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Progress on
Drinking Water and Sanitation 2014 UPDATE
WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Progress on sanitation and drinking-water - 2014 update. 1.Water supply - standards. 2.Sanitation - trends. 3.Drinking water - supply and distribution. 4.Program evaluation. I.World Health Organization. II.UNICEF. ISBN 978 92 4 150724 0
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Progress on
Drinking Water and Sanitation 2014 UPDATE
CONTENTS 6 FOREWORD 7
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
11 SECTION A: PROGRESS UPDATE 12 Global drinking water coverage and trends, 1990–2012 12 Regional drinking water coverage and increase since 1990 15 Progress towards the MDG drinking water target 15 An alternative indicator of progress 16 Global sanitation coverage and trends, 1990–2012 16 Regional sanitation coverage and increase since 1990 20 Progress towards the MDG sanitation target 21 Trends in open defecation, 1990–2012 21 Call to action on sanitation 23 SECTION B: HIGHLIGHTING INEQUALITIES 24 Visualizing inequalities 25 Subnational inequalities 26 Urban and rural inequalities 29 Inequalities within urban areas 31 Inequalities within rural areas 31 Inequalities based on wealth 33 Inequalities faced by marginalized and excluded groups or persons 33 Ethnicity, language and religion 36 Education 37 Intra-household inequalities 37 The challenge of monitoring intra-household inequalities 38 Conclusions 39 SECTION C: A FRAMEWORK FOR MONITORING WASH POST-2015 40 Universal access to basic services 41 Safely managed services 41 Safely managed drinking water services – recommendations of the Water Quality Task Force 43 Safely managed sanitation services – data gaps to be addressed 44 Expanding the WASH monitoring framework 44 Data evolution and revolution 45 New priorities for monitoring 47 ANNEXES 48 ANNEX 1: THE JMP METHOD 50 ANNEX 2: MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS: REGIONAL GROUPINGS 52 ANNEX 3: COUNTRY, AREA OR TERRITORY ESTIMATES ON SANITATION AND DRINKING WATER 74 ANNEX 4: TRENDS IN URBAN AND RURAL DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION COVERAGE, 1990–2012
FOREWORD As we approach the Millennium
to be done. Where efforts are made,
Development Goals deadline, the
progress is possible. Between 1990
lessons, successes and remaining
and 2012, open defecation decreased
challenges are becoming increasingly
from 24 per cent to 14 per cent globally.
clear. This report highlights what we
South Asia saw the largest decline,
have achieved on water and sanitation,
from 65 per cent to 38 per cent. Some
and where we need to accelerate
countries stand out as examples.
efforts.
Efforts undertaken in Ethiopia have seen a decrease from 92 per cent to
The good news is that since 1990
37 per cent. Cambodia and Nepal have
well over 2 billion people have gained
experienced similar declines.
access to improved sources of drinking water, and 116 countries have met the
But while we can record successes on
MDG target for water. Almost 2 billion
open defecation, sanitation and water,
people gained access to improved
this report highlights stark disparities
sanitation and 77 countries have met
across regions, between urban and
the MDG target. More than half the
rural areas, and between the rich and
world’s population, almost 4 billion
the poor and marginalized. The vast
people, now enjoy the highest level of
majority of those without sanitation
water access: a piped water connection
are poorer people living in rural areas.
at their homes.
Yet, progress on sanitation has often increased inequality by primarily
But much remains to be done. More
benefitting wealthier people.
PROGRESS ON DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION 2014 UPDATE
than 700 million people still lack ready
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access to improved sources of drinking
Achieving a world of dignity for all
water; nearly half are in sub-Saharan
requires that we fashion a post-2015
Africa. More than one third of the global
development framework that will
population – some 2.5 billion people
eliminate these disparities. No one
— do not use an improved sanitation
should lack safe water and a hygienic
facility, and of these 1 billion people still
toilet. This report demonstrates that,
practice open defecation.
with concerted efforts, water and sanitation for all is attainable.
These figures – and these realities demand that we break the silence
Let us commit to work together for this
and expand awareness of what needs
most essential of objectives.
Jan Eliasson Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In 2012, 89% of the global population
sanitation facility. One hundred and
drinking water target, and 77 have
used an improved source of drinking
sixteen countries have already met the
already met the MDG sanitation target
water, and 64% used an improved
Millennium Development Goal (MDG)
(Table 1).
Fifty-six countries have already met the MDG target for both drinking water and sanitation
Drinking water
Sanitation
Drinking water and sanitation
Met target
116
77
56
On track to meet target
31
29
30
Progress insufficient
5
10
–
Not on track to meet target
40
69
20
Table 1. Number of countries that have met the MDG target for drinking water and sanitation, that are on track to meet the target, whose progress is insufficient to meet the target and that are not on track to meet the target1,2
Even though progress towards the
This 2014 update report of the World
drinking water sources and sanitation.
MDG target represents important
Health Organization (WHO)/United
The final section presents efforts to
gains in access for billions of people
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
strengthen monitoring of access to safe
around the world, it has been uneven.
Joint Monitoring Programme for Water
drinking water and sanitation services
Sharp geographic, sociocultural and
Supply and Sanitation, known as the
under a post-2015 development
economic inequalities in access persist
JMP, is split into three sections. The
agenda, as well as the challenges
and sometimes have increased. This
first section presents the status of and
associated with these efforts. Annexes
report presents examples of unequal
trends in access to improved drinking
at the back of the report provide
progress among marginalized and
water sources and sanitation. The
supplementary information on the JMP
vulnerable groups.
second section provides a snapshot
method, MDG regional groupings, data
of inequalities in access to improved
tables and trend figures.
The MDG drinking water target
water source in 1990, 89% of the global
almost four billion people, now enjoy the
coverage of 88% was met in 2010.
population had access in 2012, an
highest level of access: a piped drinking
Whereas 76% of the global population
increase of 2.3 billion people. Fifty-six
water connection on premises (Fig. 1).
had access to an improved drinking
per cent of the global population,
Progress towards the target
T hese assessments are preliminary; the final assessments will be made in 2015 for the final MDG report. Definitions are as follows: If 2012 estimate of improved drinking water or improved sanitation coverage is i) greater than or equal to the 2015 target or the 2012 coverage is greater than or equal to 99.5%: Met target; ii) within 3% of the 2012 coverage-when-on-track: On track; iii) within 3–7% of the 2012 coverage-when-on-track: Progress insufficient; iv) >7% of the 2012 coverage-when-on-track or 2012 coverage ≤1990 coverage: Not on track. 2 Of a total of 225 countries – for 33 countries, there are insufficient data on improved drinking water sources; for 40 countries, there are insufficient data on improved sanitation. 1
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The MDG sanitation target aims to
The MDG drinking water target has already been surpassed
The world is unlikely to reach the MDG sanitation target of 75%
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without access to improved sanitation from 51% in 1990 to 25% in 2015. Coverage of improved sanitation
2
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reduce the proportion of the population
14
MDG target: 88%
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increased from 49% in 1990 to 64% in
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2012. Between 1990 and 2012, almost
11 11
21
MDG target: 75%
two billion people gained access to an improved sanitation facility, and open defecation decreased from 24% to 14%
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(Fig. 2).
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Although the world met the MDG 64
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drinking water target, 748 million people – mostly the poor and marginalized –
49
45
still lack access to an improved drinking water source. Of these, almost a quarter (173 million) rely on untreated surface
1990
1990
2012
World
World Piped on premises
Unimproved
Other improved
Surface water
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Fig. 1. Trends in global drinking water coverage (%), 1990–2012.
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2012
Improved
Unimproved
Shared
Open defecation
water, and over 90% live in rural areas. If current trends continue, there will still be 547 million people without an improved drinking water supply in 2015.
Fig. 2. Trends in global sanitation coverage (%), 1990–2012.
Despite significant progress on
large majority (70%) of those without
open defecation fell by a remarkable
sanitation, in 2012, 2.5 billion people
access to an improved sanitation facility
21%, from 1.3 billion in 1990 to one
did not have access to an improved
live in rural areas.
billion in 2012. Those one billion people with no sanitation facility whatsoever
sanitation facility, down from 2.7 billion in 1990, a decrease of only 7%. If
Eliminating open defecation, a
continue to defecate in gutters, behind
current trends continue, there will still
practice strongly associated with
bushes or in open water bodies, with no
be 2.4 billion people without access to
poverty and exclusion, is critical to
dignity or privacy. Nine out of 10 people
an improved sanitation facility in 2015,
accelerating progress towards the MDG
who practise open defecation live in
falling short of the MDG sanitation
sanitation target. Over the past 22
rural areas, but the number in urban
target by over half a billion people. A
years, the number of people practising
areas is gradually increasing.
Closing the gaps: focus on equality in access to drinking water and sanitation Section B of this report provides
New analyses are included describing
disparity, indicating that coverage in
illustrations of disparities in access
the change in the disparity gap in
urban areas rose more rapidly than
based on data from nationally
access between urban and rural areas
coverage in rural areas. The analyses of
representative household surveys. These
and between the richest and poorest
access by wealth quintiles in urban and
surveys allow for the disaggregation of
populations in urban and rural areas.
rural areas show very similar patterns,
data by different stratifiers of inequality.
For drinking water, overall coverage
where coverage in the richest quintiles
The examples given in this report include
has increased, while the urban–rural
is first increased to between 90% and
spatial inequalities, such as disparities
disparity gap in access has decreased
100% before the poorest segments of
in access at the subnational level as well
since 1990 in 87 of the 116 countries
the population catch up.
as between and within urban and rural
included in the analysis. In 34 of these,
areas; it also highlights group-related
urban drinking water coverage has been
The section also introduces four
inequalities, such as those based on
at 95% or higher since 1990, and the
different patterns of progress in
wealth quintiles, ethnicity, language
reduction in disparities is thus largely a
sanitation coverage across different
or religion, and individual-related
result of “levelling up” rural coverage to
quintiles. These patterns support and
inequalities, such as those based on
urban coverage levels. For sanitation, a
illustrate the findings of the above-
gender and education level of the
much larger number of countries have
mentioned inequality gap analyses.
household head.
recorded an increase in urban–rural
Looking ahead: WASH on the post-2015 development agenda The final section of this report
than 100 WASH sector organizations
challenges associated with more
outlines a set of proposed targets that
and stakeholders. The broadly
ambitious post-2015 WASH targets. It
have emerged from a broad, sector-
supported set of proposed targets
reports on the great strides that have
wide technical consultation on drinking
provides a suggested framework for
already been made towards monitoring
water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)
achieving universal access to improved
of drinking water, handwashing with
under the post-2015 development
drinking water sources and sanitation
soap and measurements to quantify the
agenda. This consultation was
facilities post-2015. The section
progressive elimination of inequalities
facilitated by the JMP and involved more
highlights some of the monitoring
of marginalized and vulnerable groups.
