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Special Features Water Resource Resources |
Len Abrams |
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Water Supply and Sanitation Coverage
Figures
Content |
The
limitations of coverage assessment |
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Determining the coverage figures for water supply and sanitation in the developing world is a difficult if not impossible task. There are an number of reasons for this. These are primarily
Generally coverage figures are over estimated. These difficulties are referred to in the World Health Organization Global Water Supply and Sanitation Assessment 2000 noted below. |
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The
Global Water Supply and Sanitation
The WHO and UNICEF Joint
Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation (JMP) provides a
snapshot of water supply and sanitation worldwide at the turn of the
millennium using information available from different sources. From 2001
the JMP database – for both historic data and future projections –
will be periodically updated. All assistance in identifying unused and
new data to improve the estimates presented here is welcome. |
Global coverage figures
(apologies for the quality)
Table 2.2 Water supply and sanitation coverage for 1990 and 2000 by region
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REGION |
1990 Population (millions) |
2000 Population (millions) |
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Total population |
Population |
Population unserved |
% served2 |
Total population |
Population |
Population unserved |
% served |
|
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GLOBAL |
(76% of global population represented) |
(89% of global population represented) |
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Urban water supply |
2 292 |
2 179 |
113 |
95 |
2 845 |
2 672 |
173 |
94 |
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Rural water supply |
2 974 |
1 961 |
1 013 |
66 |
3 210 |
2 284 |
926 |
71 |
|
Total water supply |
5 266 |
4 140 |
1 126 |
79 |
6 055 |
4 956 |
1 099 |
82 |
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Urban sanitation |
2 292 |
1 877 |
415 |
82 |
2 845 |
2 442 |
403 |
86 |
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Rural sanitation |
2 974 |
1 028 |
1 946 |
35 |
3 210 |
1 210 |
2 000 |
38 |
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Total sanitation |
5 266 |
2 905 |
2 361 |
55 |
6 055 |
3 652 |
2 403 |
60 |
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REGION |
1990 Population (millions) |
2000 Population (millions) |
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|
Total population |
Population |
Population unserved |
% served2 |
Total population |
Population |
Population unserved |
% served |
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AFRICA |
(72% of regional population represented) |
(96% of regional population represented) |
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Urban water supply |
197 |
166 |
31 |
84 |
297 |
253 |
44 |
85 |
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Rural water supply |
418 |
183 |
235 |
44 |
487 |
231 |
256 |
47 |
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Total water supply |
615 |
349 |
266 |
57 |
784 |
484 |
300 |
62 |
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Urban sanitation |
197 |
167 |
30 |
85 |
297 |
251 |
46 |
84 |
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Rural sanitation |
418 |
206 |
212 |
49 |
487 |
220 |
267 |
45 |
|
Total sanitation |
615 |
373 |
242 |
61 |
784 |
471 |
313 |
60 |
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REGION |
1990 Population (millions) |
2000 Population (millions) |
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|
Total population |
Population |
Population unserved |
% served2 |
Total population |
Population |
Population unserved |
% served |
|
|
ASIA |
(88% of regional population represented) |
(94% of regional population represented) |
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Urban water supply |
1 029 |
972 |
57 |
94 |
1 352 |
1 254 |
98 |
93 |
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Rural water supply |
2 151 |
1 433 |
718 |
67 |
2 331 |
1 736 |
595 |
75 |
|
Total water supply |
3 180 |
2 405 |
775 |
76 |
3 683 |
2 990 |
693 |
81 |
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Urban sanitation |
1 029 |
690 |
339 |
67 |
1 352 |
1 055 |
297 |
78 |
|
Rural sanitation |
2 151 |
496 |
1 655 |
23 |
2 331 |
712 |
1 619 |
31 |
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Total sanitation |
3 180 |
1 186 |
1 994 |
37 |
3 683 |
1 767 |
1 916 |
48 |
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REGION |
1990 Population (millions) |
2000 Population (millions) |
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|
Total population |
Population |
Population unserved |
% served2 |
Total population |
Population |
Population unserved |
% served |
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LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN(77% of regional population represented) |
(99% of regional population represented) |
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Urban water supply |
313 |
287 |
26 |
92 |
391 |
362 |
29 |
93 |
|
Rural water supply |
128 |
72 |
56 |
56 |
128 |
79 |
49 |
62 |
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Total water supply |
441 |
359 |
82 |
82 |
519 |
441 |
78 |
85 |
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Urban sanitation |
313 |
267 |
46 |
85 |
391 |
340 |
51 |
87 |
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Rural sanitation |
128 |
50 |
78 |
39 |
128 |
62 |
66 |
49 |
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Total sanitation |
441 |
317 |
124 |
72 |
519 |
402 |
117 |
78 |
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REGION |
1990 Population (millions) |
2000 Population (millions) |
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|
Total population |
Population |
Population unserved |
% served2 |
Total population |
Population |
Population unserved |
% served |
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OCEANIA |
(64% of regional population represented) |
(85% of regional population represented) |
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Urban water supply |
18 |
18 |
0 |
100 |
21 |
21 |
0 |
98 |
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Rural water supply |
8 |
5 |
3 |
62 |
9 |
6 |
3 |
63 |
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Total water supply |
26 |
23 |
3 |
88 |
30 |
27 |
3 |
88 |
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Urban sanitation |
18 |
18 |
0 |
99 |
21 |
21 |
0 |
99 |
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Rural sanitation |
8 |
7 |
1 |
89 |
9 |
7 |
2 |
81 |
|
Total sanitation |
26 |
25 |
1 |
96 |
30 |
28 |
2 |
93 |
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REGION |
1990 Population (millions) |
2000 Population (millions) |
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|
Total population |
Population |
Population unserved |
% served2 |
Total population |
Population |
Population unserved |
% served |
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EUROPE |
(15% of regional population represented) |
(44% of regional population represented) |
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Urban water supply |
522 |
522 |
0 |
100 |
545 |
542 |
3 |
100 |
|
Rural water supply |
200 |
199 |
1 |
100 |
184 |
161 |
23 |
87 |
|
Total water supply |
722 |
721 |
1 |
100 |
729 |
703 |
26 |
96 |
|
Urban sanitation |
522 |
522 |
0 |
100 |
545 |
537 |
8 |
99 |
|
Rural sanitation |
200 |
199 |
1 |
100 |
184 |
137 |
47 |
74 |
|
Total sanitation |
722 |
721 |
1 |
100 |
729 |
674 |
55 |
92 |
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REGION |
1990 Population (millions) |
2000 Population (millions) |
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|
Total population |
Population |
Population unserved |
% served2 |
Total population |
Population |
Population unserved |
% served |
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NORTHERN AMERICA |
(99.9% of regional population represented) |
(99.9% of regional population represented) |
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Urban water supply |
213 |
213 |
0 |
100 |
239 |
239 |
0 |
100 |
|
Rural water supply |
69 |
69 |
0 |
100 |
71 |
71 |
0 |
100 |
|
Total water supply |
282 |
282 |
0 |
100 |
310 |
310 |
0 |
100 |
|
Urban sanitation |
213 |
213 |
0 |
100 |
239 |
239 |
0 |
100 |
|
Rural sanitation |
69 |
69 |
0 |
100 |
71 |
71 |
0 |
100 |
|
Total sanitation |
282 |
282 |
0 |
100 |
310 |
310 |
0 |
100 |

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