In this section, you are offered three tools to build dynamically water supply and sanitation data representations in the form of maps, graphs and tables.
For each output you can choose:
the geographical area you are interested in (country, regional or worldwide);
the level of aggregation (country or group level);
the type of data (water or sanitation coverage);
the year(s);
the setting (urban, rural or both).
Once a research has been initiated, related information, documents and links are provided below the map and graphs.
In addition you will find in the Documents and links section all country files available with the latest estimates for drinking-water and sanitation. These country files also includes the origin of all data used in the estimates.
Please note that the figures found in the different related JMP reports may differ from those found on this website, since the data is regularly being updated with new evidence.
Latest estimates
The latest JMP estimates tell us: 2.6 billion people do not use improved sanitation[read more…] • Although 1.3 billion people have gained access to improved sanitation since 1990, the world is likely to miss the MDG sanitation target by a billion people.
• Open defecation rates have decreased from 25% in 1990 to 17% in 2008. Worldwide, 1.1 billion people practise open defecation, a decline of 168 million since 1990.
• With only 45% of the rural population using improved sanitation, rural areas lag far behind urban areas where the rate is 76%.
• Seven out of ten people without improved sanitation live in rural areas, but the number of people in urban areas without improved sanitation is increasing because of rapid growth in urban populations.
884 million people do not use an improved source of drinking-water[read more…] • The world is on track to meet the MDG drinking-water target. In developing regions, 84% of the population uses an improved source of drinking-water. In urban areas the use of improved source of drinking-water has been maintained at 96% since 2000, with over 1 billion more people now using such a source than in 1990. However this increase is barely keeping up with urban population growth.
• The number of people living in rural areas who do not use an improved source of drinking–water is over five times the number living in urban areas. Worldwide, 37% of people not using an improved source of drinking-water live in Sub–Saharan Africa.
For further details about the latest estimates:
- access the country files.
- download the 2010 report (PDF, 12 Mb).
