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Chart: Access to Improved Water Sources is Lowest in Africa

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In 2015, 663 million people were drinking from unimproved sources such as unprotected dug wells. The bulk of those without were in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, where rural dwellers, especially the poorest, lagged behind others in access to both water and sanitation.

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Tariq Khokhar

Global Data Editor & Senior Data Scientist

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