| Field Listing :: Sanitation facility access | 
| This entry provides information about access to improved or unimproved sanitation facilities available to segments of the population of a country. improved sanitation - use of any of the following facilities: flush or pour-flush to a piped sewer system, septic tank or pit latrine; ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrine; pit latrine with slab; or a composting toilet. unimproved sanitation - use of any of the following facilities: flush or pour-flush not piped to a sewer system, septic tank or pit latrine; pit latrine without a slab or open pit; bucket; hanging toilet or hanging latrine; shared facilities of any type; no facilities; or bush or field. | |
Country  | 
    
    Sanitation facility access(% of population) | 
|---|
| Afghanistan | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 46.8% of population rural: 23.4% of population total: 29% of population unimproved: urban: 53.2% of population rural: 76.6% of population total: 71% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Albania | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 95.3% of population rural: 86.3% of population total: 91.2% of population unimproved: urban: 4.7% of population rural: 13.7% of population total: 8.8% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Algeria | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 97.6% of population rural: 88.4% of population total: 95.2% of population unimproved: urban: 2.4% of population rural: 11.6% of population total: 4.8% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| American Samoa | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 62.5% of population rural: 62.5% of population total: 62.5% of population unimproved: urban: 37.5% of population rural: 37.5% of population total: 37.5% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Andorra | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Angola | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 86.8% of population rural: 20.1% of population total: 60.1% of population unimproved: urban: 13.2% of population rural: 79.9% of population total: 39.9% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Anguilla | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 97.9% of population total: 97.9% of population unimproved: urban: 2.1% of population total: 2.1% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Antigua and Barbuda | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 91.4% of population rural: 91.4% of population total: 91.4% of population unimproved: urban: 8.6% of population rural: 8.6% of population total: 8.6% of population (2011 est.)  | 
        
| Argentina | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 97.1% of population rural: 99.4% of population total: 97.2% of population unimproved: urban: 2.9% of population rural: 0.6% of population total: 2.8% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Armenia | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 95.9% of population rural: 80.9% of population total: 90.5% of population unimproved: urban: 4.1% of population rural: 19.1% of population total: 9.5% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Aruba | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 97.7% of population rural: 97.7% of population total: 97.7% of population unimproved: urban: 2.3% of population rural: 2.3% of population total: 2.3% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Australia | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Austria | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Azerbaijan | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 85.9% of population rural: 77.5% of population total: 82% of population unimproved: urban: 14.1% of population rural: 22.5% of population total: 18% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Bahamas, The | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 92% of population rural: 92% of population total: 92% of population unimproved: urban: 8% of population rural: 8% of population total: 8% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Bahrain | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 99.2% of population rural: 99.2% of population total: 99.2% of population unimproved: urban: 0.8% of population rural: 0.8% of population total 0.8% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Bangladesh | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 55.2% of population rural: 57.8% of population total: 57% of population unimproved: urban: 44.8% of population rural: 42.2% of population total: 43% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Barbados | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 91.6% of population rural: 91.6% of population total: 91.6% of population unimproved: urban: 8.4% of population rural: 8.4% of population total: 8.4% of population (2006 est.)  | 
        
