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Distribution of the population to exposure levels of sanitation, by region, for 2016.
| Region | Percentage of population |
|
|---|---|---|
| using basic sanitation services | living in communities with >75% basic sanitation coverage | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa, LMICs | 30.8 | 13.3 |
| America, LMICs | 85.1 | 75.8 |
| Eastern Mediterranean, LMICs | 69.1 | 54.8 |
| Europe, LMICs | 92.5 | 93.3 |
| South-East Asia, LMICs | 50.9 | 31.9 |
| Western Pacific, LMICs | 75.1 | 63.2 |
| Total LMICs | 62.0 | 45.3 |
LMICs: low and middle income countries.
