Variable: Sanitation and Drinking Water Issue Category

QoG Code: (epi_h2o)


Dataset: Environmental Performance Index Data 2022

Description:

Sanitation and Drinking Water Issue Category consists of two indicators:

1) Unsafe sanitation, measured as the proportion of a country's population exposed to health risks from their access to sanitation, defined by the primary toilet type used by households. It is log-transformed and given 40% weight in the aggregation.

2) Unsafe drinking water, measured as the proportion of a country's population exposed to health risks from their access to drinking water, defined by the primary water source used by households and the household water treatment, or the treatment that happens at the point of water collection. It is log-transformed and given 60% weight in the aggregation.

Both indicators are measured using the number of age-standardized disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) lost per 100,000 persons. The issue category varies from 0 to 100.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2022-10-16
Last updated by source: 2022-06-06


Categories:

Environment


Find this variable in:

Environmental Indicators - 2021 OECD Cross-section - 2024 Standard Cross-section - 2024 Standard Time-series - 2024 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section: 180
Standard time-series: 180
OECD cross-section: 38


This variable has information for these countries:

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