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

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

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.