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State of the Basin Report - 2003The very poor are usually even worse off. In Cambodia, for example, it is estimated that for thepoorest 20 percent of the rural population, the percentage with access to improved water supply fallsto a mere 1 in 25. 21 Access to adequate sanitation is likely to be even lower.Table 2. Improved water - population with access (%)CountryYearRural water supplycoverage(%)Urban watersupplycoverage(%)Total water supplycoverage(%)UNICEF/ WHO(country-level inputs tothe 2000 Global WaterSupply and SanitationAssessment)UNICEF/ WHO(country-level inputs tothe 2000 Global WaterSupply and SanitationAssessment)WHO/UNICEF/WSSCC(2000 Global WaterSupply and SanitationAssessment)Cambodia 2000 26 54 30Lao PDR 2000 29 61 90Thailand 2000 81 95 80Viet Nam 2000 72 95 56Average for 2000 67 93 76East Asia/PacificRegion(UNICEF)Notes: 1. Figures shown are national, in the absence of more specific data for LMB areas of countries.2. To help comparison, a source that presents comparable data for all four countries has been selected,although other international and single-country data, varying widely, exist as well.Sources: WHO/UNICEF/WSSCC 2001; UNICEF/WHO 2002; UNICEF 2002.Table 3. Improved sanitation - population with access (%)CountryYearRural sanitationcoverage(%)Urban sanitationcoverage(%)Urban sanitationcoverage(%)UNICEF/ WHO(country-level inputs tothe 2000 Global WaterSupply and SanitationAssessment)UNICEF/ WHO(country-level inputs tothe 2000 Global WaterSupply and SanitationAssessment)WHO/UNICEF/WSSCC(2000 Global WaterSupply and SanitationAssessment)Cambodia 2000 10 56 18Lao PDR 2000 19 67 46Thailand 2000 96 96 96Viet Nam 2000 38 82 73Notes: 1. Figures shown are national, in the absence of more specific data for LMB areas of countries.2. To help comparison, a source that presents comparable data for all four countries has beenselected, although other international and single-country data, varying widely, exist as well.Sources: WHO/UNICEF/WSSCC 2001; UNICEF/WHO 2002; UNICEF 2002256