Sub-Saharan Africa may collectively have terrible access to clean water, but the lowest rates in the world are Afghanistan. ... Australia, 100, 100. Austria, 100, 100. Azerbaijan, 78, 80. Bahamas, 97, 100. Bahrain. Bangladesh, 80, 36. Barbados, 100, 99. Belarus, 100, 93. Belgium. Belize, 91, 47. Benin, 65, 30. Bhutan, 81, 52. read more
As a developed nation, it might be assumed that Australia will easily meet these new goals at home – including goal number 6, to ensure “availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all”. But the unpalatable truth is that many Australians still lack access to clean water and effective sanitation. read more
Sub-Saharan Africa may collectively have terrible access to clean water (only 22% of Somalians have running drinking water, for instance), but the lowest rates in the world are Afghanistan. Only 22% of Afghanis have clean drinking water - and only 30% of them have proper sanitation facilities. read more