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SECTION A: PROGRESS UPDATE
Global drinking water coverage and trends, 1990–2012 The MDG drinking water target, to
source, raising global coverage to
Saharan Africa, coverage of improved
halve the proportion of the population
89% in 2012.3 There were only three
drinking water supply was between
without sustainable access to safe
countries (Democratic Republic of
50% and 75%. In Latin America and the
drinking water (an increase in coverage
the Congo, Mozambique and Papua
Caribbean, the lowest levels of coverage
from 76% to 88%) between 1990 and
New Guinea) where less than half the
are found in Dominican Republic,
2015, was met in 2010. Between 1990
population had access to an improved
Ecuador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Peru
and 2012, 2.3 billion people gained
drinking water source. In a further
(Fig. 3).4
access to an improved drinking water
35 countries, 26 of which are in sub-
The lowest levels of drinking water coverage are in sub-Saharan Africa
91–100%
76–90%
50–75%
7% of the 2012 coverage-when-on-track or 2012 coverage ≤1990 coverage: Not on track.
Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus
Surface water
Azerbaijan
Other unimproved
Austria
Other improved
Australia
Piped on premises
Aruba
Total improved
Armenia
Surface water
Argentina
Other unimproved
Antigua and Barbuda
Other improved
Anguilla
Piped on premises
Angola
1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012
Total improved
Andorra
Year Surface water
American Samoa
Unimproved
Other unimproved
Algeria
Improved
Other improved
Albania
TOTAL Unimproved
Piped on premises
Afghanistan
Improved
Total improved
Country, area or territory
RURAL Unimproved
– 36 90 100 100 97 100 93 85 – – – 100 100 100 43 52 68 – 93 95 – – – 97 98 99 98 99 100 – – – 100 100 100 100 100 100 88 88 88 – – – – – – 81 83 86 – – – 100 100 100
3 10 28 96 95 91 87 84 80 – – – 100 100 100 16 23 34 – 58 – – – – 74 86 99 95 96 99 – – – – – – 100 100 100 67 72 78 – – – – – – 23 27 32 – – – – 90 96
– 26 62 4 5 6 13 9 5 – – – 0 0 0 27 29 34 – 35 – – – – 23 12 0 3 3 1 – – – – – – 0 0 0 21 16 10 – – – – – – 58 56 54 – – – – 10 4
– 54 7 0 0 3 0 7 15 – – – 0 0 0 44 36 30 – 7 5 – – – 3 2 1 2 1 0 – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 10 – – – – – – 17 16 14 – – – 0 0 0
– 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – 0 0 0 13 12 2 – – – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 – – – – – – 2 1 0 – – – 0 0 0
3 18 56 – 94 94 88 84 79 – – – 100 100 100 42 39 34 NA NA NA – – – 69 81 95 – 82 100 – – – 100 100 100 100 100 100 49 59 71 – – – – – – 65 74 84 – – – 99 99 99
0 0 4 – 44 63 48 52 56 – – – 100 100 100 1 1 1 NA NA NA – – – 13 50 94 52 68 93 – – – – – – 100 100 100 17 18 20 – – – – – – 0 0 1 – – – – 34 63
3 18 52 – 50 31 40 32 23 – – – 0 0 0 41 38 33 NA NA NA – – – 56 31 1 – 14 7 – – – – – – 0 0 0 32 41 51 – – – – – – 65 74 83 – – – – 65 36
49 45 33 – 4 6 10 15 20 – – – 0 0 0 28 24 15 NA NA NA – – – 19 12 3 – 18 0 – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 24 13 – – – – – – 28 22 16 – – – 1 1 1
48 37 11 – 2 0 2 1 1 – – – 0 0 0 30 37 51 NA NA NA – – – 12 7 2 – 0 0 – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 17 16 – – – – – – 7 4 0 – – – 0 0 0
– 22 64 – 96 96 94 89 84 94 98 100 100 100 100 42 46 54 – 93 95 97 98 98 94 96 99 – 93 100 91 94 98 100 100 100 100 100 100 70 74 80 – 97 98 95 99 100 68 76 85 95 99 100 100 100 100
1 2 10 – 65 78 69 72 74 65 77 92 100 100 100 6 12 21 – 58 – 61 76 – 66 82 99 81 86 97 90 91 94 – – – 100 100 100 44 46 51 – 93 95 39 92 100 5 7 10 94 96 97 – 73 88
– 20 54 – 31 18 25 17 10 29 21 8 0 0 0 36 34 33 – 35 – 36 22 – 28 14 0 – 7 3 1 3 4 – – – 0 0 0 26 28 29 – 4 3 56 7 0 63 69 75 1 3 3 – 27 12
– 47 27 – 3 4 5 11 16 6 2 0 0 0 0 34 29 24 – 7 5 3 2 2 4 3 1 – 7 0 9 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 17 12 – 3 2 5 1 0 26 21 15 5 1 0 0 0 0
– 31 9 – 1 0 1 0 0 – – 0 0 0 0 24 25 22 – – – – – – 2 1 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 8 – – – – – 0 6 3 0 – – 0 0 0 0
Proportion of the 2012 population that gained access since 2000 (%)
URBAN Improved
Progress towards MDG target 3
USE OF DRINKING WATER SOURCES (percentage of population)2
Met target
49
Not on track
NA*
Not on track
10
Met target
20
Met target
26
Not on track
24
On track
30
On track
13
Met target
12
Met target
4
Met target
14
Met target
16
Met target
5
Progress insufficient
16
Met target
21
Met target
50
Met target
20
Met target
6
Met target
NA*
“NA” represents data not applicable. A dash (–) represents data not available at the time of publication. * Shown as NA for countries with a declining population over the period 1995–2012.
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Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile
96 97 98 47 48 45 34 38 46 100 100 100 16 25 36 56 62 67 39 43 49 42 53 62 74 81 85 38 39 41 66 71 76 66 69 74 14 18 27 6 8 11 16 19 20 40 46 53 77 79 81 44 53 63 100 100 100 37 38 39 21 22 22 83 86 89
100 100 100 77 85 94 14 19 25 – – – – 66 75 41 49 57 98 98 99 61 70 78 79 83 87 – – – – – – 100 100 100 44 47 50 31 36 43 18 43 82 60 61 62 100 100 100 – 61 75 96 96 96 20 29 44 21 26 31 91 95 100
0 0 0 5 6 6 20 28 37 – – – – 19 21 20 24 28 1 1 1 5 6 6 1 1 1 – – – – – – 0 0 0 32 33 36 27 32 37 2 6 11 22 22 23 0 0 0 – – – – – – 13 19 28 12 15 18 – – –
0 0 0 14 7 0 14 13 11 – – – – 10 4 14 11 10 1 1 0 23 18 16 14 13 11 – – – – – – 0 0 0 13 10 5 41 31 18 14 8 0 16 16 14 0 0 0 – 12 8 4 4 4 59 45 24 42 39 37 5 2 0
0 0 0 4 2 0 52 40 27 – – – – 5 0 25 16 5 0 0 0 11 6 0 6 3 1 – – – – – – 0 0 0 11 10 9 1 1 2 66 43 7 2 1 1 0 0 0 – 27 17 – – – 8 7 4 25 20 14 4 3 0
100 100 100 75 81 88 0 3 5 NA NA NA – 25 31 12 18 24 – 93 92 22 32 42 31 39 49 – – – – – – 99 99 100 2 4 7 42 45 48 0 10 25 27 27 27 99 99 99 – 25 47 NA NA NA 12 10 7 4 5 6 53 69 89
0 0 0 7 7 8 1 6 12 NA NA NA – 24 30 3 4 5 – 1 1 6 8 11 1 1 1 – – – – – – – – 0 3 6 10 5 6 6 0 2 6 7 7 7 – – – – – – NA NA NA 5 4 3 1 1 1 – – –
0 0 0 9 6 0 3 4 7 NA NA NA – 39 35 13 16 22 – 5 7 20 17 12 20 26 33 – – – – – – 1 1 0 6 7 8 50 46 43 7 6 3 49 51 54 1 1 1 – 17 13 NA NA NA 37 45 56 2 7 14 41 27 10
0 0 0 9 6 4 96 87 76 NA NA NA – 12 4 72 62 49 – 1 0 52 43 35 48 34 17 – – – – – – 0 0 0 89 83 75 3 3 3 93 82 66 17 15 12 0 0 0 – 58 40 NA NA NA 46 41 34 93 87 79 6 4 1
100 100 100 76 83 91 5 9 14 – – – – 35 47 28 37 46 – 95 95 39 52 64 67 75 81 98 98 98 – – – 99 100 100 8 12 19 42 44 47 3 16 37 40 42 45 100 100 100 – 44 65 96 96 96 15 17 22 8 10 12 85 92 99
0 0 0 6 7 7 7 15 23 – – – – 22 27 12 16 21 – 1 1 5 7 8 1 1 1 – – – – – – – – 0 7 11 17 7 8 10 0 3 7 13 14 15 – – – – – – – – – 8 10 13 3 4 5 – – –
0 0 0 11 6 0 8 7 9 – – – – 32 24 14 13 14 – 3 4 21 18 15 15 15 15 1 1 1 – – – 1 0 0 7 7 7 48 45 40 9 6 2 36 35 34 0 0 0 – 15 9 4 4 4 45 45 42 10 14 18 10 5 1
0 0 0 7 4 2 80 69 54 – – – – 11 2 46 34 19 – 1 0 35 23 13 17 9 3 1 1 1 – – – 0 0 0 78 70 57 3 3 3 88 75 54 11 9 6 0 0 0 – 41 26 – – – 32 28 23 79 72 65 5 3 0
Proportion of the 2012 population that gained access since 2000 (%)
Open defecation
Bulgaria
Other unimproved
Brunei Darussalam
Shared
British Virgin Islands
Improved
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Brazil
Open defecation
Botswana
Other unimproved
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Shared
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Improved
Bhutan
Open defecation
Bermuda
9 978 10 268 11 060 188 239 324 5 001 6 949 10 051 60 63 65 536 564 742 6 794 8 495 10 496 4 527 3 834 3 834 1 384 1 755 2 004 149 648 174 505 198 656 16 20 24 257 332 412 8 821 8 001 7 278 8 811 11 608 16 460 5 606 6 674 9 850 9 057 12 223 14 865 12 070 15 928 21 700 27 658 30 697 34 838 352 442 494 26 40 57 2 913 3 638 4 525 5 952 8 301 12 448 13 214 15 454 17 465
Other unimproved
Benin
1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012
Unimproved
Shared
Belize
Population (x 1000)
TOTAL
Unimproved
Improved
Belgium
Year
RURAL
Unimproved
Percentage urban population
Country, area or territory
URBAN
Progress towards MDG target 3
USE OF SANITATION FACILITIES (percentage of population)2
Met target
7
Met target
30
Not on track
8
–
–
–
20
Not on track
16
On track
0
On track
19
On track
16
Not on track
13
–
–
Met target
NA*
Not on track
10
Not on track
17
Not on track
23
Not on track