| Belarus | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 94% of population rural: 95.3% of population total: 94.3% of population unimproved: urban: 6% of population rural: 4.7% of population total: 5.7% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Belgium | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Belize | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 94.2% of population rural: 87.6% of population total: 90.5% of population unimproved: urban: 5.8% of population rural: 12.4% of population total: 9.5% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Benin | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 25.3% of population rural: 5.1% of population total: 14.3% of population unimproved: urban: 74.7% of population rural: 94.9% of population total: 85.7% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Bhutan | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 74.5% of population rural: 31.1% of population total: 46.9% of population unimproved: urban: 25.5% of population rural: 68.9% of population total: 53.1% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Bolivia | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 57.5% of population rural: 23.7% of population total: 46.4% of population unimproved: urban: 42.5% of population rural: 76.3% of population total: 53.6% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 98.9% of population rural: 92.1% of population total: 95.4% of population unimproved: urban: 1.1% of population rural: 7.9% of population total: 4.6% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Botswana | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 77.9% of population rural: 41.8% of population total: 64.3% of population unimproved: urban: 22.1% of population rural: 58.2% of population total: 35.7% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Brazil | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 87% of population rural: 49.2% of population total: 81.3% of population unimproved: urban: 13% of population rural: 50.8% of population total: 18.7% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| British Virgin Islands | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 97.5% of population rural: 97.5% of population total: 97.5% of population unimproved: urban: 2.5% of population rural: 2.5% of population total: 2.5% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Bulgaria | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Burkina Faso | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 50.4% of population rural: 6.7% of population total: 18.6% of population unimproved: urban: 49.6% of population rural: 93.3% of population total: 81.4% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Burma | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 84.3% of population rural: 73.9% of population total: 77.4% of population unimproved: urban: 15.7% of population rural: 26.1% of population total: 22.6% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Burundi | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 42.7% of population rural: 48.1% of population total: 47.5% of population unimproved: urban: 57.3% of population rural: 51.9% of population total: 52.5% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Cabo Verde | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 75.2% of population rural: 47.2% of population total: 64.9% of population unimproved: urban: 24.8% of population rural: 52.8% of population total: 35.1% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Cambodia | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 81.6% of population rural: 25.5% of population total: 36.8% of population unimproved: urban: 18.4% of population rural: 74.5% of population total: 63.2% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Cameroon | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 61.7% of population rural: 26.8% of population total: 45.2% of population unimproved: urban: 38.3% of population rural: 73.2% of population total: 54.8% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Canada | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 99% of population total: 99.8% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 1% of population total: 0.2% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Cayman Islands | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 96.2% of population total: 96.2% of population unimproved: urban: 3.8% of population total: 3.8% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Central African Republic | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 43.6% of population rural: 7.2% of population total: 21.5% of population unimproved: urban: 56.4% of population rural: 92.8% of population total: 78.5% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Chad | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 31.4% of population rural: 6.5% of population total: 11.9% of population unimproved: urban: 68.6% of population rural: 93.5% of population total: 88.1% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Chile | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 89.3% of population total: 98.9% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 10.7% of population total: 1.1% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| China | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 74.1% of population rural: 55.8% of population total: 65.3% of population unimproved: urban: 25.9% of population rural: 44.2% of population total: 34.7% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Colombia | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 84.9% of population rural: 65.7% of population total: 80.2% of population unimproved: urban: 15.1% of population rural: 34.3% of population total: 19.8% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Comoros | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 50% of population rural: 29.7% of population total: 35.4% of population unimproved: urban: 50% of population rural: 70.3% of population total: 64.6% of population (2010 est.)  | 
        
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 29.1% of population rural: 32.6% of population total: 31.4% of population unimproved: urban: 70.9% of population rural: 67.4% of population total: 68.6% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Congo, Republic of the | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 19.6% of population rural: 5.6% of population total: 14.6% of population unimproved: urban: 80.4% of population rural: 94.4% of population total: 85.4% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Cook Islands | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 97.2% of population rural: 97.2% of population total: 97.2% of population unimproved: urban: 2.8% of population rural: 2.8% of population total: 2.8% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Costa Rica | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 94.9% of population rural: 92% of population total: 93.9% of population unimproved: urban: 5.1% of population rural: 8% of population total: 6.1% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Cote d'Ivoire | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 32.7% of population rural: 10% of population total: 21.9% of population unimproved: urban: 67.3% of population rural: 90% of population total: 78.1% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Croatia | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 98.6% of population rural: 97.6% of population total: 98.2% of population unimproved: urban: 1.4% of population rural: 2.4% of population total: 1.8% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Cuba | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 94% of population rural: 88.2% of population total: 92.6% of population unimproved: urban: 6% of population rural: 11.8% of population total: 7.4% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Cyprus | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Czech Republic | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Denmark | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Djibouti | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 73.1% of population rural: 21.6% of population total: 61.4% of population unimproved: urban: 26.9% of population rural: 78.4% of population total: 38.6% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Dominica | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 79.6% of population rural: 84.3% of population total: 81.1% of population unimproved: urban: 20.4% of population rural: 15.7% of population total: 18.9% of population (2007 est.)  | 
        
