![]() 1.4.1 Proportion of population with access to basic drinking water services, by education of household headMetadataPeriod: Every four yearsYear: 2025 |
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Indicator information |
Definition and methodology |
Data source type and data collection method |
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ID of global indicator |
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Global metadata |
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Indicator | |
1.4.1 Proportion of population with access to basic drinking water services, by education of household head | |
Global indicator name | |
1.4.1 Proportion of population living in households with access to basic services | |
Target | |
1.4 By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance | |
Goal | |
Goal 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere |
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Definition | |
Percentage of household members using improved sources of drinking water either in their dwelling/yard/plot or within 30 minutes round trip collection time. | |
Methodological explanations | |
Improved sources of drinking water are: piped water (piped into dwelling, piped to yard/plot, piped to neighbour, public tap/standpipe, tube well/borehole), dug well (protected well), spring (protected spring), rainwater, tanker-truck and bottled water. | |
Method of calculation | |
The number of members of households using improved sources of drinking water either in their dwelling/yard/plot or within 30 minutes round trip collection time is divided by the number of members of all households and multiplied by 100.
The observation unit is members of all surveyed households. | |
Unit of measure | |
% | |
Available disaggregation | |
Education Level | |
Territorial level | |
Regions |
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Data source | |
Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) | |
Periodicity of data collection | |
Every four years |
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ID of global indicator | Top |
C010401 |
Metadata update | Top |
6/6/2025 |
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https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-01-04-01.pdf |