The proportion of the world's population with access to safely managed drinking water increased from 70 percent to 74 percent between 2015 and 2020. As of 2020, five percent of the world's population only had access to unimproved drinking water services. Unimproved drinking water comes from unprotected dug wells or unprotected springs. Regionally, Sub -Saharan Africa and Oceania had the lowest share of populations with access to at least
Distribution of drinking water coverage worldwide in 2015 and 2020, by source*
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WHO, & UNICEF. (July 1, 2021). Distribution of drinking water coverage worldwide in 2015 and 2020, by source* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 31, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/746329/drinking-water-global-coverage-by-type/
WHO, und UNICEF. "Distribution of drinking water coverage worldwide in 2015 and 2020, by source*." Chart. July 1, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/746329/drinking-water-global-coverage-by-type/
WHO, UNICEF. (2021). Distribution of drinking water coverage worldwide in 2015 and 2020, by source*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/746329/drinking-water-global-coverage-by-type/
WHO, and UNICEF. "Distribution of Drinking Water Coverage Worldwide in 2015 and 2020, by Source*." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jul 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/746329/drinking-water-global-coverage-by-type/
WHO & UNICEF, Distribution of drinking water coverage worldwide in 2015 and 2020, by source* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/746329/drinking-water-global-coverage-by-type/ (last visited May 31, 2023)
Distribution of drinking water coverage worldwide in 2015 and 2020, by source* [Graph], WHO, & UNICEF, July 1, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/746329/drinking-water-global-coverage-by-type/