WHO / UNICEF

Joint Monitoring Programme

for Water Supply and Sanitation

Estimates for the use of

Improved Drinking-Water Sources

Updated March 2012

Malaysia

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JMP - estimated trends of drinking water coverage

Drinking water coverage estimates Urban (%) Rural (%) Total (%) 1990 2010 1990 2010 1990 2010 86 99 59 #N/A 72 #N/A 8 1 23 #N/A 16 #N/A 6 0 18 1 12 0 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A

Malaysia
Piped onto premises Other improved source Other unimproved Surface water
Source: WHO/UNICEF JMP, 2012

Urban drinking water trends

100

Rural drinking water trends

100

Total drinking water trends

100

6 8
80

1 0

18

12

80

80

16

23
Coverage (%) Coverage (%) Coverage (%)

60

60

60

99 86
40

40

40

72 59
20 20

20

0 1990
Surface water Other unimproved sources Other improved sources Piped onto premises

2010

0 1990
Surface water Other unimproved sources Other improved sources Piped onto premises

2010

0 1990
Surface water Other unimproved sources Other improved sources Piped onto premises

2010

Malaysia

Trends_W

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Malaysia - urban JMP - estimated proportion of the population using improved drinking water sources
100 CEN91 90 CEN91 80 WHS03 WHS03

70

60

Coverage (%)

50

40

30

20

10

0 1980

1985

1990

1995

2000

2005

2010

2015

Year Legend
JMP-estimated survey findings ! Total improved " Piped onto premises JMP-estimated coverage Total improved !! Piped onto premises

Notes:

Malaysia

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Malaysia - rural JMP - estimated proportion of the population using improved drinking water sources
100 WHS03

90 CEN91 80 WHS03

70

60

Coverage (%)

CEN91

50

40

30

20

10

0 1980

1985

1990

1995

2000

2005

2010

2015

Year Legend
JMP-estimated survey findings ! Total improved " Piped onto premises JMP-estimated coverage Total improved !! Piped onto premises

Notes:

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RW

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URBAN WATER Estimated coverage 2012 update
Year 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 Total improved 94% 96% 99% 100% 100% Piped onto premises 86% 91% 95% 99% 99% Other improved 8% 5% 4% 1% 1% Other Surface water unimproved 6% 4% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

RURAL WATER Estimated coverage 2012 update

Year 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 Total improved 82% 88% 93% 99% 99% Piped onto premises 59% 70% 80% 91% Other improved 23% 18% 13% 8% Other Surface water unimproved 18% 12% 5% 0% 1% 2% 1%

TOTAL WATER Estimated coverage 2012 update

Year 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 Total improved 88% 92% 97% 100% 100% Piped onto premises 72% 82% 89% 96% Other improved 16% 10% 8% 4% Other Surface water unimproved 12% 8% 2% 0% 0% 1% 0% 0%

Malaysia

Estimates

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DRINKING WATER

Malaysia
Source
Population and housing census Population and housing census World Health Survey

URBAN Piped onto premises Code

CEN91 CEN00 WHS03

RURAL Surface water Piped onto premises Total improved Surface water Piped onto premises

TOTAL Total improved Surface water

Total improved

Year
1991 2000 2003

Used in Used in Used in Used in Used in Used in Used in Used in Used in Not used Not used Not used Not used Not used Not used Not used Not used Not used ests. ests. ests. ests. ests. ests. ests. ests. ests. 87.1 94.7 61.5 83.2 74.5 89.0

97.6

99.8

0.1

86.7

96.3

2.1

93.8

98.6

0.8

Malaysia

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Drinking water
original data submitted to the JMP
Generic classification

CEN91
Population and housing census National Census (10% micro dataset from IPUMS)

Malaysia 1991
Urban
87.1 5.3

CEN00
Population and housing census National Census (10% micro dataset from IPUMS)

Malaysia 2000
Urban Rural Total

Original denomination

Rural
61.5 11.7

Total
0.0

Original denomination

Tap water: Piped onto premises Piped water inside living quarters Tap water: Public tap, standpipe Piped water outside living quarters Protected well or spring: Total Unprotected well or spring: Total Wells: Total Well Tubewell, borehole: Total Rainwater: Covered cistern/tank Surface water: Total Tanker truck provided Other non-improved: Other 1 Other DK/missing NIU (not in universe) Total Total

