 Around 170 thousand still lacked access to it.According to the 2010 data from the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Program (JMP) (see below), Chilean urban areas with improved water coverage stood at 96% and coverage of improved sanitation was also 96%, which is one of the highest levels in Latin America.One of the reasons of the high coverage rates in Chile is the early effort for extending and improving the infrastructure (see below).