14
Met target
12
Met target
25
Not on track
29
Not on track
8
Not on track
5
Met target
18
Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile
Surface water
Burundi
Other unimproved
Burkina Faso
Other improved
Bulgaria
Piped on premises
Brunei Darussalam
Total improved
British Virgin Islands
Surface water
Brazil
Other unimproved
Botswana
Other improved
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Piped on premises
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012
Total improved
Bhutan
Year Surface water
Bermuda
Unimproved
Other unimproved
Benin
Improved
Other improved
Belize
TOTAL Unimproved
Piped on premises
Belgium
Improved
Total improved
Country, area or territory
RURAL Unimproved
100 100 100 87 92 98 72 78 85 – – – 99 99 99 91 93 96 99 99 100 100 99 99 96 98 100 – – – – – – 100 100 100 75 85 97 96 94 92 32 57 94 78 85 94 100 100 100 – 84 91 – 93 96 80 84 90 49 60 72 99 99 100
100 100 100 73 80 89 16 23 32 – – – – 82 79 79 87 95 96 95 93 39 64 90 92 94 97 – – – – – – 96 97 98 11 18 27 32 39 48 15 32 67 25 26 28 100 100 100 – 42 61 – 73 87 8 7 4 7 15 25 98 99 100
0 0 0 14 12 9 56 55 53 – – – – 17 20 12 6 1 3 4 7 61 35 9 4 4 3 – – – – – – 4 3 2 64 67 70 64 55 44 17 25 27 53 59 66 0 0 0 – 42 30 – 20 9 72 77 86 42 45 47 1 0 0
0 0 0 12 8 2 19 17 13 – – – 0 0 1 8 6 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 2 0 – – – – – – 0 0 0 24 15 3 2 2 3 41 26 4 20 13 5 0 0 0 – 16 9 – 7 4 18 15 10 48 38 28 1 1 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 9 5 2 – – – 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – – – – 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 5 27 17 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 – 0 0 – – – 2 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0
100 100 100 60 78 100 49 59 69 NA NA NA – 82 97 41 56 72 96 96 99 86 90 93 68 76 85 – – – – – – 100 99 99 39 55 76 67 70 73 20 38 66 34 42 52 99 99 99 – 81 86 NA NA NA 46 50 54 37 41 45 48 68 91
96 99 100 21 44 71 0 2 4 NA NA NA – 45 43 12 33 57 – 74 82 10 24 38 39 51 67 – – – – – – 67 77 94 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 2 3 4 – 38 – 0 8 46 NA NA NA 0 0 0 0 0 1 38 63 91
4 1 0 39 34 29 49 57 65 NA NA NA – 37 54 29 23 15 – 22 17 76 66 55 29 25 18 – – – – – – 33 22 5 39 55 76 66 69 72 20 36 61 32 39 48 – 61 – – 73 40 NA NA NA 46 50 54 37 41 44 10 5 0
0 0 0 29 16 0 22 23 25 NA NA NA – 3 1 19 12 5 4 4 1 6 4 3 18 15 12 – – – – – – 0 0 0 51 37 19 23 18 14 43 33 17 44 39 32 1 1 1 – 18 14 NA NA NA 35 37 41 47 49 52 25 13 9
0 0 0 11 6 0 29 18 6 NA NA NA – 15 2 40 32 23 0 0 0 8 6 4 14 9 3 – – – – – – 0 1 1 10 8 5 10 12 13 37 29 17 22 19 16 0 0 0 – 1 0 NA NA NA 19 13 5 16 10 3 27 19 –
100 100 100 73 85 99 57 66 76 – – – – 86 98 69 79 88 97 98 100 92 95 97 88 93 98 – 95 – – – – 100 100 99 44 60 82 69 72 75 22 42 71 51 62 74 100 100 100 – 83 89 – 93 96 59 62 68 40 45 51 90 95 99
100 100 100 45 61 79 5 10 16 – – – – 54 56 49 66 83 – 83 88 22 46 70 78 86 92 – 75 – – – – 86 91 97 2 3 7 3 4 6 2 7 18 11 13 16 – 87 – – 26 55 – 73 87 3 3 2 2 4 6 88 94 99
0 0 0 28 24 20 52 56 60 – – – – 32 42 20 13 5 – 15 12 70 49 27 10 7 6 – 20 – – – – 14 9 2 42 57 75 66 68 69 20 35 53 40 49 58 – 13 – – 57 34 – 20 9 56 59 66 38 41 45 2 1 0
0 0 0 21 12 1 21 21 20 – – – – 3 1 12 8 4 3 2 0 3 2 1 8 5 2 – 5 – – – – 0 0 1 48 34 14 21 17 13 42 31 15 35 27 18 0 0 0 – 16 11 – 7 4 28 29 29 46 46 46 5 2 1
0 0 0 6 3 0 22 13 4 – – – – 11 1 19 13 8 0 0 0 5 3 2 4 2 0 – – – – – – 0 0 0 8 6 4 10 11 12 36 27 14 14 11 8 0 0 0 – 1 0 – – – 13 9 3 14 9 3 5 3 –
Proportion of the 2012 population that gained access since 2000 (%)
URBAN Improved
Progress towards MDG target 3
USE OF DRINKING WATER SOURCES (percentage of population)2
Met target
7
Met target
37
On track
30
–
–
–
33
Met target
24
Met target
2
Met target
14
Met target
15
–
–
–
–
Not on track
NA*
Met target
40
Not on track
27
Met target
37
On track
29
Met target
12
Met target
15
On track
30
Not on track
18
Not on track
21
Met target
15
55
56
Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea
26 36 52 68 72 76 28 28 28 54 59 64 58 65 74 51 59 65 39 44 52 54 56 58 73 76 75 67 69 71 75 74 73 58 59 60 28 29 35 85 85 87 76 77 77 68 67 67 55 62 70 55 60 68 43 43 44 49 59 65 35 39 40 16 18 22
48 61 74 82 83 85 34 42 – – 18 20 – – – 93 94 95 28 30 33 99 99 99 86 90 94 100 100 100 100 100 100 – 65 88 32 31 29 100 100 100 69 71 73 – 80 – 82 84 86 74 79 86 91 95 98 70 75 80 – 92 – 58 54 –
15 20 24 11 12 12 2 2 – – 37 41 – – – 4 4 4 36 39 43 1 1 1 4 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 5 6 27 26 25 0 0 0 5 5 6 – – – 10 11 11 11 12 13 3 3 2 7 8 8 – – – – – –
34 18 2 3 2 1 64 56 – – 42 37 – – – 2 1 1 30 25 18 0 0 0 9 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 30 6 36 39 45 0 0 0 16 17 19 – 2 – 5 2 1 8 5 0 5 1 0 19 15 11 – 8 – 10 8 –
3 1 0 4 3 2 0 0 – – 3 2 – – – 1 1 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – 5 4 1 0 0 0 10 7 2 – 18 – 3 3 2 7 4 1 1 1 0 4 2 1 – – – 32 38 –
15 35 56 41 52 66 11 23 – – 6 6 – – – 83 87 92 7 8 10 98 98 98 68 77 88 100 100 100 100 100 100 – 55 73 11 19 33 100 100 100 39 33 22 – 84 – 62 67 74 37 55 76 57 79 94 30 42 53 – 87 – 0 2 4
4 9 14 4 5 6 1 2 – – 9 9 – – – 4 4 4 10 12 15 1 1 1 5 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 2 3 5 8 13 0 0 0 5 4 3 – – – 11 12 14 4 6 8 4 5 6 3 4 5 – – – – – –
72 51 28 12 12 12 88 74 – – 68 65 – – – 9 7 4 27 26 24 0 0 0 22 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 43 24 61 55 41 0 0 0 6 12 21 – 2 – 8 7 4 20 11 1 22 9 0 33 32 32 – 13 – 0 1 0
9 5 2 43 31 16 0 1 – – 17 20 – – – 4 2 0 56 54 51 1 1 1 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – 23 18 13 0 0 0 50 51 54 – 14 – 19 14 8 39 28 15 17 7 0 34 22 10 – – – 100 97 96
24 45 65 69 75 80 18 28 – – 13 15 – 92 97 88 91 94 15 18 22 98 98 98 81 87 93 100 100 100 100 100 100 – 61 82 17 23 31 100 100 100 62 62 61 – 81 – 73 77 82 57 70 83 72 86 96 50 61 70 – 89 – 9 11 –
7 13 19 9 10 10 1 2 – – 25 30 – – – 4 4 4 20 24 29 1 1 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 3 5 11 13 17 0 0 0 5 5 5 – – – 11 11 12 8 9 11 4 4 4 5 6 7 – – – – – –
62 38 15 6 4 5 81 69 – – 53 47 – 7 2 6 4 2 29 25 21 1 1 1 12 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 36 13 54 50 43 0 0 0 14 16 20 – 2 – 6 5 2 14 7 1 14 6 0 26 23 19 – 11 – 2 2 –
7 4 1 16 11 5 0 1 – – 9 8 – 1 1 2 1 0 36 33 28 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – 18 14 9 0 0 0 19 17 14 – 17 – 10 7 4 21 14 5 10 4 0 19 10 4 – – – 89 87 –
Proportion of the 2012 population that gained access since 2000 (%)
Open defecation
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Other unimproved
Czech Republic
Shared
Cyprus
Improved
PROGRESS ON DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION 2014 UPDATE
Cuba
Open defecation
Croatia
Other unimproved
Côte d'Ivoire
Shared
Costa Rica
Improved
Cook Islands
Open defecation
Congo
1 165 429 1 280 429 1 377 065 33 307 39 898 47 704 413 528 718 2 383 3 126 4 337 18 18 21 3 079 3 930 4 805 12 116 16 131 19 840 4 794 4 475 4 307 10 601 11 138 11 271 767 943 1 129 10 326 10 250 10 660 20 194 22 840 24 763 34 911 46 949 65 705 5 140 5 338 5 598 590 723 860 71 70 68 7 245 8 663 10 277 10 124 12 533 15 492 56 337 66 137 80 722 5 344 5 959 6 297 374 518 736 3 273 3 939 6 131
Other unimproved
Comoros
1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012
Unimproved
Shared
Colombia
Population (x 1000)
TOTAL
Unimproved
Improved
China
Year
RURAL
Unimproved
Percentage urban population
Country, area or territory
URBAN
Progress towards MDG target 3
USE OF SANITATION FACILITIES (percentage of population)2
Met target
24
On track
18
–
–
–
5
Met target
17
On track
19
Not on track
7
On track
NA*
Met target
7
Met target
16
Met target
4
Met target
26
Not on track
15
Met target
5
Not on track
9
–
–
Progress insufficient
17
Met target
27
Met target
26
On track
12
–
–
–
–
Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea
Surface water
Denmark
Other unimproved
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Other improved
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Piped on premises
Czech Republic
Total improved
Cyprus
Surface water
Cuba
Other unimproved
Croatia
Other improved
Côte d'Ivoire
Piped on premises
Costa Rica
1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012
Total improved
Cook Islands
Year Surface water
