86	97	-
Seychelles	88	100	75	88	100	75	94	-
Sierra Leone	-	-	-	57	75	46	76	-
Singapore	100	100	-	100	100	-	100	on track
Slovakia	100	100	99	100	100	99	100	on track
Slovenia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Solomon Islands	-	-	-	70	94	65	83	-
Somalia	-	-	-	29	32	27	61	-
South Africa	83	98	69	88	99	73	92	on track
Spain	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
Sri Lanka	68	91	62	79	98	74	84	on track
Sudan	64	85	57	70	78	64	82	insufficient progress
Suriname	-	98	-	92	98	73	95	-
Swaziland	-	-	-	62	87	54	79	-
Sweden	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
Switzerland	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
Syrian Arab Republic	80	94	67	93	98	87	90	on track
Tajikistan	-	-	-	59	92	48	78	-
Tanzania	46	85	35	62	85	49	73	on track
Thailand	95	98	94	99	98	100	98	on track
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Timor-Leste	-	-	-	58	77	56	77	-
Togo	50	81	37	52	80	36	75	not on track
Tonga	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
Trinidad and Tobago	92	93	89	91	92	88	96	not on track
Tunisia	81	95	62	93	99	82	91	on track
Turkey	85	92	74	96	98	93	93	on track
Turkmenistan	-	-	-	72	93	54	84	-
Tuvalu	89	92	89	100	94	92	95	on track
Uganda	44	80	40	60	87	56	72	on track
Ukraine	-	99	-	96	99	91	98	on track
United Arab Emirates	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
United Kingdom	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
United States of America	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
Uruguay	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
Uzbekistan	94	99	91	82	95	75	97	not on track
Vanuatu	60	93	53	60	86	52	80	not on track
Venezuela	-	-	-	83	85	70	91	-
Viet Nam	65	90	59	85	99	80	83	on track
Yemen	71	84	68	67	71	65	86	not on track
Zambia	50	86	27	58	90	40	75	insufficient progress
Zimbabwe	78	100	69	81	98	72	89	on track

UNICEF Region	Improved drinking water coverage % 1990			Improved drinking water coverage % 2004			Improved drinking water coverage % 2015	Progress towards the MDG drinking water target
UNICEF Region	Total	Urban	Rural	Total	Urban	Rural	MDG Target	Progress towards the MDG drinking water target
Sub-Saharan Africa	48	82	35	55	81	41	74	not on track
Western and Central Africa	49	79	34	55	76	40	75	not on track
Eastern and Southern Africa	48	87	36	56	86	42	74	not on track
Middle East and North Africa	86	96	75	88	95	78	93	on track
South Asia	71	89	65	85	94	81	86	on track
East Asia and Pacific	72	97	61	79	92	70	86	on track
Latin America and Caribbean	83	93	60	91	96	73	92	on track
CEE/CIS	91	97	83	91	98	79	96	not on track
Industrialized countries	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	on track
Developing countries	71	93	60	80	92	70	86	on track
Least developed countries	51	78	43	59	79	51	76	insufficient progress
World	78	95	64	83	95	73	89	on track

* Data available for Serbia and Montenegro.

Source:
Improved drinking water coverage (%) by country: WHO/UNICEF, JMP 2006
Improved drinking water coverage (%) by region and progress towards the MDG drinking water target: WHO/UNICEF, JMP 2006 with additional analysis by UNICEF