3.6

14.5

1.1 2.9 100.0

10.5 1.8 100.0

0.0 0.0 Total

Calculations

Estimations
Well considered improved based on WHS03 Surface water 2.3 10.0 Surface water

Improved water sources : Piped onto premises : Selections

Improved water sources : Piped onto premises : Surface water :

95% 87%
Yes Yes No 94% 6%

83% 62%
Yes Yes No 84% 16%

Improved water sources : Piped onto premises :

Improved water sources : Piped onto premises : Surface water : No No No No No No

Ratios

HC / Tap water Public tap / Tap water

Statistics

Sample (individuals): Sample (households): Total population (thousands): 9'462 9'220 18'682

Sample (individuals): Sample (households): Total population (thousands): 14'512 8'903 23'415

Comments

Urban small, large and metropolitan have been aggregated Insufficient data disaggregation in urban.

Malaysia

Simplified Tables_W

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Drinking water
original data submitted to the JMP
Generic classification

WHS03
World Health Survey

Malaysia 2003

Original denomination

Urban
97.6 1.1 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.0

Rural
86.7 1.3 3.3 1.5 1.9 3.1 2.1 0.1

Total
0.0 0.0

Tap water: Piped onto premises Piped water through house connection or yard Tap water: Public tap, standpipe Public standpipe Protected well or spring: Total Protected dug well or protected spring Unprotected well or spring: Total Unprotected dug well or spring Wells: Total Tubewell, borehole: Total Protected tube well or bore hole Rainwater: Covered cistern/tank Rainwater (into tank or cistern ) Surface water: Total Water taken directly from pond-water or stream Tanker truck provided Tanker-truck, vendor Other non-improved: Other 1 DK/missing Total Total Protected trad. Well estimated at 50 of well & spring Springs estimated at 50% of well & spring

0.0 0.0

100.0 0.1 0.1

100.0 1.7 1.7

Calculations

Estimations
Surface water 0.1 2.1

Improved water sources : 100% Piped onto premises : 98% Selections

Improved water sources : Piped onto premises : Surface water : Yes Yes Yes 99% 1% 100% 64% Sample (individuals): Sample (households): Total population (thousands): 16'413

96% 87%
Yes Yes Yes 98% 2% 100% 69%

Ratios

HC / Tap water Public tap / Tap water Tubewell / All wells Protect. well & spring / well & spring

Statistics

8'577

24'990

Comments

Malaysia

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Malaysia
POPULATION FIGURES (Thousands) Year 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Urban
5'816 6'069 6'337 6'619 6'918 7'234 7'570 7'925 8'296 8'677 9'067 9'462 9'950 10'463 10'992 11'539 12'104 12'685 13'281 13'890 14'512 15'144 15'779 16'413 17'037 17'648 18'241 18'818 19'381 19'940 20'497 21'056 21'614 22'169 22'721 23'265

Rural
8'017 8'086 8'181 8'299 8'421 8'529 8'678 8'807 8'917 9'025 9'142 9'220 9'228 9'229 9'217 9'182 9'164 9'121 9'053 8'975 8'903 8'775 8'663 8'577 8'511 8'453 8'335 8'220 8'106 7'999 7'904 7'777 7'681 7'605 7'530 7'449

Total
13'833 14'156 14'518 14'917 15'339 15'763 16'248 16'732 17'213 17'703 18'209 18'682 19'178 19'692 20'209 20'721 21'268 21'806 22'333 22'865 23'415 23'919 24'442 24'990 25'548 26'100 26'576 27'038 27'488 27'938 28'401 28'832 29'295 29'775 30'251 30'714

% Urban
42.0 42.9 43.6 44.4 45.1 45.9 46.6 47.4 48.2 49.0 49.8 50.6 51.9 53.1 54.4 55.7 56.9 58.2 59.5 60.7 62.0 63.3 64.6 65.7 66.7 67.6 68.6 69.6 70.5 71.4 72.2 73.0 73.8 74.5 75.1 75.7

Source: United Nations Population Division (UNPD), 2010

Malaysia

Population

March 2012