Congo
Unimproved
Other unimproved
Comoros
Improved
Other improved
Colombia
TOTAL Unimproved
Piped on premises
China
Improved
Total improved
Country, area or territory
RURAL Unimproved
97 98 98 97 97 97 98 93 – 95 95 96 – – – 99 99 100 90 91 92 100 100 100 94 95 96 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 99 88 85 79 100 100 100 82 89 100 96 96 96 98 91 82 84 88 92 96 98 100 91 93 95 – 66 – 62 70 –
92 93 95 95 95 94 31 45 – – 44 38 – – – 93 97 100 50 57 64 96 96 96 77 80 83 100 100 100 97 97 97 – 81 94 49 38 20 100 100 100 67 73 79 – 78 – 95 85 74 76 83 91 90 95 100 69 77 86 – 10 – 40 42 –
5 5 3 2 2 3 67 48 – – 51 58 – – – 6 2 0 40 34 28 4 4 4 17 15 13 0 0 0 3 3 3 – 19 5 39 47 59 0 0 0 15 16 21 – 18 – 3 6 8 8 5 1 6 3 0 22 16 9 – 56 – 22 28 –
2 1 2 3 3 3 1 6 – 4 4 4 – – – 1 1 0 10 9 7 0 0 0 6 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 13 18 0 0 0 18 11 0 4 4 4 2 9 18 15 12 8 4 2 0 8 7 5 – 26 – 37 30 –
1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 – 1 1 0 – – – 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 – 8 – 1 0 –
56 70 85 69 71 74 83 92 97 – 32 39 – – – 87 89 91 67 67 68 97 97 97 – 77 87 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 99 97 26 27 29 100 100 100 60 62 65 – 92 – 77 77 77 61 68 75 90 95 99 59 70 81 – 42 – 39 50 –
12 28 45 38 51 66 10 17 – 3 3 2 – – – 73 80 89 5 9 14 – 77 – – 45 58 100 100 100 – 91 – – 72 80 1 1 1 100 100 100 13 11 9 – 49 – 48 49 50 37 53 72 39 66 93 16 33 49 1 1 1 0 0 0
44 42 40 31 20 8 73 75 – – 29 37 – – – 14 9 2 62 58 54 – 20 – – 32 29 0 0 0 – 9 – – 27 17 25 26 28 0 0 0 47 51 56 – 43 – 29 28 27 24 15 3 51 29 6 43 37 32 – 41 – 39 50 –
34 24 13 14 11 7 7 5 3 – 52 36 – – – 5 4 4 17 21 26 2 2 2 – 21 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 43 48 0 0 0 34 32 34 – 8 – 12 15 18 21 16 11 7 4 1 33 24 15 – 5 – 34 37 –
10 6 2 17 18 19 10 3 0 – 16 25 – – – 8 7 5 16 12 6 1 1 1 – 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 33 30 23 0 0 0 6 6 1 – – – 11 8 5 18 16 14 3 1 0 8 6 4 – 53 – 27 13 –
67 80 92 88 90 91 87 92 – – 69 75 100 100 100 93 95 97 76 78 80 98 98 99 – 91 94 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 98 43 44 46 100 100 100 77 82 92 – 94 – 89 86 81 74 80 86 93 96 99 75 84 90 – 51 – 43 54 –
33 52 71 77 82 87 16 25 – – 27 25 – 70 76 83 90 96 23 30 40 – 87 – – 71 77 100 100 100 – 95 – – 77 89 14 12 8 100 100 100 54 58 63 – 68 – 74 71 67 58 71 85 61 78 96 42 59 73 – 4 – 6 7 –
34 28 21 11 8 4 71 67 – – 42 50 – 30 24 10 5 1 53 48 40 – 11 – – 20 17 0 0 0 – 5 – – 23 9 29 32 38 0 0 0 23 24 29 – 26 – 15 15 14 16 9 1 32 18 3 33 25 17 – 47 – 37 47 –
26 16 7 6 5 4 6 6 – – 24 16 0 0 0 3 2 1 14 15 17 2 2 1 – 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 35 38 0 0 0 21 16 8 – 6 – 6 11 17 18 13 10 5 3 1 21 13 8 – 13 – 34 35 –
7 4 1 6 5 5 7 2 – – 7 9 0 0 0 4 3 2 10 7 3 0 0 0 – 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 24 21 16 0 0 0 2 2 0 – – – 5 3 2 8 7 4 2 1 0 4 3 2 – 36 – 23 11 –
Proportion of the 2012 population that gained access since 2000 (%)
URBAN Improved
Progress towards MDG target 3
USE OF DRINKING WATER SOURCES (percentage of population)2
Met target
17
On track
16
–
–
–
25
Met target
13
On track
19
Not on track
17
On track
NA*
On track
4
Met target
16
Met target
4
Not on track
6
Not on track
15
Met target
5
Met target
23
–
–
Not on track
9
On track
22
Met target
21
Met target
11
–
–
–
–
57
58
Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti
71 69 70 13 15 17 42 48 53 79 82 84 74 77 86 75 75 77 56 52 51 69 80 87 38 49 58 55 53 53 73 73 74 36 44 53 59 60 62 80 82 85 33 36 39 99 98 98 91 93 93 41 45 50 28 31 36 28 36 45 30 29 28 29 36 55
96 96 96 19 22 27 85 89 92 100 100 100 100 100 100 – 87 95 – – – – 40 43 – 62 64 97 96 96 100 100 100 13 16 20 100 99 99 100 100 100 – – – – 94 97 – – – 81 85 88 18 24 33 – 27 34 85 86 88 34 33 31
4 4 4 29 34 42 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – – – – – 33 36 – 28 28 3 3 3 0 0 0 46 58 72 0 – – 0 0 0 – – – – – – – – – 9 9 10 23 32 43 – 22 28 8 8 8 39 38 35
0 0 0 12 17 23 10 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 13 5 – – – – 25 19 – 9 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 31 17 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 – – – – 6 3 – – – 5 3 0 54 41 23 – 47 36 6 5 4 14 18 26
0 0 0 40 27 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – – – – – 2 2 – 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – – – – – – – 5 3 2 5 3 1 – 4 2 1 1 0 13 11 8
93 93 94 0 6 23 37 61 82 100 100 100 100 100 100 – 60 76 – – – – 35 32 – 60 55 96 94 91 100 100 100 4 6 8 93 96 97 100 100 100 – – – – – 90 – – – 49 60 72 5 8 11 – 4 8 72 76 82 13 14 16
6 6 6 0 2 7 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – – – – – 21 19 – 15 14 1 1 1 0 0 0 20 31 44 – – – 0 0 0 – – – – – – – – – 4 5 6 3 6 8 – 2 4 8 8 9 9 10 11
1 1 0 0 7 27 52 32 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 40 24 – – – – 41 45 – 16 27 1 3 6 0 0 0 47 32 15 0 0 1 0 0 0 – – – – – 10 – – – 13 13 12 37 44 55 – 41 45 16 14 9 16 23 35
0 0 0 100 85 43 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – – – – – 3 4 – 9 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 29 31 33 7 4 2 0 0 0 – – – – – – – – – 34 22 10 55 42 26 – 53 43 4 2 0 62 53 38
95 95 95 2 8 24 57 74 87 100 100 100 100 100 100 – 80 90 99 98 97 – 39 41 – 61 60 96 95 93 100 100 100 7 10 14 97 98 99 100 100 100 98 98 98 – – 97 89 89 90 62 71 80 8 13 19 – 12 20 76 79 84 19 21 24
4 4 4 4 7 13 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – – – – – 31 34 – 21 22 2 2 2 0 0 0 29 43 59 – – – 0 0 0 – – – – – – 9 9 9 6 7 8 9 14 21 – 9 15 8 8 9 17 20 24
1 1 1 2 9 26 35 20 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 20 10 0 0 2 – 28 23 – 13 16 1 2 4 0 0 0 42 26 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 – – 3 2 2 1 10 8 6 42 43 43 – 43 40 13 11 7 16 21 31
0 0 0 92 76 37 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – 1 2 1 – 2 2 – 5 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 22 21 19 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 – – – 0 0 0 22 14 6 41 30 17 – 36 25 3 2 0 48 38 21
Proportion of the 2012 population that gained access since 2000 (%)
Open defecation
Ghana
Other unimproved
Germany
Shared
Georgia
Improved
PROGRESS ON DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION 2014 UPDATE
Gambia
Open defecation
Gabon
Other unimproved
French Polynesia
Shared
French Guiana
Improved
France
Open defecation
Finland
1 565 1 366 1 291 48 043 66 024 91 729 728 812 875 4 987 5 176 5 408 56 846 59 213 63 937 117 165 243 198 237 274 947 1 226 1 633 917 1 229 1 791 5 460 4 744 4 358 80 487 83 512 82 800 14 629 18 825 25 366 10 161 10 987 11 125 56 56 57 96 102 105 385 425 464 130 155 163 8 890 11 204 15 083 6 020 8 746 11 451 1 017 1 273 1 664 725 744 795 7 110 8 578 10 174
Other unimproved
Fiji
1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012
Unimproved
Shared
Ethiopia
Population (x 1000)
TOTAL
Unimproved
Improved
Estonia
Year
RURAL
Unimproved
Percentage urban population
Country, area or territory
URBAN
Progress towards MDG target 3
USE OF SANITATION FACILITIES (percentage of population)2
On track
NA*
Not on track
18
Met target
18
Met target
4
Met target
7
Met target
36
Not on track
12
Not on track
12
Not on track
18
Not on track
NA*
Met target
NA*
Not on track
7
Met target
2
Met target
2
Not on track
4
–
–
Progress insufficient
5
On track
28
Not on track
9
Not on track
10
Progress insufficient
9
Not on track
7
Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti
Surface water
Greenland
Other unimproved
Greece
Other improved
Ghana
Piped on premises
Germany
Total improved
Georgia
Surface water
Gambia
Other unimproved
Gabon
Other improved
French Polynesia
Piped on premises
French Guiana
1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012
Total improved
France
Year Surface water
Finland
Unimproved
Other unimproved
Fiji
Improved
Other improved
Ethiopia
TOTAL Unimproved
Piped on premises
Estonia
Improved
Total improved
Country, area or territory
RURAL Unimproved
100 100 100 81 87 97 94 97 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 – 89 95 – – – – 94 97 86 90 94 95 97 100 100 100 100 84 88 93 99 100 100 100 100 100 – – – 98 98 99 – – – 91 95 99 86 89 92 45 68 96 93 95 97 87 82 75