| Dominican Republic | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 85.5% of population rural: 73.8% of population total: 82% of population unimproved: urban: 14.5% of population rural: 26.2% of population total: 18% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Ecuador | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 86.5% of population rural: 75.9% of population total: 83.1% of population unimproved: urban: 13.5% of population rural: 24.1% of population total: 16.9% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Egypt | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 97.8% of population rural: 94.4% of population total: 95.9% of population unimproved: urban: 2.2% of population rural: 5.6% of population total: 4.1% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| El Salvador | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 79.5% of population rural: 53.4% of population total: 70.5% of population unimproved: urban: 20.5% of population rural: 46.6% of population total: 29.5% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Equatorial Guinea | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 92.2% of population rural: 86.8% of population total: 88.9% of population unimproved: urban: 7.8% of population rural: 13.2% of population total: 11.1% of population (2006 est.)  | 
        
| Eritrea | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 51.6% of population rural: 3.5% of population total: 13.2% of population unimproved: urban: 48.4% of population rural: 96.5% of population total: 86.8% of population (2008 est.)  | 
        
| Estonia | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 95.8% of population rural: 93.8% of population total: 95.2% of population unimproved: urban: 4.2% of population rural: 6.2% of population total: 4.8% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Ethiopia | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 27.4% of population rural: 22.8% of population total: 23.6% of population unimproved: urban: 72.6% of population rural: 77.2% of population total: 76.4% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Fiji | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 92.1% of population rural: 81.7% of population total: 87.2% of population unimproved: urban: 7.9% of population rural: 18.3% of population total: 12.8% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Finland | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| France | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| French Polynesia | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 97.1% of population rural: 97.1% of population total: 97.1% of population unimproved: urban: 2.9% of population rural: 2.9% of population total: 2.9% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Gabon | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 42.9% of population rural: 32% of population total: 41.4% of population unimproved: urban: 57.1% of population rural: 68% of population total: 58.6% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Gambia, The | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 64% of population rural: 55% of population total: 60.2% of population unimproved: urban: 36% of population rural: 45% of population total: 39.8% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Gaza Strip | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 94.8% of population rural: 92.8% of population total: 94.3% of population unimproved: urban: 5.2% of population rural: 7.2% of population total: 5.7% of population note: includes Gaza and the West Bank (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Georgia | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 95.5% of population rural: 90.7% of population total: 93.3% of population unimproved: urban: 4.5% of population rural: 9.3% of population total: 6.7% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Germany | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Ghana | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 19.9% of population rural: 8.4% of population total: 14.4% of population unimproved: urban: 80.1% of population rural: 91.6% of population total: 85.6% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Greece | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 99.4% of population rural: 97.5% of population total: 98.6% of population unimproved: urban: 0.6% of population rural: 2.5% of population total: 1.4% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Greenland | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Grenada | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 97.5% of population rural: 98.3% of population total: 98% of population unimproved: urban: 2.5% of population rural: 1.7% of population total: 2% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Guam | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 89.8% of population rural: 89.8% of population total: 89.8% of population unimproved: urban: 10.2% of population rural: 10.2% of population total: 10.2% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Guatemala | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 88.4% of population rural: 72.1% of population total: 80.3% of population unimproved: urban: 11.6% of population rural: 27.9% of population total: 19.7% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Guinea | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 32.7% of population rural: 11.2% of population total: 18.9% of population unimproved: urban: 67.3% of population rural: 88.8% of population total: 81.1% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Guinea-Bissau | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 33.5% of population rural: 8.5% of population total: 19.7% of population unimproved: urban: 66.5% of population rural: 91.5% of population total: 80.3% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Guyana | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 87.9% of population rural: 82% of population total: 83.6% of population unimproved: urban: 12.1% of population rural: 18% of population total: 16.4% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Haiti | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 31% of population rural: 16.3% of population total: 24.4% of population unimproved: urban: 69% of population rural: 83.7% of population total: 75.6% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Honduras | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 85.3% of population rural: 74% of population total: 80% of population unimproved: urban: 14.7% of population rural: 26% of population total: 20% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Hungary | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Iceland | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| India | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 60.2% of population rural: 24.7% of population total: 36% of population unimproved: urban: 39.8% of population rural: 75.3% of population total: 64% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Indonesia | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 71.4% of population rural: 45.5% of population total: 58.8% of population unimproved: urban: 28.6% of population rural: 54.5% of population total: 41.2% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Iran | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 92.8% of population rural: 81.6% of population total: 89.4% of population unimproved: urban: 7.2% of population rural: 18.4% of population total: 10.6% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Iraq | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 86.2% of population rural: 81.8% of population total: 84.7% of population unimproved: urban: 13.8% of population rural: 18.2% of population total: 15.3% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Ireland | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 99.6% of population rural: 97.9% of population total: 99% of population unimproved: urban: 0.4% of population rural: 2.1% of population total: 1% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Israel | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Jamaica | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 78.4% of population rural: 82.2% of population total: 80.2% of population unimproved: urban: 21.6% of population rural: 17.8% of population total: 19.8% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Japan | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Jordan | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 98.1% of population rural: 98% of population total: 98.1% of population unimproved: urban: 1.9% of population rural: 2% of population total: 1.9% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Kazakhstan | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 97% of population rural: 98% of population total: 97.5% of population unimproved: urban: 3% of population rural: 2% of population total: 2.5% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Kenya | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 31.3% of population rural: 29.1% of population total: 29.6% of population unimproved: urban: 68.7% of population rural: 70.9% of population total: 70.4% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Kiribati | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 51.2% of population rural: 30.6% of population total: 39.7% of population unimproved: urban: 48.8% of population rural: 69.4% of population total: 60.3% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Korea, North | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 87.9% of population rural: 72.5% of population total: 81.8% of population unimproved: urban: 12.1% of population rural: 27.5% of population total: 18.2% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Korea, South | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population 0% of population 0% of population 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Kuwait | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population 0% of population 0% of population 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Kyrgyzstan | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 91.9% of population rural: 91.7% of population total: 91.8% of population unimproved: urban: 8.1% of population rural: 8.3% of population total: 8.2% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Laos | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 90.4% of population rural: 50.5% of population total: 64.6% of population unimproved: urban: 9.6% of population rural: 49.5% of population total: 35.4% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Latvia | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 82.1% of population rural: 71.1% of population total: 78.6% of population unimproved: urban: 17.9% of population rural: 28.9% of population total: 21.4% of population (2009 est.)  | 
        
