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This is obviously far too slow to reach universal access by In the map shown we see the share of people across the world that have access to safe drinking water. In the map shown we see the number of people across the world that do not have access to safe drinking water. But improved drinking water technologies are more likely than those characterized as unimproved to provide safe drinking water and to prevent contact with human excreta.
In the map shown we see the share of people across the world that do not have access to improved water sources. In the map shown we see the number of people across the world that do not have access to an improved water source.
The visualisation shows the relationship between access to improved water sources versus gross domestic product GDP per capita. We see that there is a general link between income and freshwater access. Those at lower incomes tend to have a larger share of the population without access. Equatorial Guinea is one of the few remaining autocracies in the African continent.
Its politics and governance therefore has a much stronger influence than average income. Although income is an important determinant, the range of levels of access which occur across countries of similar prosperity further support the suggestion that there are other important governance and infrastructural factors which contribute.
In addition to the large inequalities in water access between countries, there are can also be large differences within country. In the charts we have plotted the share of the urban versus rural population with access to improved water sources and safely managed drinking water, respectively.
Here we have also shown a line of parity; is a country lies along this line then access in rural and urban areas is equal. Since nearly all points lie above this line, with very few exceptions — notably Palestine — access to improved water sources is greater in urban areas relative to rural populations.
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