Sub-Saharan Africa has seen some progress in rural areas: 62 million more people have gained access to water supply in rural settings between 1990 and 2004 (+ 6%).

In the same time although there has been a 2% decrease in the percentage of people served in urban areas, 95 million more people have gained access to water supply in these areas. This can be explained by a combination of demographic growth as well as rural to urban migrations which has led to a 122 million population increase in towns/cities.

		Click to see a graph showing the evolution of the water supply coverage in rural and urban settings between 1990 and 2004.

From here, you may wish to find out what the situation is at country level. By selecting one of the countries in the pop up menu below you will open an Adobe Acrobat file which provides detailed information and graphs.

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