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This varies in quality between countries and in some situations data may be missing. In those cases, the WHO\u002FUNICEF provides estimates. We contacted three independent experts about the source used for this question and, while they pointed out the limitations of the data, they use JMP as a source in their own work. Due to the limitations of the data, we put big differences between the answer options and made the correct answer 10% in order to avoid overstating progress. No matter how big the uncertainty in the data, the share of people in the world’s rural areas who drink surface water is not close to 30%.\n\n[1]  [JMP Global database of WASH data, managed by the WHO and Unicef.](https:\u002F\u002Fwashdata.org\u002Fdata\u002Fhousehold#!\u002Fdashboard\u002Fnew)  \n[2]  [WHO. Drinking water.](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.who.int\u002Fnews-room\u002Ffact-sheets\u002Fdetail\u002Fdrinking-water#:~:text=Contaminated%20water%20can%20transmit%20diseases,000%20diarrhoeal%20deaths%20each%20year.)  \n[3]  [JMP, UNICEF, WHO: Progress on household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene - 2000-2020.](file:\u002F\u002F\u002FUsers\u002Fkeithmoore\u002FDownloads\u002F9789240030848-eng.pdf)\n","Wells were invented at least 6,000 years ago, according to the oldest evidence from China. Missing safe drinking water is still a big problem for some people who don't have a well, but the size of that problem easily gets overestimated. Living in rural areas is different from urban areas, but not very different.\n\nMost rural areas are much more developed than people realize. Only 3% are missing a well for their drinking water. Most people we asked imagine that it’s more than 30%. That is more than seven times wrong! Even if 3% sounds small, it’s roughly a hundred million people we are talking about.\n\n### Why is it a problem that people are wrong about this?\nThe strong stereotypes about rural life make it difficult to imagine any modernization that is not urbanization. Overestimating how big problems are in rural areas makes them seem impossible to solve.\n\n### Why are people wrong about this?\nWe see lots of images of people from traditional societies living in primitive ways in tribes in the jungle or on remote islands with no contact with the modern world. We are fascinated by people living in completely different ways than ourselves and they make for great stories in the media. In reality, such populations are rare, and even many of the poorest people in the world are likely to have access to some form of clean drinking water, even in the countryside.\n\n### What’s the problem with drinking surface water?\nSurface water in rural areas can sometimes be completely safe, especially where people live far apart, but it can have invisible germs that cause terrible illnesses, like diarrhoea and cholera, which spread via contaminated water. Such diseases kill half a million people every year.\n\n### Can I trust this data?\nYes, but you must be aware of its limitations. The data comes from household surveys and national-level data. This varies in quality between countries and in some situations data may be missing. In those cases, the WHO\u002FUNICEF provides estimates. We contacted three independent experts about the source used for this question and, while they pointed out the limitations of the data, they use the Joint Monitoring Programme as a source in their own work. Due to the limitations of the data, we put big differences between the answer options and made the correct answer 10% in order to avoid overstating progress. No matter how big the uncertainty in the data, the share of people in the world’s rural areas who drink surface water is not close to 30%.\n","Well well","You think of rural areas as very underdeveloped, but only 3% drink water from a lake or river."]