FS 1.1: Water access in Latin America and the Caribbean: Definitions and Data

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Date issued
October 2022
Editor
Libra, Jesse Madden;
Baquero, María Alejandra
Subject
Water and Sanitation;
Drinking Water;
Water Reservoir;
Irrigation Infrastructure;
Water Affordability;
Equality;
Public Utility;
Public Service
JEL code
Q25 - Water;
L95 - Gas Utilities • Pipelines • Water Utilities;
L98 - Government Policy
Category
Catalogs and Brochures
Universal access to safely managed drinking water by 2030 is a key goal under the 2030 UN Agenda. This fact sheet describes definitions related to safely managed drinking water as defined by the Joint Monitoring Programme and describes their status in Latin America and the Caribbean using data from the 2018/19 AmericasBarometer survey.