As of 2021, over 7.6 million people in Ghana used improved sources of drinking water. This included pipe-borne water, protected wells, sachet water, and rainwater. On the other hand, unimproved water sources were used by approximately 671,000 people in the country.
Number of people with access to improved and unimproved drinking water sources in Ghana as of 2021
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The source defines improved water as a "water source that is likely to be protected from outside contamination such as pipe borne water, borehole, tube well, protected well, rain water, protected spring, bottled water and sachet water".
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Ghana Statistical Service. (February 8, 2022). Number of people with access to improved and unimproved drinking water sources in Ghana as of 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1313168/population-with-access-to-improved-and-unimproved-drinking-water-sources-in-ghana/
Ghana Statistical Service. "Number of people with access to improved and unimproved drinking water sources in Ghana as of 2021." Chart. February 8, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1313168/population-with-access-to-improved-and-unimproved-drinking-water-sources-in-ghana/
Ghana Statistical Service. (2022). Number of people with access to improved and unimproved drinking water sources in Ghana as of 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1313168/population-with-access-to-improved-and-unimproved-drinking-water-sources-in-ghana/
Ghana Statistical Service. "Number of People with Access to Improved and Unimproved Drinking Water Sources in Ghana as of 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Feb 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1313168/population-with-access-to-improved-and-unimproved-drinking-water-sources-in-ghana/
Ghana Statistical Service, Number of people with access to improved and unimproved drinking water sources in Ghana as of 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1313168/population-with-access-to-improved-and-unimproved-drinking-water-sources-in-ghana/ (last visited July 23, 2024)
Number of people with access to improved and unimproved drinking water sources in Ghana as of 2021 [Graph], Ghana Statistical Service, February 8, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1313168/population-with-access-to-improved-and-unimproved-drinking-water-sources-in-ghana/