| Lebanon | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 87% of population total: 98.3% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 13% of population total: 1.7% of population (2005 est.)  | 
        
| Lesotho | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 37% of population rural: 26.7% of population total: 29.6% of population unimproved: urban: 63% of population rural: 73.3% of population total: 70.4% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Liberia | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 28.4% of population rural: 5.9% of population total: 16.8% of population unimproved: urban: 71.6% of population rural: 94.1% of population total: 83.2% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Libya | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 96.8% of population rural: 95.7% of population total: 96.6% of population unimproved: urban: 3.2% of population rural: 4.3% of population total: 3.4% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Lithuania | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 98.7% of population rural: 85.4% of population total: 94.3% of population unimproved: urban: 1.3% of population rural: 14.6% of population total: 5.7% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Luxembourg | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Macedonia | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 97.2% of population rural: 82.8% of population total: 91.4% of population unimproved: urban: 2.8% of population rural: 17.2% of population total: 8.6% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Madagascar | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 19.2% of population rural: 11.3% of population total: 13.9% of population unimproved: urban: 80.8% of population rural: 88.7% of population total: 86.1% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Malawi | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 22.3% of population rural: 8% of population total: 10.3% of population unimproved: urban: 77.7% of population rural: 92% of population total: 89.7% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Malaysia | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 96.1% of population rural: 94.6% of population total: 95.7% of population unimproved: urban: 3.9% of population rural: 5.4% of population total: 4.3% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Maldives | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 97.5% of population rural: 99.6% of population total: 98.7% of population unimproved: urban: 2.5% of population rural: 0.4% of population total: 1.3% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Mali | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 35.3% of population rural: 14.5% of population total: 21.9% of population unimproved: urban: 64.7% of population rural: 85.5% of population total: 78.1% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Malta | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Marshall Islands | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 84.2% of population rural: 55.5% of population total: 76.2% of population unimproved: urban: 15.8% of population rural: 44.5% of population total: 23.8% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Mauritania | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 51.1% of population rural: 9.2% of population total: 26.7% of population unimproved: urban: 48.9% of population rural: 90.8% of population total: 73.3% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Mauritius | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 91.7% of population rural: 90.1% of population total: 90.8% of population unimproved: urban: 8.3% of population rural: 9.9% of population total: 9.2% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Mexico | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 87% of population rural: 79% of population total: 85.3% of population unimproved: urban: 13% of population rural: 21% of population total: 14.7% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Micronesia, Federated States of | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 85.1% of population rural: 49% of population total: 57.2% of population unimproved: urban: 14.9% of population rural: 51% of population total: 42.8% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Moldova | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 89.2% of population rural: 84.4% of population total: 86.7% of population unimproved: urban: 10.8% of population rural: 15.6% of population total: 13.3% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Monaco | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Mongolia | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 65.3% of population rural: 35.4% of population total: 56.2% of population unimproved: urban: 34.7% of population rural: 64.6% of population total: 43.8% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Montenegro | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 91.9% of population rural: 86.8% of population total: 90% of population unimproved: urban: 8.1% of population rural: 13.2% of population total: 10% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Montserrat | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 82.9% of population rural: 82.9% of population total: 82.9% of population unimproved: urban: 17.1% of population rural: 17.1% of population total: 17.1% of population (2007 est.)  | 
        
