This statistic presents the countries with the highest percentage of people living without access to safe water worldwide in 2017. More than half of the people living in Ethiopia had no household access to safe water in that year.
Countries with the highest share of people living without household access to safe water in 2017
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WaterAid. (March 15, 2018). Countries with the highest share of people living without household access to safe water in 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 09, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/551776/countries-with-the-highest-share-of-people-living-without-access-to-safe-water/
WaterAid. "Countries with the highest share of people living without household access to safe water in 2017." Chart. March 15, 2018. Statista. Accessed May 09, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/551776/countries-with-the-highest-share-of-people-living-without-access-to-safe-water/
WaterAid. (2018). Countries with the highest share of people living without household access to safe water in 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 09, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/551776/countries-with-the-highest-share-of-people-living-without-access-to-safe-water/
WaterAid. "Countries with The Highest Share of People Living without Household Access to Safe Water in 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Mar 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/551776/countries-with-the-highest-share-of-people-living-without-access-to-safe-water/
WaterAid, Countries with the highest share of people living without household access to safe water in 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/551776/countries-with-the-highest-share-of-people-living-without-access-to-safe-water/ (last visited May 09, 2024)
Countries with the highest share of people living without household access to safe water in 2017 [Graph], WaterAid, March 15, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/551776/countries-with-the-highest-share-of-people-living-without-access-to-safe-water/