93 95 99 10 26 51 92 94 96 96 99 100 100 100 100 – – 89 – – – – 47 68 27 39 52 80 86 97 100 100 100 40 38 34 99 100 100 100 100 100 – – – 98 98 99 – – – 68 83 98 19 26 35 14 13 11 79 78 76 26 20 12
7 5 1 71 61 46 2 3 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 – – 6 – – – – 47 29 59 51 42 15 11 3 0 0 0 44 50 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – 0 0 0 – – – 23 12 1 67 63 57 31 55 85 14 17 21 61 62 63
0 0 0 10 7 3 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 11 5 – – – – 3 2 14 10 6 5 3 0 0 0 0 8 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 – – – 2 2 1 – – – 7 4 1 7 8 8 55 32 3 6 4 3 8 15 24
0 0 0 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – – – – – 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – – – – – – – 2 1 0 7 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 3 1
98 98 98 3 19 42 79 86 92 100 100 100 100 100 100 – 72 75 – – – – 41 63 70 76 84 72 81 97 100 100 100 38 57 81 92 98 99 100 100 100 – – – 100 100 100 – – – 74 81 89 39 51 65 32 43 56 70 83 98 50 49 47
53 65 86 0 0 1 32 36 40 85 92 96 95 99 100 – – 49 – – – – 9 14 1 3 5 21 34 60 97 99 100 2 3 3 82 95 99 100 100 100 – – – 100 100 100 – – – 35 53 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 52 64 2 3 4
45 33 12 3 19 41 47 50 52 15 8 4 5 1 0 – – 26 – – – – 32 49 69 73 79 51 47 37 3 1 0 36 54 78 10 3 0 0 0 0 – – – 0 0 0 – – – 39 28 16 39 51 65 32 43 56 28 31 34 48 46 43
2 2 2 42 40 38 17 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 28 25 – – – – 17 7 30 24 16 28 19 3 0 0 0 10 10 9 8 2 1 0 0 0 – – – 0 0 0 – – – 8 7 5 8 15 24 63 53 41 24 11 0 28 35 45
0 0 0 55 41 20 4 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – – – – – 42 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 33 10 – – – 0 0 0 – – – 0 0 0 – – – 18 12 6 53 34 11 5 4 3 6 6 2 22 16 8
99 99 99 13 29 52 85 91 96 100 100 100 100 100 100 – 85 90 100 100 100 – 84 92 76 83 90 85 89 99 100 100 100 54 71 87 96 99 100 100 100 100 97 97 97 98 98 99 100 100 100 81 87 94 52 63 75 36 52 74 77 86 98 61 61 62
81 86 95 1 4 10 57 64 70 94 98 99 99 100 100 – – 79 98 98 97 – 39 61 11 20 32 53 61 80 99 100 100 16 18 19 92 98 99 100 100 100 – 88 – 98 98 99 99 98 98 49 66 86 5 8 13 4 5 5 53 59 67 8 9 9
18 13 4 12 25 42 28 27 26 6 2 1 1 0 0 – – 11 2 2 3 – 45 31 65 63 58 32 28 19 1 0 0 38 53 68 4 1 1 0 0 0 – 9 – 0 0 0 1 2 2 32 21 8 47 55 62 32 47 69 24 27 31 53 52 53
1 1 1 38 35 31 13 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 15 10 0 0 0 – 5 3 24 17 10 15 11 1 0 0 0 10 9 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 7 6 3 8 12 18 60 45 24 19 10 1 22 27 34
0 0 0 49 36 17 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – 0 0 0 – 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 20 5 – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – 0 0 0 12 7 3 40 25 7 4 3 2 4 4 1 17 12 4
Proportion of the 2012 population that gained access since 2000 (%)
URBAN Improved
Progress towards MDG target 3
USE OF DRINKING WATER SOURCES (percentage of population)2
Not on track
NA*
On track
31
Met target
12
Met target
4
Met target
7
On track
32
Met target
13
Met target
29
Met target
33
Met target
NA*
Met target
NA*
Met target
35
Met target
2
Met target
2
On track
4
Met target
9
Met target
5
Met target
29
On track
27
Met target
34
Met target
17
Not on track
11
59
60
Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho
40 45 53 66 65 70 91 92 94 26 28 32 31 42 51 56 64 69 70 68 66 57 59 62 90 91 92 67 67 69 49 52 52 77 79 92 72 80 83 56 56 53 17 20 24 35 43 44 98 98 98 38 35 35 15 22 35 69 68 68 83 86 87 14 20 28
70 77 85 100 100 100 100 100 100 50 54 60 61 66 71 78 84 93 – 84 86 100 100 100 100 100 100 – – – 78 78 78 100 100 100 98 98 98 96 96 97 26 29 31 43 47 51 100 100 100 92 92 92 – 66 90 – 82 – 100 100 100 – 35 37
7 8 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 18 20 8 9 9 6 7 7 – 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – 20 20 20 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 3 3 40 44 48 9 10 11 – – – 7 7 7 – 3 4 – 13 – – – – – 32 34
14 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 8 12 9 6 16 9 0 – 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 31 24 18 4 10 18 0 0 0 1 1 1 – 8 2 – 5 – 0 0 0 – 22 24
9 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 22 12 19 16 14 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 44 33 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 23 4 – 0 – 0 0 0 – 11 5
33 52 74 100 100 100 100 100 100 7 14 25 24 34 46 62 69 82 – 58 82 98 98 98 100 100 100 – – – 81 82 82 100 100 100 95 96 98 97 97 98 24 26 29 20 25 31 100 100 100 91 91 92 – 17 50 – 71 – – 87 – – 21 27
2 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 6 8 11 13 15 18 – 6 8 – – – 0 0 0 – – – 14 14 14 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 16 17 19 2 3 3 – – – 3 3 3 – 1 1 – 3 – – – – – 3 4
16 12 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 21 17 12 23 14 0 – 20 10 2 2 2 0 0 0 – – – 4 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 38 38 35 14 15 17 0 0 0 5 6 5 – 9 7 – 26 – – 13 – – 22 24
49 33 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 79 65 49 41 31 2 2 0 – 16 0 – – – 0 0 0 – – – 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 22 19 17 64 57 49 0 0 0 1 0 0 – 73 42 – 0 – – – – – 54 45
48 63 80 100 100 100 100 100 100 18 25 36 35 47 59 71 79 89 – 75 85 99 99 99 100 100 100 – – – 79 80 80 100 100 100 97 98 98 96 97 97 25 27 30 28 34 40 100 100 100 91 91 92 – 28 65 – 79 – – 98 – – 24 30
4 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 9 7 8 10 9 10 10 – 9 10 – – – 0 0 0 – – – 17 17 17 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 20 22 26 5 6 7 – – – 5 5 5 – 1 2 – 10 – – – – – 9 13
15 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 7 18 14 9 19 10 1 – 11 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 – – – 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 36 35 31 10 13 17 0 0 0 4 4 3 – 9 4 – 11 – – 2 – – 21 23
33 20 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 63 48 40 31 22 1 1 0 – 5 0 – – – 0 0 0 – – – 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 19 16 13 57 47 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 62 29 – 0 – – – – – 46 34
Proportion of the 2012 population that gained access since 2000 (%)
Open defecation
Japan
Other unimproved
Jamaica
Shared
Italy
Improved
PROGRESS ON DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION 2014 UPDATE
Israel
Open defecation
Ireland
Other unimproved
Iraq
Shared
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Improved
Indonesia
Open defecation
India
4 904 6 236 7 936 10 385 10 224 9 976 255 281 326 868 891 1 042 262 1 236 687 178 633 208 939 246 864 56 362 65 911 76 424 17 518 23 801 32 778 3 531 3 804 4 576 4 499 6 014 7 644 56 832 56 986 60 885 2 365 2 582 2 769 122 249 125 715 127 250 3 358 4 767 7 009 16 172 14 576 16 271 23 446 31 285 43 178 71 83 101 2 060 1 906 3 250 4 395 4 955 5 474 4 245 5 388 6 646 2 664 2 371 2 060 2 703 3 235 4 647 1 598 1 856 2 052
Other unimproved
Iceland
1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012
Unimproved
Shared
Hungary
Population (x 1000)
TOTAL
Unimproved
Improved
Honduras
Year
RURAL
Unimproved
Percentage urban population
Country, area or territory
URBAN
Progress towards MDG target 3
USE OF SANITATION FACILITIES (percentage of population)2
Met target
30
Met target
NA*
Met target
14
Not on track
14
Not on track
19
Met target
21
Met target
30
On track
17
Met target
21
–
–
Not on track
6
Met target
1
On track
32
On track
11
Not on track
10
Not on track
12
Met target
41
Progress insufficient
9
Met target
42
–
–
–
–
Not on track
8
Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho
Surface water
Kazakhstan
Other unimproved
Jordan
Other improved
Japan
Piped on premises
Jamaica
Total improved
Italy
Surface water
Israel
Other unimproved
Ireland
Other improved
Iraq
Piped on premises
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012
Total improved
Indonesia
Year Surface water
India
Unimproved
Other unimproved
Iceland
Improved
Other improved
Hungary
TOTAL Unimproved
Piped on premises
Honduras
Improved
Total improved
Country, area or territory
RURAL Unimproved
92 94 97 98 100 100 100 100 100 89 92 97 90 91 93 99 98 98 95 95 94 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 98 98 97 100 100 100 99 98 97 97 98 99 92 87 82 74 80 87 99 99 99 96 96 97 – 72 84 100 100 100 100 100 100 93 93 93