| Morocco | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 84.5% of population rural: 63.1% of population total: 75.4% of population unimproved: urban: 15.5% of population rural: 36.9% of population total: 24.6% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Mozambique | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 43.6% of population rural: 10.7% of population total: 21% of population unimproved: urban: 56.4% of population rural: 89.3% of population total: 79% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Namibia | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 56.1% of population rural: 16.9% of population total: 32.2% of population unimproved: urban: 43.9% of population rural: 83.1% of population total: 67.8% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Nauru | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 65.6% of population total: 65.6% of population unimproved: urban: 34.4% of population total: 34.4% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Nepal | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 51.2% of population rural: 33.7% of population total: 36.7% of population unimproved: urban: 48.8% of population rural: 66.3% of population total: 63.3% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Netherlands | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| New Caledonia | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Nicaragua | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 63.2% of population rural: 37% of population total: 52.1% of population unimproved: urban: 36.8% of population rural: 63% of population total: 47.9% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Niger | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 32.9% of population rural: 3.8% of population total: 9% of population unimproved: urban: 67.1% of population rural: 96.2% of population total: 91% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Nigeria | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 30.8% of population rural: 24.7% of population total: 27.8% of population unimproved: urban: 69.2% of population rural: 75.3% of population total: 72.2% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Niue | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Northern Mariana Islands | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 79.7% of population rural: 79.7% of population total: 79.7% of population unimproved: urban: 20.3% of population rural: 20.3% of population total: 20.3% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Norway | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Oman | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 97.3% of population rural: 94.7% of population total: 96.6% of population unimproved: urban: 2.7% of population rural: 5.3% of population total: 3.4% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Pakistan | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 71.8% of population rural: 33.6% of population total: 47.4% of population unimproved: urban: 28.2% of population rural: 66.4% of population total: 52.4% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Palau | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Panama | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 79.7% of population rural: 52.5% of population total: 73.2% of population unimproved: urban: 20.3% of population rural: 47.5% of population total: 26.8% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Papua New Guinea | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 56.4% of population rural: 13.3% of population total: 18.7% of population unimproved: urban: 43.6% of population rural: 86.7% of population total: 81.3% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Paraguay | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 96.1% of population rural: 52.5% of population total: 79.7% of population unimproved: urban: 3.9% of population rural: 47.5% of population total: 20.3% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Peru | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 81.2% of population rural: 44.8% of population total: 73.1% of population unimproved: urban: 18.8% of population rural: 55.2% of population total: 26.9% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Philippines | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 79.4% of population rural: 69.4% of population total: 74.3% of population unimproved: urban: 20.6% of population rural: 30.6% of population total: 25.7% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Poland | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 95.7% of population rural: 79.7% of population total: 89.5% of population unimproved: urban: 4.3% of population rural: 20.3% of population total: 10.5% of population (2008 est.)  | 
        
| Portugal | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Puerto Rico | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 99.3% of population rural: 99.3% of population total: 99.3% of population unimproved: urban: 0.7% of population rural: 0.7% of population total: 0.7% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Qatar | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Romania | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 87.9% of population rural: 54.4% of population total: 72.1% of population unimproved: urban: 12.1% of population rural: 45.6% of population total: 27.9% of population (2008 est.)  | 
        
