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. 2019 Jun;222(5):765–777. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2019.05.004

Table 4.

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.