Answer the question based on the following information.
The table below presents data on percentage population covered by drinking water and sanitation facilities in selected Asian countries.
|
Drinking water
|
Sanitation facility
|
|
Urban
|
Rural
|
Total
|
Urban
|
Rural
|
Total
|
India
|
85
|
79
|
81
|
70
|
14
|
29
|
Bangladesh
|
99
|
96
|
97
|
79
|
44
|
48
|
China
|
97
|
56
|
67
|
74
|
7
|
24
|
Pakistan
|
82
|
69
|
74
|
77
|
22
|
47
|
Philippines
|
92
|
80
|
86
|
88
|
66
|
77
|
Indinesia
|
79
|
54
|
62
|
73
|
40
|
51
|
Sri Lanka
|
88
|
52
|
57
|
68
|
62
|
63
|
Nepal
|
88
|
60
|
63
|
58
|
12
|
1
|
Country A is said to dominate B or A > B if A has higher percentage in total coverage for both drinking water and sanitation facilities, and, B is said to be dominated by A, or B < A.
A country is said to be on the coverage frontier if no other country dominates it. Similarly, a country is not on the coverage frontier if it is dominated by at least one other country.
These relate to the above table with the additional provison that the gap between the population coverages of ‘sanitation facilities’ and ‘drinking water facilities’ is a measure of disparity in coverage.
The country with the least disparity in coverage of urban sector is
- India
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- None of these