84 90 97 94 95 95 100 100 100 48 49 51 25 28 32 97 96 94 95 93 84 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 88 90 91 97 98 99 98 96 93 85 87 90 56 50 44 43 54 67 – – – 79 83 87 – 37 60 – 93 – 100 100 100 26 39 66
8 4 0 4 5 5 0 0 0 41 43 46 65 63 61 2 2 4 0 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 6 3 2 1 1 2 4 12 11 9 36 37 38 31 26 20 – – – 17 13 10 – 35 24 – 7 – 0 0 0 67 54 27
7 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 3 9 8 7 1 2 2 3 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 2 1 4 9 13 26 20 13 1 1 1 2 3 3 – 23 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 7
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 5 – – – – – – 2 1 0 – 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
60 70 82 91 98 100 100 100 100 64 76 91 61 68 76 84 87 92 39 49 69 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 89 89 89 100 100 100 91 91 90 90 88 86 33 43 55 36 43 51 99 99 99 59 69 82 – 38 65 96 96 96 100 100 100 75 76 77
44 59 78 72 86 – 100 100 100 7 10 14 2 5 8 67 74 85 29 37 56 99 99 99 98 99 100 96 100 100 35 41 47 86 91 95 86 83 79 24 25 28 10 11 13 16 13 9 – – – 23 30 36 4 6 – 59 – – 85 – 2 3 4
16 11 4 19 12 – 0 0 0 57 66 77 59 63 68 17 13 7 10 12 13 1 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 0 54 48 42 14 9 5 5 8 11 66 63 58 23 32 42 20 30 42 – – – 36 39 46 – 34 59 – 37 – – 15 – 73 73 73
5 8 11 9 2 0 0 0 0 32 21 8 31 26 20 12 11 8 15 16 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 6 0 0 0 8 8 9 6 9 12 18 17 16 64 57 49 1 1 1 11 7 3 – 29 25 4 4 4 0 0 0 23 23 22
35 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 8 6 4 4 2 0 46 35 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 3 2 49 40 29 – – – – – – 30 24 15 – 33 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
73 81 90 96 99 100 100 100 100 70 81 93 70 78 85 92 94 96 78 80 85 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 93 93 93 100 100 100 97 97 96 94 94 93 43 52 62 50 59 67 99 99 99 73 79 88 – 45 72 98 98 98 100 100 100 78 79 81
60 73 88 87 92 – 100 100 100 17 21 26 9 15 21 84 88 92 75 75 74 100 100 100 100 100 100 99 100 100 61 66 70 94 97 98 95 93 91 58 60 61 18 19 20 26 31 35 – – – 44 49 54 – 11 25 – 82 – – 98 – 6 10 22
13 8 2 9 7 – 0 0 0 53 60 67 61 63 64 8 6 4 3 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 32 27 23 6 3 2 2 4 5 36 34 32 25 33 42 24 28 32 – – – 29 30 34 – 34 47 – 16 – – 2 – 72 69 59
6 7 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 27 17 6 24 18 13 6 5 4 7 8 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 5 0 0 0 3 3 4 4 4 6 16 15 15 50 41 33 1 1 1 7 5 3 – 28 21 2 2 2 0 0 0 20 20 18
21 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 6 4 2 2 1 0 15 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 41 33 23 – – – – – – 20 16 9 – 27 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
Proportion of the 2012 population that gained access since 2000 (%)
URBAN Improved
Progress towards MDG target 3
USE OF DRINKING WATER SOURCES (percentage of population)2
Met target
26
Met target
NA*
Met target
14
Met target
25
Met target
19
On track
15
On track
27
Met target
17
Met target
21
Met target
6
Not on track
6
Met target
1
Not on track
30
Not on track
9
Not on track
24
Progress insufficient
18
Not on track
41
Met target
16
Met target
35
Not on track
NA*
Met target
30
Progress insufficient
10
61
62
Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique
41 44 49 76 76 78 68 67 67 81 84 86 24 27 33 12 15 16 50 62 73 26 28 42 23 28 36 90 92 95 65 68 72 86 90 89 40 40 42 44 43 42 71 75 78 26 22 23 100 100 100 57 57 69 48 59 63 13 11 14 48 53 57 21 29 31
– 26 28 97 97 97 93 95 99 100 100 100 14 17 19 27 25 22 88 94 96 98 98 97 33 34 35 100 100 100 77 80 84 – 94 94 29 38 51 91 91 92 78 82 87 49 64 85 100 100 100 65 65 65 – 92 92 – – – 81 82 85 34 37 44
– 26 29 – – – – – – 0 0 0 22 26 30 22 20 18 4 4 4 2 2 2 36 37 38 0 0 0 11 12 12 – – – 10 14 18 8 8 8 10 10 11 – – – 0 0 0 32 32 32 – 3 3 – – – 14 14 15 6 7 8
– 27 17 3 3 3 7 5 1 0 0 0 41 36 32 47 52 58 7 1 0 0 0 1 26 25 23 0 0 0 10 6 2 – 6 6 38 28 16 1 1 0 2 3 2 46 31 10 0 0 0 2 2 2 – 5 5 – – – 0 2 0 29 31 36
– 21 26 – – – – – – 0 0 0 23 21 19 4 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 – – – 23 20 15 0 0 0 10 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 – 0 0 – – – 5 2 0 31 25 12
– 4 6 96 96 96 67 75 85 100 100 100 6 8 11 7 8 8 81 90 95 58 72 100 10 12 15 100 100 100 41 48 56 – – 73 8 9 9 87 88 90 35 55 79 9 25 49 NA NA NA – 26 35 – 87 87 – – – 26 43 63 2 5 11
– 12 19 – – – – – – 0 0 0 8 12 16 4 4 4 3 4 4 1 1 0 6 7 9 0 0 0 9 11 12 – – – 3 4 4 9 9 9 5 7 10 – – – NA NA NA – 18 25 – 3 3 – – – 3 5 7 0 1 2
– 16 8 4 4 4 33 25 15 0 0 0 23 24 25 56 66 80 7 2 0 10 8 0 47 53 58 0 0 0 29 20 11 – – 27 20 15 11 4 3 1 9 9 8 80 64 40 NA NA NA – 21 8 – 10 10 – – – 2 2 1 22 26 35
– 68 67 – – – – – – 0 0 0 63 56 48 33 22 8 9 4 1 31 19 0 37 28 18 0 0 0 21 21 21 – – – 69 72 76 0 0 0 51 29 3 11 11 11 NA NA NA – 35 32 – 0 0 – – – 69 50 29 76 68 52
– 14 17 97 97 97 84 89 94 100 100 100 8 11 14 10 10 10 84 92 96 68 79 99 15 18 22 100 100 100 65 70 76 – – 92 16 21 27 89 89 91 66 75 85 19 34 57 100 100 100 – 49 56 – 90 90 70 80 – 52 64 75 8 14 21
– 18 23 – – – – – – 0 0 0 12 16 21 6 6 6 4 4 4 1 2 1 13 16 19 0 0 0 10 11 12 – – – 6 8 10 8 8 9 8 10 11 – – – 0 0 0 – 26 30 – 3 3 8 9 – 8 10 11 2 3 4
– 21 13 3 3 3 16 11 6 0 0 0 26 26 26 55 65 77 7 2 0 8 5 0 43 45 46 0 0 0 17 11 5 – – 8 27 20 12 3 3 0 4 4 3 72 56 33 0 0 0 – 9 3 – 7 7 10 7 – 2 2 1 24 28 35
– 47 47 – – – – – – 0 0 0 54 47 39 29 19 7 5 2 0 23 14 0 29 21 13 0 0 0 8 8 7 – – – 51 51 51 0 0 0 22 11 1 9 10 10 0 0 0 – 16 11 – 0 0 12 4 – 38 24 13 66 55 40
Proportion of the 2012 population that gained access since 2000 (%)
Open defecation
Martinique
Other unimproved
Marshall Islands
Shared
Malta
Improved
PROGRESS ON DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION 2014 UPDATE
Mali
Open defecation
Maldives
Other unimproved
Malaysia
Shared
Malawi
Improved
Madagascar
Open defecation
Luxembourg
2 103 2 892 4 190 4 260 5 176 6 155 3 697 3 498 3 028 382 436 524 11 546 15 745 22 294 9 447 11 321 15 906 18 211 23 421 29 240 216 273 338 7 964 10 261 14 854 375 408 428 47 52 56 358 384 403 2 024 2 708 3 796 1 056 1 185 1 240 86 077 103 874 120 847 96 107 103 31 35 35 2 184 2 397 2 796 615 611 621 11 5 6 24 675 28 710 32 521 13 568 18 276 25 203
Other unimproved
Lithuania
1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012
Unimproved
Shared
Libya
Population (x 1000)
TOTAL
Unimproved
Improved
Liberia
Year
RURAL
Unimproved
Percentage urban population
Country, area or territory
URBAN
Progress towards MDG target 3
USE OF SANITATION FACILITIES (percentage of population)2
Not on track
7
On track
15
Met target
NA*
Met target
17
Not on track
6
Not on track
3
Met target
22
Met target
35
Not on track
9
Met target
5
Progress insufficient
11
–
–
Not on track
12
Progress insufficient
6
Met target
21
On track
22
Met target
1
Not on track
15
–
0
–
–
On track
19
Not on track
11
Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique
Surface water
Mauritius
Other unimproved
Mauritania
Other improved
Martinique
Piped on premises
Marshall Islands
Total improved
Malta
Surface water
Mali
Other unimproved
Maldives
Other improved
Malaysia
Piped on premises
Malawi
1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012
Total improved
Madagascar
Year Surface water
Luxembourg
Unimproved
Other unimproved
Lithuania
Improved
Other improved
Libya
TOTAL Unimproved
Piped on premises
Liberia
Improved
Total improved
Country, area or territory
RURAL Unimproved
– 76 87 54 54 – 94 97 99 100 100 100 73 75 78 92 93 95 94 99 100 100 100 100 53 70 91 100 100 100 91 92 93 – 86 100 36 45 52 100 100 100 92 94 96 94 94 95 100 100 100 90 91 95 100 100 100 – – – 94 96 98 72 75 80
5 5 6 – – – 89 93 99 100 100 100 23 19 15 37 35 33 86 95 99 50 67 99 17 26 36 100 100 100 4 4 4 – 86 100 15 26 35 99 100 100 86 90 95 – – 42 100 100 100 44 39 33 98 98 98 – – – 75 82 90 20 21 25
– 71 81 – – – 5 4 0 0 0 0 50 56 63 55 58 62 8 4 1 50 33 1 36 44 55 0 0 0 87 88 89 – 0 0 21 19 17 1 0 0 6 4 1 – – 53 0 0 0 46 52 62 2 2 2 – – – 19 14 8 52 54 55
– 23 12 46 46 – 6 3 1 0 0 0 15 13 11 5 5 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 45 29 9 0 0 0 9 8 7 – 14 0 63 54 48 0 0 0 4 4 4 3 3 2 0 0 0 5 6 5 0 0 0 – – – 6 4 2 24 21 16
