COUNTRY CONTEXT
Costa Rica has a high percentage of the population with access to safe and properly managed water (80%). However, there is still 20% of the population that only has access to «basic» water (that which comes from an improved water source but is far from the home).
Regarding sanitation, the figures are not as positive: only 30% of the population has properly managed facilities (not shared with other households and in which excreta are disposed of safely), and, in addition, there is a significant gap in this area in some rural areas.
