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Sanitation data at regional level

The regional subdivisions used currently are those of the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs). They differ slightly from those used previously (United Nations Statistics Division/DESA). To access data pertaining to any of these regions, simply click on it.

statistical representativity

Since data was not always available for all the countries within a region, the figures you will find in the following pages are calculated by extrapolating the coverage average of countries for which data are available to the total population of that region.

The sample size (proportion of the regional population on which the estimations are based) in 1990 and 2004 is on the whole very good apart for the developed regions.

region	1990	2004
Northern Africa	100%	100%
Sub-Saharan Africa	96%	100%
Eastern Asia	94%	96%
Southern Asia	100%	95%
South-Eastern Asia	95%	100%
Western Asia	94%	97%
Latin America & Caribbean	94%	99%
Oceania	90%	96%
CIS	83%	100%
developed regions	68%	72%