– 1 1 – – – – – – 0 0 0 12 12 11 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 – – – – 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 – – – 0 0 0 4 4 4
– 50 63 55 55 – 72 80 89 100 100 100 15 24 35 36 57 83 82 93 99 91 93 98 20 36 54 98 100 100 94 96 98 100 100 100 26 37 48 99 99 100 59 73 91 90 89 87 NA NA NA 26 38 61 95 95 95 – – – 53 58 64 23 27 35
1 1 1 – – – 45 60 78 98 98 98 1 2 2 1 2 3 59 80 – 0 0 1 0 1 1 98 100 100 0 0 0 – – – 0 8 14 98 98 100 49 62 77 – – 36 NA NA NA 2 2 2 – 77 77 – – – 4 12 22 1 1 1
– 49 62 – – – 27 20 11 2 2 2 14 22 33 35 55 80 23 13 – 91 93 97 20 35 53 0 0 0 94 96 98 – – – 26 29 34 1 1 0 10 11 14 – – 51 NA NA NA 24 36 59 – 18 18 – – – 49 46 42 22 26 34
– 26 13 45 45 – 28 20 11 0 0 0 35 31 27 45 31 14 16 5 0 9 7 2 70 57 44 2 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 65 56 46 1 1 0 6 9 9 2 3 5 NA NA NA 20 19 20 5 5 5 – – – 42 37 30 45 47 50
– 24 24 – – – – – – 0 0 0 50 45 38 19 12 3 2 2 1 – – – 10 7 2 0 0 0 – – – 0 0 0 9 7 6 0 0 0 35 18 0 8 8 8 NA NA NA 54 43 19 0 0 0 – – – 5 5 6 32 26 15
– 61 75 54 54 – 87 91 96 100 100 100 29 38 50 42 62 85 88 96 100 93 95 99 28 45 67 100 100 100 92 93 95 – 88 100 30 40 50 99 99 100 82 89 95 91 90 89 100 100 100 62 68 85 97 98 98 97 99 99 73 78 84 34 41 49
2 3 4 – – – 74 82 92 100 100 100 7 7 7 6 7 8 73 89 – 13 19 43 4 8 14 100 100 100 3 3 3 – – – 6 15 23 99 99 100 75 83 91 – – 37 100 100 100 26 23 24 – 90 91 91 95 96 38 49 61 5 7 8
– 58 71 – – – 13 9 4 0 0 0 22 31 43 36 55 77 15 7 – 80 76 56 24 37 53 0 0 0 89 90 92 – – – 24 25 27 0 0 0 7 6 4 – – 52 0 0 0 36 45 61 – 8 7 6 4 3 35 29 23 29 34 41
– 25 12 46 46 – 13 9 4 0 0 0 30 26 21 41 28 12 11 3 0 7 5 1 63 50 32 0 0 0 8 7 5 – 12 0 64 55 47 1 1 0 5 5 5 2 3 4 0 0 0 12 12 9 3 2 2 3 1 1 24 19 14 40 39 40
– 14 13 – – – – – – 0 0 0 41 36 29 17 10 3 1 1 0 – – – 9 5 1 0 0 0 – – – – 0 0 6 5 3 0 0 0 13 6 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 26 20 6 0 0 0 – – – 3 3 2 26 20 11
Proportion of the 2012 population that gained access since 2000 (%)
URBAN Improved
Progress towards MDG target 3
USE OF DRINKING WATER SOURCES (percentage of population)2
On track
32
–
–
Met target
NA*
Met target
17
Not on track
23
Met target
41
Met target
22
Met target
22
Met target
36
Met target
5
On track
7
Met target
16
Not on track
21
Met target
5
Met target
19
Not on track
NA*
Met target
1
Met target
26
On track
2
Met target
19
On track
15
Not on track
19
63
64
Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland
25 27 33 28 32 39 100 100 100 9 13 17 69 77 84 60 62 62 85 86 86 52 55 58 15 16 18 35 42 50 31 33 38 90 90 92 72 76 80 66 72 74 31 33 37 70 70 85 54 66 76 15 13 13 49 55 62 69 73 78 49 48 49 61 62 61
– 79 84 61 59 56 66 66 66 34 42 51 100 100 100 – – – – – – 59 61 63 22 27 33 36 34 31 – – – – – – 100 100 100 95 96 97 72 72 72 63 89 100 76 78 80 62 60 56 62 79 96 71 76 81 69 74 79 96 96 96
– 12 13 23 22 21 31 31 31 25 31 37 0 0 0 – – – – – – 8 8 9 15 18 21 46 43 40 – – – – – – 0 0 0 – – – 6 6 6 – – – 8 8 9 10 9 9 3 4 4 8 8 9 15 16 17 – – –
– 7 2 5 4 4 2 2 1 8 5 3 0 0 0 – – – – – – 29 27 24 36 33 29 11 13 14 – – – – – – 0 0 0 1 1 0 14 16 18 37 11 0 14 12 10 25 27 31 34 16 0 6 7 9 8 4 1 4 4 4
– 2 1 11 15 19 1 1 2 33 22 9 0 0 0 – – – – – – 4 4 4 27 22 17 7 10 15 – – – – – – 0 0 0 4 3 3 8 6 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 4 4 1 1 0 15 9 1 8 6 3 – – –
– 54 74 10 13 17 NA NA NA 3 17 34 100 100 100 – – – 88 – – 26 32 37 2 3 4 37 32 25 – – – – – – 100 100 100 55 71 95 7 20 34 8 63 100 41 46 52 13 13 13 14 33 53 16 29 45 45 57 69 – 80 –
– 10 14 2 3 4 NA NA NA 1 6 13 0 0 0 – – – – – – 4 5 6 1 1 2 18 16 12 – – – – – – 0 0 0 – – – 1 4 6 – – – 4 4 5 3 3 3 0 0 1 1 3 4 10 13 16 – – –
– 20 5 6 6 6 NA NA NA 5 6 6 0 0 0 – – – 12 – – 25 32 37 2 4 5 12 19 32 – – – – – – 0 0 0 8 4 0 20 23 26 92 37 0 32 32 30 66 68 71 82 65 45 9 17 28 22 12 3 – 20 –
– 16 7 82 78 73 NA NA NA 91 71 47 0 0 0 – – – – – – 45 31 20 95 92 89 33 33 31 – – – – – – 0 0 0 37 25 5 72 53 34 0 0 0 23 18 13 18 16 13 4 2 1 74 51 23 23 18 12 – – –
– 61 77 24 28 32 66 66 66 6 21 37 100 100 100 100 100 100 – – – 43 48 52 5 7 9 37 32 28 – 79 100 69 74 80 100 100 100 82 89 97 27 37 48 46 81 100 60 67 73 20 19 19 37 58 80 54 63 73 57 66 74 – 89 –
– 10 13 8 9 10 31 31 31 3 10 17 0 0 0 – – – – – – 6 7 7 3 4 5 28 27 26 – – – 16 18 19 0 0 0 – – – 3 4 6 – – – 6 7 8 4 3 3 2 2 3 6 7 8 12 14 16 – – –
– 17 5 5 5 6 2 2 1 5 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – 27 29 31 7 8 10 11 18 23 – 21 0 15 8 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 18 22 23 54 19 0 23 19 15 60 64 66 59 39 17 7 10 13 15 8 2 – 11 –
– 12 5 63 58 52 1 1 2 86 64 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – 24 16 10 85 81 76 24 23 23 – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 9 3 52 37 23 0 0 0 11 7 4 16 14 12 2 1 0 33 20 6 16 12 8 – – –
Proportion of the 2012 population that gained access since 2000 (%)
Open defecation
Northern Mariana Islands
Other unimproved
Niue
Shared
Nigeria
Improved
PROGRESS ON DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION 2014 UPDATE
Niger
Open defecation
Nicaragua
Other unimproved
New Zealand
Shared
New Caledonia
Improved
Netherlands
Open defecation
Nepal
42 123 48 453 52 797 1 415 1 898 2 259 9 10 10 18 111 23 184 27 474 14 890 15 860 16 714 169 210 253 3 398 3 858 4 460 4 138 5 101 5 992 7 754 10 990 17 157 95 617 122 877 168 834 2 2 1 44 68 62 4 240 4 492 4 994 1 810 2 193 3 314 111 091 143 832 179 160 15 19 21 2 487 3 055 3 802 4 158 5 379 7 167 4 250 5 350 6 687 21 772 26 000 29 988 61 949 77 652 96 707 38 150 38 351 38 211
Other unimproved
Nauru
1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012
Unimproved
Shared
Namibia
Population (x 1000)
TOTAL
Unimproved
Improved
Myanmar
Year
RURAL
Unimproved
Percentage urban population
Country, area or territory
URBAN
Progress towards MDG target 3
USE OF SANITATION FACILITIES (percentage of population)2
Met target
22
Not on track
9
Not on track
2
Not on track
19
Met target
5
Met target
17
–
–
Not on track
11
Not on track
5
Not on track
4
Met target
NA*
Progress insufficient
NA*
Met target
10
Met target
38
Not on track
18
Met target
25
Progress insufficient
19
Not on track
4
Met target
33
On track
18
On track
22
–
–
Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland
Surface water
Oman
Other unimproved
Norway
Other improved
Northern Mariana Islands
Piped on premises
Niue
Total improved
Nigeria
Surface water
Niger
Other unimproved
Nicaragua
Other improved
New Zealand
Piped on premises
New Caledonia
1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012
Total improved
Netherlands
Year Surface water
Nepal
Unimproved
Other unimproved
Nauru
Improved
Other improved
Namibia
TOTAL Unimproved
Piped on premises
Myanmar
Improved
Total improved
Country, area or territory
RURAL Unimproved
80 85 95 99 99 98 – 93 96 97 94 90 100 100 100 – – – 100 100 100 92 95 98 61 78 99 78 78 79 – – – – – – 100 100 100 83 87 95 95 96 96 98 97 97 98 98 97 87 88 88 83 91 100 88 90 91 92 92 92 100 100 100
17 18 19 82 77 71 – – 68 46 47 49 100 100 100 – – – 100 100 100 82 86 89 22 30 39 33 20 6 – – – – – – 100 100 100 30 48 85 56 57 58 98 97 97 96 96 96 61 59 55 61 74 90 73 80 87 40 50 61 97 99 99
63 67 76 17 22 27 – – 28 51 47 41 0 0 0 – – – 0 0 0 10 9 9 39 48 60 45 58 73 – – – – – – 0 0 0 53 39 10 39 39 38 0 0 0 2 2 1 26 29 33 22 17 10 15 10 4 52 42 31 3 1 1
8 6 5 1 1 2 – 7 4 2 5 8 0 0 0 – – – 0 0 0 7 4 2 38 22 1 16 17 17 – – – – – – 0 0 0 13 9 1 4 4 4 2 3 3 2 2 3 7 7 9 16 9 0 11 9 8 7 7 8 0 0 0
12 9 0 0 0 0 – – – 1 1 2 0 0 0 – – – 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 5 4 – – – – – – 0 0 0 4 4 4 1 0 0 – – – 0 0 0 6 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
48 60 81 55 70 87 NA NA NA 63 74 88 100 100 100 – – – 100 100 100 54 62 68 30 35 42 28 38 49 – – – – – – 100 100 100 70 75 86 81 85 89 72 80 – 67 76 87 24 27 33 24 51 83 44 56 72 75 83 91 – – –
1 2 3 13 22 33 NA NA NA 2 8 16 100 100 100 – – – 100 100 100 17 24 29 0 1 1 3 2 1 – – – – – – 100 100 100 3 15 39 8 15 23 72 80 – 62 71 81 4 3 3 0 23 57 11 34 63 9 17 26 73 89 96
47 58 78 42 48 54 NA NA NA 61 66 72 0 0 0 – – – 0 0 0 37 38 39 30 34 41 25 36 48 – – – – – – 0 0 0 67 60 47 73 70 66 0 0 – 5 5 6 20 24 30 24 28 26 33 22 9 66 66 65 – – –
