basic drinking water services in the 2020.
In 2020, 86 percent of the world's urban population had access to safely managed drinking water services. In comparison, just 60 percent of the rural population had access to safely managed drinking water. 90 percent of the global population had access to at least Drinking water coverage of urban and rural populations worldwide in 2020, by water source
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WHO, & UNICEF. (July 1, 2021). Drinking water coverage of urban and rural populations worldwide in 2020, by water source [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 17, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/278660/drinking-water-coverage-in-urban-and-rural-regions-worldwide/
WHO, und UNICEF. "Drinking water coverage of urban and rural populations worldwide in 2020, by water source." Chart. July 1, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 17, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/278660/drinking-water-coverage-in-urban-and-rural-regions-worldwide/
WHO, UNICEF. (2021). Drinking water coverage of urban and rural populations worldwide in 2020, by water source. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 17, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/278660/drinking-water-coverage-in-urban-and-rural-regions-worldwide/
WHO, and UNICEF. "Drinking Water Coverage of Urban and Rural Populations Worldwide in 2020, by Water Source." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jul 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/278660/drinking-water-coverage-in-urban-and-rural-regions-worldwide/
WHO & UNICEF, Drinking water coverage of urban and rural populations worldwide in 2020, by water source Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/278660/drinking-water-coverage-in-urban-and-rural-regions-worldwide/ (last visited May 17, 2022)