Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene

Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene is deaths attributable to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene focusing on inadequate WASH services per 100,000 population. Death rates are calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the total population. In this estimate, only the impact of diarrhoeal diseases, intestinal nematode infections, and protein-energy malnutrition are taken into account.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
183
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

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  1. Produced by

    World Health Organization

    World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Afghanistan201916.60per 100,000 population
Albania20193.20per 100,000 population
Algeria20194.10per 100,000 population
Angola201948.90per 100,000 population
Antigua and Barbuda20192.50per 100,000 population
Argentina201911.40per 100,000 population
Armenia20195.80per 100,000 population
Australia20191.90per 100,000 population
Austria20192per 100,000 population
Azerbaijan20193.60per 100,000 population

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