Using this data

Your task is to create a map showing people’s access to improved sanitation.

The data below dates to 2004 which was the latest data available in the Human Development Report 2006, but you might decide to look for more recent data. To find more recent data, look up the indicator called, ‘Population with sustainable access to improved sanitation’, in the latest version of the report.

Human Development Reports can be downloaded as a PDF from this website:

http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2007-2008/

Forty countries have been highlighted in this table. Map these countries first to see the general patterns in levels of sanitation throughout the world. Then map as many of the others as you can to get a fuller picture.

Check the key in the mapping tool to find out what colours to use and what they mean.

Population with sustainable access to improved sanitation 2004

COUNTRY / 2004
Albania / 91
Algeria / 92
Angola / 31
Antigua and Barbuda / 95
Argentina / 91
Australia / 100
Armenia / 83
Austria / 100
Azerbaijan / 54
Bahamas / 100
Bahrain / –
Bangladesh / 39
Barbados / 100
Belarus / 84
Belgium / –
Belize / 47
Benin / 33
Bhutan / 70
Bolivia / 46
Bosnia and Herzegovina / 95
Botswana / 42
Brazil / 75
Brunei Darussalam / –
Bulgaria / 99
Burkina Faso / 13
Burundi / 36
Cambodia / 17
Cameroon / 51
Canada / 100
Cape Verde / 43
Central African Republic / 27
Chad / 9
Chile / 91
China / 44
Colombia / 86
Comoros / 33
Congo / 27
Congo, Dem. Rep. of the / 30
Costa Rica / 92
Cote d’lvoire / 37
Croatia / 100
Cuba / 98
Cyprus / 100
Czech Republic / 98
Denmark / –
Djibouti / 82
Dominica / 84
Dominican Republic / 78
Ecuador / 89
Egypt / 70
El Salvador / 62
Equatorial Guinea / 53
Eritrea / 9
Estonia / 97
Ethiopia / 13
Fiji / 72
Finland / 100
France / –
Gabon / 36
Gambia / 53
Georgia / 94
Germany / 100
Ghana / 18
Greece / –
Grenada / 96
Guatemala / 86
Guinea / 18
Guinea-Bissau / 35
Guyana / 70
Haiti / 30
Honduras / 69
Hong Kong, China (SAR) / –
Hungary / 95
Iceland / 100
India / 33
Indonesia / 55
Ireland / –
Iran, Islamic Rep. of / –
Israel / –
Italy / –
Jamaica / 80
Japan / 100
Jordan / 93
Kazakhstan / 72
Kenya / 43
Korea, Rep.of / –
Kuwait / –
Kyrgyzstan / 59
Lao People’s Dem. Rep. / 30
Latvia / 78
Lebanon / 98
Lesotho / 37
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya / 97
Lithuania / –
Luxembourg / –
Macedonia, TFYR / –
Madagascar / 34
Malawi / 61
Malaysia / 94
Maldives / 59
Mali / 46
Malta / –
Mauritania / 34
Mauritius / 94
Mexico / 79
Moldova, Rep. of / 68
Mongolia / 59
Morocco / 73
Mozambique / 32
Myanmar / 77
Namibia / 25
Nepal / 35
Netherlands / 100
New Zealand / –
Nicaragua / 47
Niger / 13
Nigeria / 44
Norway / –
Occupied Palestinian Territories / 73
Oman / –
Pakistan / 59
Panama / 73
Papua New Guinea / 44
Paraguay / 80
Peru / 63
Philippines / 72
Poland / –
Portugal / –
Qatar / 100
Romania / –
Russian Federation / 87
Rwanda / 42
Saint Kitts and Nevis / 95
Saint Lucia / 89
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines / –
Samoa (Western) / 100
Sâo Tornė and Principe / 25
Saudi Arabia / –
Senegal / 57
Seychelles / –
Sierra Leone / 39
Singapore / 100
Slovakia / 99
Slovenia / –
Solomon Islands / 31
South Africa / 65
Spain / 100
Sri Lanka / 91
Sudan / 34
Suriname / 94
Swaziland / 48
Sweden / 100
Switzerland / 100
Syrian Arab Republic / 90
Tajikistan / 51
Tanzania, U, Rep. of / 47
Thailand / 99
Timor - Leste / 36
Togo / 35
Tonga / 96
Trinidad and Tobago / 100
Tunisia / 85
Turkey / 88
Turkmenistan / 62
Uganda / 43
Ukraine / 96
United Arab Emirates / 98
United Kingdom / –
United States / 100
Uruguay / 100
Uzbekistan / 67
Vanuatu / 50
Venezuela / 68
Viet Nam / 61
Yemen / 43
Zambia / 55
Zimbabwe / 53

Source: Data adapted from Human Development Report 2006,

United Nations Development Programme