Table 3.
Estimated population reporting the use of HWT per country and WHO region (in thousands)
| Treat | Adequate* | Boil | Bleach | Filter | Solar | Stand | Strain | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 49,575 | 35,416 | 20,046 | 14,941 | 2,046 | 54 | 2,422 | 12,455 | 1,745 |
| Algeria | 5,736 | 5,470 | 400 | 5,003 | 300 | ND | ND | ND | 200 |
| Benin | 497 | 289 | 22 | 252 | 15 | ND | ND | 69 | 138 |
| Burkina Faso | 2,023 | 435 | 24 | 154 | 259 | 0 | 121 | 1,482 | 12 |
| Burundi | 330 | 138 | 135 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 191 | 5 | 80 |
| Cameroon | 1,999 | 1,161 | 308 | 628 | 264 | 9 | 260 | 659 | 23 |
| Cote d’Ivoire | 1,779 | 1,139 | 99 | 951 | 114 | 13 | 458 | 239 | 61 |
| Dijibouti | 23 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Ethiopia | 5,878 | 2,418 | 1,978 | 190 | 275 | 4 | 123 | 3,697 | 250 |
| Gambia | 305 | 51 | 5 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 260 | 0 |
| Ghana | 1,809 | 708 | 321 | 188 | 210 | 9 | 470 | 718 | 48 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1,216 | 74 | 17 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 95 | 1,167 | 11 |
| Liberia | 598 | 559 | 4 | 555 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 13 |
| Malawi | 2,714 | 2,425 | 1,390 | 1,191 | 21 | 3 | 98 | 200 | 178 |
| Mali | 4,036 | 1,348 | 27 | 1,038 | 300 | ND | ND | 2,872 | 23 |
| Mauritania | 891 | 617 | 5 | 600 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 295 | 9 |
| Namibia | 213 | 194 | 165 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 |
| Sierra Leone | 382 | 237 | 15 | 220 | 6 | 1 | 129 | 46 | 20 |
| Togo | 651 | 335 | 37 | 279 | 31 | 2 | 82 | 198 | 76 |
| Swaziland | 138 | 127 | 34 | 93 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Uganda | 12,531 | 12,103 | 11,891 | 246 | 158 | 0 | 177 | 479 | 513 |
| Zambia | 4,076 | 3,987 | 1,782 | 3,034 | 7 | 8 | 79 | 14 | 10 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,750 | 1,586 | 1,381 | 208 | 24 | 0 | 101 | 29 | 70 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 153,118 | 152,117 | 24,757 | 10,409 | 118,636 | 52 | 310 | 505 | 768 |
| Belize | 53 | 50 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Brazil | 120,958 | 120,977 | 3,908 | ND | 117,058 | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Cuba | 3,718 | 3,546 | 3,133 | 370 | 131 | 3 | 156 | 61 | 39 |
| Dominican Republic† | 771 | 771 | 771 | ND | 772 | ND | ND | ND | N |
| Ecuador | 9,358 | 9,078 | 8,099 | 978 | ND | ND | ND | ND | 281 |
| Guatemala | 8,013 | 7,817 | 5,642 | 2,006 | 182 | ND | ND | ND | 182 |
| Guyana | 392 | 359 | 74 | 303 | 13 | ND | 49 | 5 | 3 |
| Haiti | 3,078 | 2,975 | 202 | 2,880 | 82 | 8 | 31 | 21 | 209 |
| Honduras | 3,009 | 2,722 | 1,457 | 1,536 | 92 | 38 | 15 | 399 | 29 |
| Jamaica | 1,340 | 1,318 | 902 | 683 | 66 | 2 | 49 | 14 | 11 |
| Nicaragua‡ | 1,387 | 1,501 | 43 | 1,288 | 56 | ND | ND | N | 1 |
| Panama | 572 | 563 | 217 | 306 | 43 | ND | ND | N | 9 |
| Trinidad y Tobago | 470 | 438 | 283 | 37 | 136 | ND | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| Eastern Mediterranean | 31,462 | 23,697 | 14,613 | 3,230 | 6,778 | 437 | 5,564 | 4,443 | 1,506 |
| Egypt 2008 | 3,615 | 2,448 | 323 | 3 | 2,137 | 5 | 1,092 | 188 | 1 |
