Graphical Data

In 2022, over half the population used safely managed sanitation services

Regional drinking water coverage, 2015-2020, %

Global coverage of drinking water in schools, 2021, %

School-age population lacking basic water services at school, 2015-2021, by SDG region, (millions)

Risk of faecal contamination of drinking water by source type in rural schools in 12 countries in sub-Saharan

Africa, 2017, %

Coverage of water services in health care facilities FIGURE 8 in 59 countries and areas by SDG region in 2021, %

Proportion of population using improved drinking water sources free from contamination by region in 2020, %

Percentage of population using drinking water sources by risk of faecal contamination, selected surveys, 2014-

2020, %

Source: State of the World Drinking Water, 2022 Updated on 2nd November, 2022

Globally, 3 out of 10 schools did not have basic water services in 2021

Source: WHO/UNICEF JMP, Progress on Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Schools: 2000-2021 Data Update, 2022. Updated on 19th July, 2022

Coverage of water services in rural and urban areas of Cambodia, Zambia, Uganda and Pakistan

Coverage of Basic WASH services in Ghana, Cambodia, Zambia, Pakistan, Uganda and Mexico.

Source:unicef-who-2021 Updated on 3rd September, 2021

Proportion of health care facilities with basic water Services, by country and sdg region, 2019 (%)

Source: WASH Updated on 16th Dec, 2020

Regional and global water services in health care Facilities, by sdg region, 2019

Source: WHO Updated on 16th Dec, 2020

Regional and global sanitation services in health care Facilities, by sdg region, 2019

Soource: Unicef Updated on 16th Dec, 2020

Improved sanitation coverage in health care facilities, By sdg region, 2019 (%)

Source: WHO Updated on 16th Dec, 2020

Sewer connections are driving progress in some regions, while on-site systems are predominant in others

In rural sub-Saharan Africa, many school toilets do not meet criteria for accessibility, quality or acceptability

In 28 countries, more than ten per cent of health care facilities had no sanitation service

Source: State Of The World’s Sanitation, 2020 Updated on 15th Dec, 2020

Four SDG regions had estimates for safely managed drinking water in 2017	JMP Report, 2019
In 2017, 117 countries1 had estimates for safely managed drinking water services
Six SDG regions had estimates for safely managed sanitation services in 2017
In 2017, 96 countries had estimates for safely managed sanitation
Central and South Asia achieved the largest reduction in open defecation since 2000
Since 2000, 16 countries have reduced open defecation by more than 20 percentage points
Many people live in communities where at least one household still practises open defecation
Sanitation coverage is lower when considering everyone in the household or everyone in the community

Source : Progress on household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene I 2000-2017, Updated on 25th July, 2019

Proportion of the municipal solid waste generated that is collected, 2001–2015 (data from 214 cities/municipalities in 103 countries) (percentage)

Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2018 ,Updated on 25th June 2018

Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater sources, around 2014 (percentage)

Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2018 ,Updated on 25th June 2018

Two out of five people used safely managed sanitation services in 2015

Source : Progress on Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene 2017, Updated on 22-May-2018

71% of the global population used safely managed drinking water services in 2015

Source : Progress on Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene 2017, Updated on 22-May-2018

Estimates of safely managed drinking water services are available for four out of eight SDG regions

Sanitation

Source: Progress on Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene 2017 Updated on 28th July, 2018

Coverage of basic handwashing facilities was higher in urban areas in all regions with data available in 2015

Source : Progress on Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene 2017, Updated on 22-May-2018

9 out of 10 people using sewer connections lived in urban areas in 2015

Source : Progress on Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene 2017, Updated on 22-May-2018

Regional trends in national population practising open defecation,2000–2015 (in millions)

Global and Regional Drinking Water Coverage 2015

Regional Sanitation Coverage 2015

Source : Report Progress on Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

International Comparison of Open Defecation (2012)

% Open Defecation

% Rural Defecation

Scource : The Hindu, December 13th, 2016

Countries with most people Defecating in the Open

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/State-of-the-worlds-toilets/articleshow/49849216.cms

Open Defecation in the world

Use of improved sanitation 2012

Source: Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation Report No. 28 of 2015 (Performance Audit)

Five developing regions achieved the MDG target for drinking water

Fig: Use of improved drinking water sources and MDG target in 2015, and percentage point change from 1990 to 2015

Source: www.unwater.org/fileadmin/user_upload/unwater_new/docs/Progress_on_Sanitation_and_Drinking_Water.pdf

Five developing regions achieved the MDG Sanitation target

Fig: Use of improved sanitation and MDG target in 2015, percentage point change from 1990 to 2015

Source: www.unwater.org/fileadmin/user_upload/unwater_new/docs/Progress_on_Sanitation_and_Drinking_Water.pdf

Sixteen countries have reduced open defecation rates by at least 25 percentage points

Fig: Reduction in the proportion of population practising open defecation, from 1990 to 2015 (%)

Source: www.unwater.org/fileadmin/user_upload/unwater_new/docs/Progress_on_Sanitation_and_Drinking_Water.pdf

Proportion of population using an improved drinking water source, 1990 and 2012 (Percentage)

Source: Millennium Development Goals Report, 2014

Open Defecation

Source: UNICEF & WHO progress report(2014) on Drinking Water and Sanitation

Globally, 2.5 billion people do not have access to an improved sanitation facility

Number of people(in millions) without access to an improved sanitation facility in 2012

Source: Joint Monitoring Programme Report, 2014

Almost two billion people have gained access to improve sanitation since 1990

Number of people (in millions) who gained access to improves sanitation from 1990 to 2012, by MDG region

Source: Joint Monitoring Programme Report, 2014

Eighty-two percent of the one billion people practising open defecation in the world live in 10 countries

Top 10 countries with the highest number of people (in millions) practising open defecation

Source: Joint Monitoring Programme Report, 2014

Viet Nam, Bangladesh and Peru have reduced open defecation prevalence to single digits

The top 10 countries that have achieved the highest reduction of open defecation since 1990, as a proportion of the population

Source: Progress on sanitation and drinking-water 2014, WHO, Unicef

Proportion of population using improved drinking-water sources by wealth quintile – urban and rural residence, sub-Saharan Africa

Source: World Health Statistics, 2013

Open defecation free population per region as a result of community approaches to total sanitation intervention

Source: Evaluation Report, Unicef

Improvements in the lives of 200 million slum dwellers bring achievement of the MDG target, even as rapid urbanization swells the ranks of the urban poor

The share of urban slum residents in the developing world declined from 39 per cent in 2000 to 33 per cent in 2012. More than 200 million of these people gained access to improved water sources, improved sanitation facilities, or durable or less crowded housing, thereby exceeding the MDG target. This achievement comes well ahead of the 2020 deadline.

Source: The Millennium Development Goals Report, 2012

The MDG drinking water target has been met