2.4 billion
people in 2015 will use unimproved sanitation facilities, MDG target on sanitation is projected to be missed by half a billion people.
3.9 billion
people use piped water on premises, 1.5 billion more than in 1990
1 billion
people, 15% of the world population practise open defecation
2.1 billion
people gained access to improved sources of drinking-water since 1990
1.9 billion
people gained access to improved sanitation since 1990
2.3 billion
people use other improved water sources not piped on premises
761 million
people use public or shared sanitation facilities
4.5 billion
people, 64% of global population have access to improved sanitation
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.
2013 update REPORT
Note for the media
The world remains off track to meet the MDG target on sanitation.
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This calls for halving, by 2015, the proportion of the world's population without sustainable access to basic sanitation. This is despite the fact that between 1990 and 2011, nearly 1.9 billion people gained access to improved sanitation.
2013 progress report also focuses on open defecation. 1 billion people still practise open defecation, although this number dropped slightly since the 2012 report.
Finally in this report, JMP summarizes the process of the formulation of post-2015 WASH targets and indicators.
NEW: Post-2015 monitoring
The report from SECOND consultation at The Hague is now available. This consultation (click here for meeting materials) considered a proposal for consolidated goal, targets and indicators. For more on post-2015 processess, please follow this link.