Access to water share of population with access to an improved water source, 2008
Greenland (Den) Faeroe Islands (Den)
less than 50% Iceland
50–69% 70–89%
The Netherlands
C a n a d a
90–99%
United Kingdom
Isle of Man (UK)
Ireland
100%
Channel Islands (UK)
no data
Fra
Luxembourg Liechtenstein Andorra
U n i t e d
S t a t e s
Monaco
Bermuda (UK) US Virgin Islands (US) The Bahamas
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
Mexico
Cayman Islands (UK)
Cuba
St. Kitts and Nevis Antigua and Barbuda
Cape Verde
Guadeloupe (Fr)
Dominica
Martinique (Fr)
St. Lucia
The Gambia
Barbados
Panama
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Grenada R.B. de French Guiana Venezuela Guyana (Fr) Colombia
Costa Rica
Netherlands Antilles (Neth)
Latin America & Caribbean 92%
Middle East & North Africa 87%
Haiti
Belize Jamaica Guatemala Honduras Aruba (Neth) El Salvador Nicaragua
Kiribati
Dominican Republic Puerto Rico (US)
Spain
Portugal
Gibraltar (UK) Morocco Alg
Former Spanish Sahara Mauritania Mali Senegal
Guinea-Bissau
Burkina Faso Benin
Guinea
Sierra Leone Liberia
Côte Ghana d'Ivoire Togo
São Tomé and Príncipe
Suriname Ecuador
Peru
B r a z i l
French Polynesia (Fr) Bolivia
Paraguay
Uruguay
Chile Argentina
Many people still lack access to a convenient and reliable water source
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Lowest access to clean water sources, 2008 Rank
Country
Access to an improved water source (% of total population)
1
Somalia
30
2
Ethiopia
38
3
Papua New Guinea
40
4
Madagascar
41
5
Congo, Dem. Rep.
46
6
Mozambique
47
7
Afghanistan
48
8
Niger
48
9
Mauritania
49
10
Sierra Leone
49