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07Water, sanitation and nutritional status
Population using improved sanitation (%)Excel

HDI Rank Country 1990 2004
1 Iceland 100 100
2 Norway .. ..
3 Australia 100 100
4 Canada 100 100
5 Ireland .. ..
6 Sweden 100 100
7 Switzerland 100 100
8 Japan 100 100
9 Netherlands 100 100
10 France .. ..
11 Finland 100 100
12 United States 100 100
13 Spain 100 100
14 Denmark .. ..
15 Austria 100 100
16 United Kingdom .. ..
17 Belgium .. ..
18 Luxembourg .. ..
19 New Zealand .. ..
20 Italy .. ..
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) .. ..
22 Germany 100 100
23 Israel .. ..
24 Greece .. ..
25 Singapore 100 100
26 Korea (Republic of) .. ..
27 Slovenia .. ..
28 Cyprus 100 100
29 Portugal .. ..
30 Brunei Darussalam .. ..
31 Barbados 100 100
32 Czech Republic 99 98
33 Kuwait .. ..
34 Malta .. ..
35 Qatar 100 100
36 Hungary .. 95
37 Poland .. ..
38 Argentina 81 91
39 United Arab Emirates 97 98
40 Chile 84 91
41 Bahrain .. ..
42 Slovakia 99 99
43 Lithuania .. ..
44 Estonia 97 97
45 Latvia .. 78
46 Uruguay 100 100
47 Croatia 100 100
48 Costa Rica .. 92
49 Bahamas 100 100
50 Seychelles .. ..
51 Cuba 98 98
52 Mexico 58 79
53 Bulgaria 99 99
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis 95 95
55 Tonga 96 96
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 97 97
57 Antigua and Barbuda .. 95
58 Oman 83 ..
59 Trinidad and Tobago 100 100
60 Romania .. ..
61 Saudi Arabia .. ..
62 Panama 71 73
63 Malaysia .. 94
64 Belarus .. 84
65 Mauritius .. 94
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina .. 95
67 Russian Federation 87 87
68 Albania .. 91
69 Macedonia (TFYR) .. ..
70 Brazil 71 75
71 Dominica .. 84
72 Saint Lucia .. 89
73 Kazakhstan 72 72
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) .. 68
75 Colombia 82 86
76 Ukraine .. 96
77 Samoa 98 100
78 Thailand 80 99
79 Dominican Republic 52 78
80 Belize .. 47
81 China 23 44
82 Grenada 97 96
83 Armenia .. 83
84 Turkey 85 88
85 Suriname .. 94
86 Jordan 93 93
87 Peru 52 63
88 Lebanon .. 98
89 Ecuador 63 89
90 Philippines 57 72
91 Tunisia 75 85
92 Fiji 68 72
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines .. ..
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 83 ..
95 Paraguay 58 80
96 Georgia 97 94
97 Guyana .. 70
98 Azerbaijan .. ..
99 Sri Lanka 69 91
100 Maldives .. 59
101 Jamaica 75 80
102 Cape Verde .. 43
103 El Salvador 51 62
104 Algeria 88 92
105 Viet Nam 36 61
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories .. 73
107 Indonesia 46 55
108 Syrian Arab Republic 73 90
109 Turkmenistan .. 62
110 Nicaragua 45 47
111 Moldova .. 68
112 Egypt 54 70
113 Uzbekistan 51 67
114 Mongolia .. 59
115 Honduras 50 69
116 Kyrgyzstan 60 59
117 Bolivia 33 46
118 Guatemala 58 86
119 Gabon .. 36
120 Vanuatu .. 50
121 South Africa 69 65
122 Tajikistan .. 51
123 Sao Tome and Principe .. 25
124 Botswana 38 42
125 Namibia 24 25
126 Morocco 56 73
127 Equatorial Guinea .. 53
128 India 14 33
129 Solomon Islands .. 31
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic .. 30
131 Cambodia .. 17
132 Myanmar 24 77
133 Bhutan .. 70
134 Comoros 32 33
135 Ghana 15 18
136 Pakistan 37 59
137 Mauritania 31 34
138 Lesotho 37 37
139 Congo .. 27
140 Bangladesh 20 39
141 Swaziland .. 48
142 Nepal 11 35
143 Madagascar 14 34
144 Cameroon 48 51
145 Papua New Guinea 44 44
146 Haiti 24 30
147 Sudan 33 34
148 Kenya 40 43
149 Djibouti 79 82
150 Timor-Leste .. 36
151 Zimbabwe 50 53
152 Togo 37 35
153 Yemen 32 43
154 Uganda 42 43
155 Gambia .. 53
156 Senegal 33 57
157 Eritrea 7 9
158 Nigeria 39 44
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 47 47
160 Guinea 14 18
161 Rwanda 37 42
162 Angola 29 31
163 Benin 12 33
164 Malawi 47 61
165 Zambia 44 55
166 Côte d'Ivoire 21 37
167 Burundi 44 36
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 16 30
169 Ethiopia 3 13
170 Chad 7 9
171 Central African Republic 23 27
172 Mozambique 20 32
173 Mali 36 46
174 Niger 7 13
175 Guinea-Bissau .. 35
176 Burkina Faso 7 13
177 Sierra Leone .. 39

Source :
UN (United Nations). 2006a. Millennium Development Goals Indicators Database. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division. New York. [http://mdgs.un.org]. Accessed May 2007, based on a joint effort by UNICEF and WHO.