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Access to Water and Sanitation in LDCs infographic

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SUBJECTS: Science, Social Studies

TOPICS: Public Health, Resource Distribution, Wealth & Poverty, Water Use

Bar charts shows the percentage of people using safely managed drinking water and safely managed sanitation in the least developed countries. The percentage of people with access has increased from 2000 to 2022, but there is still much work to be done.

Data from WHO/UNICEF JMP.

Graphic originally published on the Quick Trip to 8 Billion wall chart.

Graph shows a higher percentage of people in the least developed countries have access to safe water and sanitation in 2022 than had access in 2000

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