| Russia | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 74.4% of population rural: 59.3% of population total: 70.5% of population unimproved: urban: 25.6% of population rural: 40.7% of population total: 29.5% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Rwanda | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 61% of population rural: 64.4% of population total: 63.8% of population unimproved: urban: 39% of population rural: 35.6% of population total: 36.2% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 87.3% of population rural: 87.3% of population total: 87.3% of population unimproved: urban: 12.7% of population rural: 12.7% of population total: 12.7% of population (2007 est.)  | 
        
| Saint Lucia | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 70.4% of population rural: 64.1% of population total: 65.2% of population unimproved: urban: 29.6% of population rural: 35.9% of population total: 34.8% of population (2011 est.)  | 
        
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 76.1% of population rural: 76.1% of population 76.1% of population unimproved: urban: 23.9% of population rural: 23.9% of population total: 23.9% of population (2007 est.)  | 
        
| Samoa | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 93.3% of population rural: 91.1% of population total: 91.6% of population unimproved: urban: 6.7% of population rural: 8.9% of population total: 8.4% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Sao Tome and Principe | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 40.8% of population rural: 23.3% of population total: 34.4% of population unimproved: urban: 59.2% of population rural: 76.7% of population total: 65.6% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Saudi Arabia | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Senegal | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 67.1% of population rural: 40.5% of population total: 51.9% of population unimproved: urban: 32.9% of population rural: 59.5% of population total: 48.1% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Serbia | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 98.6% of population rural: 95.7% of population total: 97.3% of population unimproved: urban: 1.4% of population rural: 4.3% of population total: 2.7% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Seychelles | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 97.1% of population rural: 97.1% of population total: 97.1% of population unimproved: urban: 2.9% of population rural: 2.9% of population total: 2.9% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Sierra Leone | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 22.5% of population rural: 6.8% of population total: 13% of population unimproved: urban: 77.5% of population rural: 93.2% of population total: 87% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Singapore | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Slovakia | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 99.9% of population rural: 99.6% of population total: 99.7% of population unimproved: urban: 0.1% of population rural: 0.4% of population total: 0.3% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Slovenia | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Solomon Islands | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 81.4% of population rural: 15% of population total: 28.8% of population unimproved: urban: 18.6% of population rural: 85% of population total: 71.2% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Somalia | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 52% of population rural: 6.3% of population total: 23.6% of population unimproved: urban: 48% of population rural: 93.7% of population total: 76.4% of population (2011 est.)  | 
        
| South Africa | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 81.7% of population rural: 62.4% of population total: 74.4% of population unimproved: urban: 18.3% of population rural: 37.6% of population total: 25.6% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| South Sudan | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 15.7% of population rural: 7.3% of population total: 8.9% of population unimproved: urban: 84.3% of population rural: 92.7% of population total: 91.1% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Spain | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Sri Lanka | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 82.9% of population rural: 93.9% of population total: 92.3% of population unimproved: urban: 17.1% of population rural: 6.1% of population total: 7.7% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Sudan | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 43.9% of population rural: 13.4% of population total: 23.6% of population unimproved: urban: 56.1% of population rural: 86.6% of population total: 76.4% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Suriname | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 88.4% of population rural: 61.4% of population total: 80.3% of population unimproved: urban: 11.6% of population rural: 38.6% of population total: 19.7% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Swaziland | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 63.1% of population rural: 56% of population total: 57.5% of population unimproved: urban: 36.9% of population rural: 44% of population total: 42.5% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Sweden | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Switzerland | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Syria | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 96.2% of population rural: 95.1% of population total: 95.7% of population unimproved: urban: 3.8% of population rural: 4.9% of population total: 4.3% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Tajikistan | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 93.6% of population rural: 94.6% of population total: 94.4% of population unimproved: urban: 6.4% of population rural: 5.4% of population total: 5.6% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Tanzania | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 24.9% of population rural: 7.5% of population total: 12.2% of population unimproved: urban: 75.1% of population rural: 92.5% of population total: 87.8% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Thailand | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 88.7% of population rural: 95.9% of population total: 93.4% of population unimproved: urban: 11.3% of population rural: 4.1% of population total: 6.6% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Timor-Leste | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 69% of population rural: 26.8% of population total: 38.9% of population unimproved: urban: 31% of population rural: 73.2% of population total: 61.1% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Togo | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 25.5% of population rural: 2.5% of population total: 11.3% of population unimproved: urban: 74.5% of population rural: 97.5% of population total: 88.7% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Tokelau | 
      
