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Percent distribution of household population according to main source of drinking water and percentage of household population using improved drinking water sources, Palestine, 2019-2020
  Main source of drinking water Total Percentage using improved sources of drinking water [1] Number of household members
Improved sources Unimproved sources
PIPED WATER: PIPED INTO DWELLING PIPED WATER: PIPED TO YARD / PLOT PIPED WATER: PIPED TO NEIGHBOUR PIPED WATER: PUBLIC TAP / STANDPIPE TUBE WELL / BOREHOLE DUG WELL: PROTECTED WELL SPRING: PROTECTED SPRING RAINWATER Tanker Truck Cart with small tank WATER KIOSK Bottled water [A] Liter water bottles [A] DUG WELL: UNPROTECTED WELL SPRING: UNPROTECTED SPRING OTHER
State of Palestine 53.0 1.0 .1 4.4 .3 .4 .2 1.1 30.6 3.0 2.6 2.1 .7 .0 .0 .2 100.0 99.8 47219
West Bank 86.5 1.7 .0 .1 .4 .5 .3 1.8 4.0 .0 0.0 3.5 1.1 0.0 .1 .0 100.0 99.9 28052
     Jenin 79.3 .6 .2 0.0 3.1 .3 2.5 3.9 3.9 0.0 0.0 4.9 .9 0.0 .4 0.0 100.0 99.6 3116
     Tubas & Northen Valley 91.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.9 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 571
     Tulkarm 95.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .4 0.0 .4 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 1868
     Nablus 92.0 .6 0.0 0.0 0.0 .9 .1 1.8 1.1 0.0 0.0 2.4 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 3767
     Qalqilia 92.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 .5 0.0 .3 3.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.4 .6 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 1144
     Salfit 97.3 .4 0.0 0.0 0.0 .3 0.0 .2 0.0 0.0 0.0 .6 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 709
     Ramallah & Al-Bireh 85.0 .2 0.0 0.0 0.0 .2 .2 .3 .3 0.0 0.0 10.1 3.5 0.0 .2 0.0 100.0 99.8 3303
     Ariha & Al-Aghwar 85.8 .7 .1 .6 0.0 0.0 .2 0.0 8.4 .6 0.0 2.2 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 469
     Jerusalem (*) 96.1 .2 0.0 .2 0.0 .9 .1 .2 .1 0.0 0.0 1.1 .7 0.0 0.0 .3 100.0 99.7 4078
     Bethlehem 93.6 .2 0.0 0.0 0.0 .4 .1 .2 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.7 .9 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 2042
     Hebron 74.9 5.8 .1 .1 0.0 .3 0.0 3.3 12.7 .1 0.0 2.1 .6 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 6986
Gaza Strip 4.1 .1 .1 10.8 .3 .4 0.0 .2 69.7 7.4 6.5 .1 0.0 .1 0.0 .3 100.0 99.6 19167
     North Gaza 9.5 0.0 .1 6.3 1.3 .4 0.0 .8 71.2 2.5 7.8 .0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 4039
     Gaza 3.3 .2 0.0 2.1 0.0 .7 0.0 0.0 81.3 1.7 9.5 .2 0.0 .2 0.0 .8 100.0 99.0 6448
     Deir Al-Balah .4 0.0 .5 15.4 0.0 .2 0.0 0.0 73.2 4.3 5.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .4 100.0 99.6 2785
     Khan Yunis 1.8 .0 0.0 26.8 0.0 .1 0.0 .3 42.6 25.6 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 3634
     Rafah 4.8 0.0 0.0 12.5 .1 0.0 0.0 0.0 73.3 6.8 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .0 100.0 100.0 2260
[1] MICS indicator WS.1 - Use of improved drinking water sources
[A] Delivered and packaged water considered improved sources of drinking water based on new SDG definition.
Source:Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2021. Palestinian Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2019-2020, Survey
Findings Report, Ramallah, Palestine.		                      
Definition:The proportion of the population using safely managed drinking water services is defined asthe proportion
of population using an improved drinking water source which is accessible on premises, available when
needed and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination. ‘Improved’ drinking water sources
include: piped supplies, boreholes and tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, rainwater, water
kiosks, and packaged and delivered water