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Proportion of people with access to improved sanitation

DefinitionPercentage of the population using improved sanitation facilities (including flush to piped sewer system, flush to septic tank, flush/pour flush to pit, flush/pour flush to elsewhere).
ReferenceUnited Nations Development Programme Millennium Development Goals web site.
Range of documents and reports relating to the MDGs.
Ref. URLhttp://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/
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Indicator Type: -> Socio-Economic -> Household Facilities

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ECFSGPKZNLPMPNCNWWCZA
Proportion of people with access to improved sanitation [Definition]
1990 ---------[1] 63
1990 rural---------[2] 42
1990 urban---------[3] 85
2002 ---------[4] 67
2002 rural---------[5] 44
2002 urban---------[6] 86
2004 ---------[7] 65
2004 rural---------[8] 46
2004 urban---------[9] 79
EC: Eastern Cape  FS: Free State  GP: Gauteng  KZN: KwaZulu-Natal  LP: Limpopo  MP: Mpumalanga  NC: Northern Cape  NW: North West  WC: Western Cape  ZA: South Africa  

Notes and References

  1. Millennium Development Goals: United Nations Development Programme Millennium Development Goals web site. Range of documents and reports relating to the MDGs. http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/
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  2. Millennium Development Goals: United Nations Development Programme Millennium Development Goals web site. Range of documents and reports relating to the MDGs. http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/
    Local copy: -
    Dowloaded 2006-07-08.
  3. Millennium Development Goals: United Nations Development Programme Millennium Development Goals web site. Range of documents and reports relating to the MDGs. http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/
    Local copy: -
    Dowloaded 2006-07-08.
  4. Millennium Development Goals: United Nations Development Programme Millennium Development Goals web site. Range of documents and reports relating to the MDGs. http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/
    Local copy: -
    Dowloaded 2006-07-08.
  5. Millennium Development Goals: United Nations Development Programme Millennium Development Goals web site. Range of documents and reports relating to the MDGs. http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/
    Local copy: -
    Dowloaded 2006-07-08.
  6. Millennium Development Goals: United Nations Development Programme Millennium Development Goals web site. Range of documents and reports relating to the MDGs. http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/
    Local copy: -
    Dowloaded 2006-07-08.
  7. Millennium Development Goals: United Nations Development Programme Millennium Development Goals web site. Range of documents and reports relating to the MDGs. http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/
    Local copy: -
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  8. Millennium Development Goals: United Nations Development Programme Millennium Development Goals web site. Range of documents and reports relating to the MDGs. http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/
    Local copy: -
  9. Millennium Development Goals: United Nations Development Programme Millennium Development Goals web site. Range of documents and reports relating to the MDGs. http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/
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