Table IV Water supply and sanitation...

Table IV

Water supply and sanitation infrastructure access

	Region						Income
	Year	SSA	SA	MENA	LAC	EAP	LIC	LMC	UMC
Safe water sources
Total	1990	51	69	92	86	84	48	59	91
Percent of population (median)	2015	77	93	96	94	96	77	76	93
Rural	1990	39	64	84	68	77	36	52	83
Percent of population (median)	2015	67	92	92	87	93	67	57	81
Improved sanitation facilities
Total	1990	15	20	77	66	72	11	27	71
Percent of population (median)	2015	29	55	92	83	85	21	30	66
Urban	1990	34	58	93	79	79	27	52	79
Percent of population (median)	2015	38	73	96	87	88	38	37	70
Rural	1990	9	5	65	38	64	7	18	64
Percent of population (median)	2015	25	47	82	75	83	16	25	61

	Region						Income
	Year	SSA	SA	MENA	LAC	EAP	LIC	LMC	UMC
Safe water sources
Total	1990	51	69	92	86	84	48	59	91
Percent of population (median)	2015	77	93	96	94	96	77	76	93
Rural	1990	39	64	84	68	77	36	52	83
Percent of population (median)	2015	67	92	92	87	93	67	57	81
Improved sanitation facilities
Total	1990	15	20	77	66	72	11	27	71
Percent of population (median)	2015	29	55	92	83	85	21	30	66
Urban	1990	34	58	93	79	79	27	52	79
Percent of population (median)	2015	38	73	96	87	88	38	37	70
Rural	1990	9	5	65	38	64	7	18	64
Percent of population (median)	2015	25	47	82	75	83	16	25	61

Note(s): EAP = East Asia and Pacific; LAC = Latin America and the Caribbean; MENA = Middle East and North Africa; SA = South Asia; SSA = Sub-Saharan Africa; LIC = low-income countries; LMC = lower-middle-income countries; UMC = upper-middle-income countries

Source(s): World Bank, World Development Indicators

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