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Table 4.3. Percentage of children who live in households that are more than a 15-minute walk to the water source, by country, sex of
child, and region of residence as well as sex and age of head of household
Sex of child Region of residence Sex of household head Age of household head
Country
Male
( a )
Female
( b )
Comparison
( b ) - ( a )
Urban
( c )
Rural
( d )
Comparison
( d ) - ( c )
Male
( e )
Female
( f )
Comparison
( f ) - ( e )
Less than
age 50
( g )
Age 50
or more
( h )
Comparison
( h ) - ( g )
All
children
Benin 34.8 33.6 -1.2 22.0 40.9 18.9 34.7 31.5 -3.2 34.0 35.4 1.4 34.2
Burkina Faso 44.3 43.1 -1.2 27.9 47.4 19.5 44.2 38.2 -6.0 44.2 41.5 -2.7 43.7
Burundi 61.6 63.1 1.5 25.9 65.8 39.9 62.5 61.9 -0.6 62.1 65.2 3.1 62.4
Cameroon 40.2 39.7 -0.5 29.1 48.3 19.2 40.4 38.4 -2.0 39.3 42.5 3.2 40.0
Chad 56.0 58.3 2.3 43.3 59.0 15.7 56.9 58.7 1.8 57.4 55.0 -2.4 57.1
Ethiopia 69.8 69.1 -0.7 31.3 76.0 44.7 70.3 66.1 -4.2 69.2 71.0 1.8 69.5
Ghana 29.4 28.5 -0.9 15.2 38.2 23.0 31.9 22.4 -9.5 28.6 30.9 2.3 29.0
Guinea 35.5 35.4 -0.1 24.3 38.4 14.1 35.3 36.6 1.3 35.4 35.8 0.4 35.5
Kenya 48.7 48.1 -0.6 13.8 54.3 40.5 47.6 50.0 2.4 47.3 54.5 7.2 48.4
Lesotho 39.6 39.3 -0.3 16.7 45.2 28.5 39.3 39.7 0.4 38.3 42.9 4.6 39.5
Liberia 14.2 14.4 0.2 18.2 12.1 -6.1 14.8 13.2 -1.6 14.4 13.9 -0.5 14.3
Madagascar 18.7 19.3 0.6 10.5 20.2 9.7 18.7 20.3 1.6 18.7 21.5 2.8 19.0
Malawi 58.2 57.8 -0.4 35.5 61.7 26.2 57.4 59.9 2.5 57.5 61.3 3.8 58.0
Mali 12.0 10.9 -1.1 9.7 12.2 2.5 11.4 12.4 1.0 11.1 13.2 2.1 11.5
Mozambique 54.8 54.6 -0.2 27.7 66.1 38.4 55.0 54.1 -0.9 54.8 54.2 -0.6 54.7
Namibia 27.6 27.0 -0.6 3.3 40.3 37.0 25.2 29.4 4.2 22.8 38.8 16.0 27.3
Niger 47.8 48.2 0.4 13.5 54.7 41.2 47.9 48.4 0.5 48.6 45.8 -2.8 48.0
Nigeria 35.8 35.3 -0.5 27.3 39.2 11.9 35.8 34.0 -1.8 35.0 38.2 3.2 35.6
Rwanda 69.6 69.3 -0.3 42.3 73.1 30.8 68.8 71.0 2.2 68.9 74.2 5.3 69.5
Senegal 15.9 15.5 -0.4 5.0 22.6 17.6 17.9 7.1 -10.8 15.6 15.9 0.3 15.7
Tanzania 58.2 57.1 -1.1 35.2 63.4 28.2 57.4 58.3 0.9 57.2 59.5 2.3 57.6
Uganda 70.4 70.3 -0.1 31.5 75.6 44.1 71.4 67.6 -3.8 70.1 71.7 1.6 70.3
Zambia 34.5 33.5 -1.0 14.2 43.8 29.6 34.1 33.6 -0.5 33.5 37.9 4.4 34.0
Zimbabwe 35.4 34.5 -0.9 8.3 44.1 35.8 34.0 36.1 2.1 33.6 41.0 7.4 34.9
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