| Iraq | 4,330 | 2,637 | 1,370 | 979 | 375 | 212 | 2,292 | 63 | 80 |
| Jordan | 1,207 | 1,192 | 210 | 54 | 941 | ND | ND | ND | 7 |
| Pakistan | 16,883 | 13,703 | 11,152 | 860 | 2,163 | 17 | 969 | 3,182 | 1,267 |
| Somalia | 2,482 | 1,727 | 649 | 958 | 369 | 192 | 812 | 333 | 80 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 1,224 | 906 | 240 | 282 | 451 | 11 | 336 | 103 | 10 |
| Yemen | 1,721 | 1,084 | 670 | 94 | 342 | ND | 63 | 573 | 61 |
| Central and Eastern Europe | 87,746 | 83,573 | 78,038 | 1,548 | 7,452 | 349 | 29,515 | 680 | 1,164 |
| Albania | 354 | 288 | 225 | 50 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 45 | 17 |
| Armenia | 286 | 240 | 229 | ND | 13 | ND | 23 | 6 | 36 |
| Azerbaijan | 6,087 | 5,863 | 5,841 | 11 | 115 | 7 | 1,221 | 259 | 293 |
| Belarus | 6,101 | 5,707 | 5,070 | 11 | 1,313 | ND | 1,836 | 31 | 70 |
| Bosnia Herzegovina | 245 | 224 | 90 | 107 | 33 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 15 |
| Georgia | 252 | 198 | 189 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 21 |
| Kazakhstan | 11,588 | 10,697 | 10,358 | 23 | 749 | 27 | 3,714 | 66 | 142 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2,050 | 1,834 | 1,809 | 13 | 23 | 28 | 718 | 11 | 2 |
| Macedonia | 250 | 218 | 175 | 36 | 66 | 6 | 31 | 27 | 2 |
| Montenegro | 58 | 34 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Serbia | 596 | 440 | 163 | 68 | 196 | 0 | 43 | 4 | 119 |
| Tajikistan | 5,451 | 5,394 | 5,334 | 27 | 15 | 90 | 899 | 16 | 1 |
| Ukraine | 27,655 | 25,825 | 21,947 | 951 | 4,823 | 159 | 9,251 | 115 | 402 |
| Uzbekistan | 26,773 | 26,611 | 26,584 | 242 | 82 | 32 | 11,723 | 90 | 40 |
| Southeast Asia | 652,149 | 451,737 | 344,354 | 30,211 | 113,318 | 1,512 | 69,767 | 198,412 | 23,902 |
| Bangladesh | 12,114 | 10,158 | 7,620 | 120 | 2,983 | ND | 113 | 2,554 | 2,104 |
| Timor-Leste | 888 | 857 | 818 | 1 | 258 | ND | ND | ND | 40 |
| India | 395,857 | 212,613 | 119,552 | 26,813 | 89,526 | ND | 7,139 | 191,075 | 19,262 |
| Indonesia | 212,248 | 207,923 | 207,259 | 2,556 | 9,697 | 157 | 54,378 | ND | 2,371 |
| Nepal | 4,262 | 3,557 | 2,405 | 323 | 1,750 | 47 | 48 | 867 | 30 |
| Thailand | 26,780 | 16,629 | 6,700 | 398 | 9,104 | 1,308 | 8,089 | 3,916 | 96 |
| Western Pacific | 134,170 | 123,551 | 116,339 | 6,519 | 17,208 | 408 | 10,423 | 12,231 | 2,052 |
| Cambodia | 9,384 | 8,716 | 8,530 | 18 | 293 | 1 | 1,630 | 54 | 218 |
| Mongolia | 2,605 | 2,550 | 2,479 | 16 | 70 | ND | ND | 64 | 3 |
| Philippines | 36,533 | 28,674 | 23,317 | 1,473 | 4,923 | ND | ND | 9,532 | 355 |
| Viet Nam | 81,723 | 79,930 | 78,404 | 5,010 | 11,845 | 407 | 8,390 | 2,462 | 1,453 |
| Lao PDR | 3,925 | 3,681 | 3,609 | 2 | 76 | 0 | 403 | 118 | 22 |
| Total (millions) | 1,108 | 870 | 598 | 67 | 265 | 3 | 118 | 229 | 31 |
*
According to JMP, this includes boiling, use of a filter, bleach/chlorine, or solar disinfection. Estimates are based on the most recent data for those countries with more than one survey.
†
Data were not collected for those households using bottled or vendor water, which represent 57% and 10% of all households, respectively.
‡
Estimated population based on reported use for greater than 5 year olds (estimate only).