Welcome to the JMP website !
This website is a resource for decision makers, researchers, and civil society at large to learn about the JMP's activities, the status of water supply and sanitation coverage and its importance for our health and well-being, and to obtain detailed statistics about the use of water and sanitation facilities at different scales (global, regional and country-level).
The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply and Sanitation is the official United Nations mechanism tasked with monitoring progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) relating to drinking-water and sanitation (MDG 7, Target 7c), which is to: "Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking-water and basic sanitation".
Access to drinking-water and to basic sanitation is measured by the MDG indicators:
- Proportion of population using an improved drinking-water source;
- Proportion of population using an improved sanitation facility.
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In fulfilling this mandate, the JMP publishes updated estimates every two years on the use of various types of drinking-water sources and sanitation facilities at the national, regional and global levels. The JMP is also collaborating with international organizations and with individual countries to further develop national and global monitoring.
In preparation for the post-2015 period, JMP has initiated four working groups to identify potential targets and indicators for water, sanitation, hygiene and equity/non-discrimination. Learn about how you can contribute to this process.
Post-2015 monitoring
Join the debate on global goals, targets and indicators for monitoring WASH after 2015.
2012 update REPORT
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The Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target has been met for drinking water.
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This calls for halving, by 2015, the proportion of the world's population without sustainable access to safe drinking-water. Between 1990 and 2010, over two billion people gained access to improved drinking-water sources. The drinking-water target is thus one of the first MDG targets to be met.
While there is cause for celebration, we must also face a number of drawbacks. One is, that global figures mask massive disparities between regions, between countries in regions and within countries between urban and rural settings as well as between rich and poor.
Finally, while the 2012 progress report of the JMP indicates signs of acceleration in progress towards the sanitation target, in 2010 some 2.5 billion people remained without access to improved sanitation facilities.
Country files
Access the country files that includes the origin of all data used in the estimates.
2011 thematic REPORT
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The JMP has released a new thematic report "Drinking Water: Equity, safety and sustainability".
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The report investigates access to and use of drinking water in greater detail than is possible in the regular JMP progress reports, and includes increased disaggregation of water service levels and analyses of trends across countries and regions. It focuses on the three key challenges of equity, safety and sustainability.
Strategic Advisory Group
The third meeting of the JMP/GLAAS Strategic Advisory Group took place in Paris, 13-14 December 2011.
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