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IHME GHDx - LMIC WASH Access Geospatial Estimates

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation high-resolution geospatial estimates of drinking water and sanitation facility access across low- and middle-income countries, 2000-2017. Downloadable raster/admin-level estimates from the Global Health Data Exchange.

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At a glance

Region
Global
Coverage
Low- and middle-income countries
Access
Free
Category
Research Institute
Last updated
2024

What's inside

  • Geospatial
  • Drinking water access
  • Sanitation access
  • Modeled estimates

What you can do with it

Typical work that data of this type supports.

  1. 01

    Coverage gaps

    Find who lacks safe water or sanitation.

    Because it has: Drinking water access

  2. 02

    Benchmarking

    Compare utilities on service and losses.

  3. 03

    Investment

    Prioritise where new plants and networks should go.

Where AI adds value

Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.

  1. 01

    Failure prediction

    Predict pipe bursts and plant failures before they happen.

  2. 02

    Demand forecasts

    Forecast daily demand for pumping and storage.

  3. 03

    Document extraction

    Pull numbers out of PDFs and reports automatically.

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