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2.6 billion Over 2.6 billion people still lacked flush toilets and other forms of improved sanitation in 2008. |
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84 Among the world’s population who lack access to improved drinking water sources, 84 percent live in rural areas. |
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8 In eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, less than half of the population uses an improved drinking water source. |
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5 In Africa, there were almost five times as many people in rural areas without an improved drinking water source than in urban areas in 2008. |
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334 million The number of people in Africa without an improved drinking water source in 2008 was 334 million. |
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18 In 18 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, less than a quarter of the population uses an improved sanitation facility. |
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231 million The number of people in Africa who practice open defecation was 231 million in 2008. |
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30.1 billion The number of metric tons of global carbon dioxide emissions in 2008 was 30.1 billion. |
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166 The percentage of internal renewable water resources used in Western Asia around 2005 was 166, far exceeding the sustainable limit of 75 per cent. |
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31 The percentage of globally forested area as a percentage of land area was 31 in 2010, down from 32 in 1990. |
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3 in 10 Worldwide, three out of ten people in rural areas defecate in the open, based on data from 2008. |
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1 in 2 Less than 1 in 2 people use improved drinking water sources in much of rural sub- Saharan Africa. |
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87 The percentage of the world’s population using drinking water from improved sources was 87 in 2008. |
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1.6 billion More than 1.6 billion people have gained access to improved drinking water sources between 1990 and 2006. |
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2.5 billion There are 2.5 billion people lacking access to improved sanitation facilities. |
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36% The proportion of the world’s forests which largely remain undisturbed by human activity |
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1 of 3 The proportion of urban dwellers who are living in slums |
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1.1 billion The number of people who need to be reached with
improved sources of drinking water by 2015 to meet the MDG target |
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2.6 billion The number of people who did not use improved
sanitation facilities in 2004 |
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4 of 10 The number of people globally lacking access to improved
sanitation facility |
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39% Rural
sanitation coverage compared to 80% in urban
areas |
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1.1 billion The number of people that need to be covered
during 2005-2015 to meet the MDG drinking water
target |
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31% The
percentage increase in antenatal care in Asia
from 1990-2000 |
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80% The
proportion of population in developing countries
who have access to improved drinking water
sources |
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2:1 The ratio of
rural dwellers without basic sanitation compared
to urban dwellers in 2015 |
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36% The percentage increase in population served with
improved drinking water sources in urban areas from 1990 to 2004 |
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80% The share of people using drinking water from improved
sources in developing countries in 2004 |
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13
million The number
of hectares of land deforested in 2005 |
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900 million The number
of people globally without access to drinking
water from an improved source by 2015 |
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