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Handpump Data

It has been estimated that between 20% and 70% of installed handpumps in Sub-Saharan Africa are not functioning.

Data collated by Peter Harvey, UNICEF Zambia, May 2007

Country
Informant

Estimated Rural Population (millions)1 

Estimated Rural Coverage1

 % Non-Functioning

Notes

Angola Dauda

8.6

40% 30%   UNICEF estimate
Benin S Adokpo

3.7

60% 22%
Burkina Faso

10.5

44% 25%   UNICEFCountry Profiles
Cameroon J.Rihouey

7.7

41% 25%   Estimate J. Rihouey
DRC G. Kazad

35.3

29% 67%   approx. 60% use springs
Ethiopia B.Muluneh

58.7

11% 35%   DHS 2000/HP # calculated
Cote d'Ivoire

9.2

74% 65%   UNICEFCountry Profiles
Guinea

5.5

38% 20%   UNICEFCountry Profiles
Kenya P. Nduati

19.6

46% 30%   DHS 2003/Estimates
Liberia

1.7

52% 31%   UNICEFCountry Profiles
Madagascar R.Herivelo

12.5

34% 10%   90% functioning rate includes other service types
Malawi  

10.0

62% 40%   MICS 2000 + 2006/WHO
Mali S.Sutton

8.6

35% 34%   Unicef summaries/Est.
Mozambique J.Narkevic

12.6

24% 25%   Nat. Water Directorate Data
Niger I. Sanoussi

9.0

36% 35%   Min. Hydraulics 2005 for # HP
Nigeria B.Aleobua

65.3

49% 50%   JMP and UNICEF sources/Est.
Sierra Leone

3.0

46% 65%   Unicef summaries/Est./MICS2005
Uganda S.Mutono

22.0

52% 20%
Zambia P. Harvey

7.0

36% 32%   MLGH estimate
Zimbabwe P.Morgan

8.5

74% 30%   UNICEF inventory/estimate
Totals  

319

38% 36%  

1 = JMP 2004 (Joint Monitoring Program)

For the full set of data for these countries, click here.