        improved:  
       rural: 92.9% of population total: 92.9% of population unimproved: rural: 7.1% of population total: 7.1% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Tonga | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 99.4% of population rural: 88.9% of population total: 91.3% of population unimproved: urban: 0.6% of population rural: 11.1% of population total: 8.7% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Trinidad and Tobago | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 92.1% of population rural: 92.1% of population total: 92.1% of population unimproved: urban: 7.9% of population rural: 7.9% of population total: 7.9% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Tunisia | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 97.4% of population rural: 76.6% of population total: 90.4% of population unimproved: urban: 2.6% of population rural: 23.4% of population total: 9.6% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Turkey | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 97.2% of population rural: 75.5% of population total: 91.2% of population unimproved: urban: 2.8% of population rural: 24.5% of population total: 8.8% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Turkmenistan | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 98.2% of population total: 99.1% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 1.8% of population total: 0.9% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 81.4% of population rural: 81.4% of population total: 81.4% of population unimproved: urban: 18.6% of population rural: 18.6% of population total: 18.6% of population (2007 est.)  | 
        
| Tuvalu | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 86.3% of population rural: 80.2% of population total: 83.3% of population unimproved: urban: 13.7% of population rural: 19.8% of population total: 16.7% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Uganda | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 32.8% of population rural: 34.1% of population total: 33.9% of population unimproved: urban: 67.2% of population rural: 65.9% of population total: 66.1% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Ukraine | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 96.5% of population rural: 89.4% of population total: 94.3% of population unimproved: urban: 3.5% of population rural: 10.6% of population total: 5.7% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| United Arab Emirates | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 98% of population rural: 95.2% of population total: 97.5% of population unimproved: urban: 2% of population rural: 4.8% of population total: 2.5% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| United Kingdom | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| United States | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Uruguay | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 96.5% of population rural: 95.8% of population total: 96.4% of population unimproved: urban: 3.5% of population rural: 4.2% of population total: 3.6% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Uzbekistan | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Vanuatu | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 65.1% of population rural: 55.4% of population total: 57.9% of population unimproved: urban: 34.9% of population rural: 44.6% of population total: 42.1% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Venezuela | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 93.6% of population rural: 56.9% of population total: 90.9% of population unimproved: urban: 6.4% of population rural: 43.1% of population total: 9.1% of population (2007 est.)  | 
        
| Vietnam | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 93.1% of population rural: 66.6% of population total: 75% of population unimproved: urban: 6.9% of population rural: 33.4% of population total: 25% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Virgin Islands | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 96.4% of population rural: 96.4% of population total: 96.4% of population unimproved: urban: 3.6% of population rural: 3.6% of population total: 3.6% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Wallis and Futuna | 
      
        improved:  
       rural: 96% of population total: 96% of population unimproved: rural: 4% of population total: 4% of population (2008 est.)  | 
        
| West Bank | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 94.8% of population rural: 92.8% of population total: 94.3% of population unimproved: urban: 5.2% of population rural: 7.2% of population total: 5.7% of population note: includes Gaza and the West Bank (2012 est.)  | 
        
| World | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 79.6% of population rural: 47.2% of population total: 64.2% of population unimproved: urban: 20.4% of population rural: 52.8% of population total: 35.8% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Yemen | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 92.5% of population rural: 34.1% of population total: 53.3% of population unimproved: urban: 7.5% of population rural: 65.9% of population total: 46.7% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Zambia | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 56.4% of population rural: 33.9% of population total: 42.8% of population unimproved: urban: 43.6% of population rural: 66.1% of population total: 57.2% of population (2012 est.)  | 
        
| Zimbabwe | 
      
        improved:  
       urban: 51.6% of population rural: 32.4% of population total: 39.9% of population unimproved: urban: 48.4% of population rural: 67.6% of population total: 60.1% of population (2012 est.)  |