Sanitation and Wastewater Atlas of Africa - Overview
Africa’s 29.65 million km2
of land area is home to
over 1.3 billion people (Worldometers 2019), with
this population expected to reach 1.7 billion by 2030
– a huge increase from 480 million in 1980 (United
Nations Children’s Fund [UNICEF] 2017). Almost 60
per cent of the continent’s population lives in rural
areas (UNICEF 2017), where sanitation services
and access to safe drinking water lag behind those
offered in urban areas.
Year: 2021