20 16 14 34 16 0 NA NA NA 30 21 9 0 0 0 – – – 0 0 0 30 27 25 67 62 54 23 26 30 – – – – – – 0 0 0 20 15 14 8 7 7 28 20 – 21 14 5 27 24 19 64 42 15 29 22 12 22 15 8 – – –
32 24 5 11 14 13 NA NA NA 7 5 3 0 0 0 – – – 0 0 0 16 11 7 3 3 4 49 36 21 – – – – – – 0 0 0 10 10 – 11 8 4 – – – 12 10 8 49 49 48 12 7 2 27 22 16 3 2 1 – – –
56 67 86 67 79 92 – 93 96 66 77 88 100 100 100 – 94 98 100 100 100 74 80 85 34 42 52 46 55 64 99 99 99 94 96 98 100 100 100 79 84 93 85 88 91 90 92 – 84 90 94 34 35 40 53 73 94 74 81 87 84 88 92 – – –
5 6 8 32 40 47 – – 68 6 13 21 100 100 100 – 85 94 100 100 100 51 58 64 4 5 8 14 10 4 98 98 98 71 77 84 100 100 100 21 39 73 23 29 36 90 92 – 80 87 92 12 11 9 30 51 78 54 67 82 24 33 43 88 95 98
51 61 78 35 39 45 – – 28 60 64 67 0 0 0 – 9 4 0 0 0 23 22 21 30 37 44 32 45 60 1 1 1 23 19 14 0 0 0 58 45 20 62 59 55 0 0 – 4 3 2 22 24 31 23 22 16 20 14 5 60 55 49 – – –
17 13 11 25 11 0 – 7 4 27 18 9 0 0 0 – 6 2 0 0 0 18 15 12 64 55 45 20 22 23 1 1 1 6 4 2 0 0 0 15 10 7 7 7 6 10 8 – 10 6 4 23 22 18 40 24 5 17 12 9 14 11 7 – – –
27 20 3 8 10 8 – – – 7 5 3 0 0 0 – – – 0 0 0 8 5 3 2 3 3 34 23 13 – – – – – – 0 0 0 6 6 – 8 5 3 – – – 6 4 2 43 43 42 7 3 1 9 7 4 2 1 1 – – –
Proportion of the 2012 population that gained access since 2000 (%)
URBAN Improved
Progress towards MDG target 3
USE OF DRINKING WATER SOURCES (percentage of population)2
Met target
24
Met target
25
–
6
Met target
23
Met target
5
–
–
Met target
13
On track
17
Not on track
25
Not on track
24
Not on track
NA*
Met target
NA*
Met target
10
Met target
37
On track
21
–
–
Met target
22
Not on track
13
Met target
35
On track
17
Met target
21
–
–
65
66
Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia
48 54 62 72 95 99 93 96 99 74 80 83 47 45 48 81 90 94 53 53 53 73 73 74 5 14 19 35 33 32 29 28 17 41 45 50 21 22 20 90 93 94 44 53 63 77 80 83 39 40 43 50 53 57 49 50 54 33 36 40 100 100 100 56 56 55
98 99 100 – – – 100 100 100 100 100 100 – 87 89 98 98 98 88 88 – 80 77 74 64 63 61 – – – 67 69 – – – – 94 94 93 – – – – 27 41 – – – 58 62 67 97 97 99 – – – 23 23 22 99 100 100 100 100 100
– – 0 – – – – – – – – – – 7 7 – – – 3 3 – 16 15 15 23 22 22 – – – 3 3 – – – – 5 5 5 – – – – 4 6 – – – 20 22 24 2 2 1 – – – 43 42 42 – – – 0 0 0
2 1 0 – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 6 4 2 2 2 9 9 – 3 7 10 11 13 15 – – – 24 20 – – – – 1 1 2 – – – – 4 5 – – – 13 11 8 1 1 0 – – – 34 31 26 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 – – – – – – 1 1 1 2 2 2 – – – 6 8 – – – – 0 0 0 – – – – 65 48 – – – 9 5 1 0 0 0 – – – 0 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
90 96 100 – – – 100 100 100 100 100 100 – 72 84 95 95 95 52 54 – 58 59 59 28 45 64 – – – 54 60 – – – – 92 92 91 – – – – 14 23 – – – 21 30 40 95 95 96 – – – 5 6 7 NA NA NA 100 100 100
– – 0 – – – – – – – – – – 4 5 – – – 1 1 – 11 11 11 3 5 7 – – – 4 4 – – – – 6 6 6 – – – – 4 7 – – – 5 8 11 2 2 2 – – – 14 16 19 NA NA NA 0 0 0
10 4 0 – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 24 11 5 5 5 47 45 – 30 29 29 62 45 26 – – – 31 26 – – – – 2 2 3 – – – – 4 4 – – – 19 19 20 3 3 2 – – – 55 46 35 NA NA NA 0 0 0
0 0 0 – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 – – – – – – 1 1 1 7 5 3 – – – 11 10 – – – – 0 0 0 – – – – 78 66 – – – 55 43 29 0 0 0 – – – 26 32 39 NA NA NA 0 0 0
94 98 100 99 99 99 100 100 100 100 100 100 – 79 87 98 98 98 71 72 – 74 72 70 30 47 64 – 87 – 58 62 – 63 73 – 93 92 92 – – – – 21 34 92 97 100 35 43 52 96 96 97 97 97 97 11 12 13 99 100 100 100 100 100
– – 0 – – – – – – – – – – 6 6 – – – 2 2 – 15 14 14 4 7 10 – – – 3 4 – – – – 6 6 6 – – – – 4 6 – – – 11 13 16 2 2 1 – – – 23 26 28 – – – 0 0 0
6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 15 7 2 2 2 27 26 – 10 13 15 59 41 23 – 10 – 29 25 – 33 23 – 1 2 2 – – – – 4 6 0 0 0 17 16 15 2 2 2 2 2 2 48 40 31 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 – – – – – – 1 1 1 7 5 3 – 3 – 10 9 – 4 4 – 0 0 0 – – – – 71 54 8 3 0 37 28 17 0 0 0 1 1 1 18 22 28 0 0 0 0 0 0
Met target
Proportion of the 2012 population that gained access since 2000 (%)
Open defecation
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Other unimproved
Saint Lucia
Shared
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Improved
PROGRESS ON DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION 2014 UPDATE
Rwanda
Open defecation
Russian Federation
Other unimproved
Romania
Shared
Réunion
Improved
Republic of Moldova
Open defecation
Republic of Korea
9 899 10 306 10 604 3 518 3 797 3 694 477 594 2 051 42 972 45 977 49 003 4 364 4 107 3 514 611 736 865 23 372 22 388 21 755 148 149 146 763 143 170 7 215 8 396 11 458 41 46 54 138 157 181 108 108 109 163 175 189 24 27 32 117 139 188 16 206 20 145 28 288 7 514 9 862 13 726 9 735 10 272 9 553 69 80 92 4 043 4 140 5 979 3 016 3 918 5 303 5 278 5 388 5 446
Other unimproved
Qatar
1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012
Unimproved
Shared
Puerto Rico
Population (x 1000)
TOTAL
Unimproved
Improved
Portugal
Year
RURAL
Unimproved
Percentage urban population
Country, area or territory
URBAN
Progress towards MDG target 3
USE OF SANITATION FACILITIES (percentage of population)2
5
Not on track
NA*
Met target
71
Met target
6
On track
NA*
On track
15
–
–
Not on track
NA*
On track
29
–
–
–
–
–
–
Not on track
6
–
–
Not on track
19
Met target
31
Not on track
21
On track
NA*
Not on track
13
Not on track
5
Met target
26
Met target
1
Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia
Surface water
San Marino
Other unimproved
Samoa
Other improved
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Piped on premises
Saint Lucia
Total improved
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Surface water
Rwanda
Other unimproved
Russian Federation
Other improved
Romania
Piped on premises
Réunion
1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012
Total improved
Republic of Moldova
Year Surface water
Republic of Korea
Unimproved
Other unimproved
Qatar
Improved
Other improved
Puerto Rico
TOTAL Unimproved
Piped on premises
Portugal
Improved
Total improved
Country, area or territory
RURAL Unimproved
98 99 100 – – – 100 100 100 97 98 100 98 99 99 99 99 99 93 97 99 98 98 99 90 86 81 – – – 96 97 99 – – – 97 97 97 – – – – 86 99 – – – 89 90 92 100 100 99 – – – 66 76 87 100 100 100 100 100 100
96 98 100 – – – – – – 96 97 99 – 77 87 99 99 99 88 90 92 88 90 91 28 23 18 – – – 81 85 89 – – – 82 87 91 – – – – 30 39 – – – 46 60 77 97 97 97 – – – 16 14 11 100 100 100 100 96 –
2 1 0 – – – – – – 1 1 1 – 22 12 0 0 0 5 7 7 10 8 8 62 63 63 – – – 15 12 10 – – – 15 10 6 – – – – 56 60 – – – 43 30 15 3 3 2 – – – 50 62 76 0 0 0 0 4 –
2 1 0 – – – 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 7 3 1 2 2 1 3 7 12 – – – 4 3 1 – – – 3 3 2 – – – – 4 1 – – – 11 10 8 0 0 1 – – – 28 17 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – – – – 0 0 0 7 7 7 – – – – – – – – – 0 0 1 – – – – 10 0 – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – 6 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
95 97 100 – – – 100 100 100 – 75 88 – 89 94 98 98 98 55 70 – 80 86 92 59 63 68 – – – 92 93 93 – – – 87 92 99 – – – – 70 94 – – – 42 50 60 99 99 99 – – – 22 31 42 NA NA NA 100 100 100
83 92 100 – – – – – – – 46 64 0 1 25 98 98 98 13 21 28 37 46 55 0 0 1 – – – 65 72 81 – – – 72 78 84 – – – – 14 22 – – – 0 10 23 – 72 72 – – – 1 1 1 NA NA NA 89 92 –
12 5 0 – – – – – – – 29 24 – 88 69 0 0 0 42 49 – 43 40 37 59 63 67 – – – 27 21 12 – – – 15 14 15 – – – – 56 72 – – – 42 40 37 – 27 27 – – – 21 30 41 NA NA NA 11 8 –
5 3 0 – – – 0 0 0 – 25 12 – 11 6 2 2 2 45 30 – 19 12 5 15 17 19 – – – 8 7 7 – – – 13 8 0 – – – – 7 2 – – – 56 48 39 1 1 1 – – – 29 24 17 NA NA NA 0 0 0
0 0 0 – – – 0 0 0 – – – – 0 0 – – – – – – 1 2 3 26 20 13 – – – – – – – – – 0 0 1 – – – – 23 4 – – – 2 2 1 0 0 0 – – – 49 45 41 NA NA NA 0 0 0
96 98 100 94 94 – 100 100 100 – 93 98 – 93 97 99 99 99 75 84 – 93 95 97 60 66 71 98 98 98 93 94 94 88 93 95 89 93 99 – – – – 78 97 92 95 97 60 66 74 99 100 99 96 96 96 37 47 60 100 100 100 100 100 100
89 95 100 87 87 – – – – – 87 93 – 35 55 99 99 99 53 57 62 74 78 82 1 3 4 – 92 – 70 76 82 52 74 – 74 80 85 – – – – 23 33 58 63 – 18 30 46 – 85 86 – – 92 6 6 5 100 100 100 95 94 –
7 3 0 7 7 – – – – – 6 5 – 58 42 0 0 0 22 27 – 19 17 15 59 63 67 – 6 – 23 18 12 36 19 – 15 13 14 – – – – 55 64 34 32 – 42 36 28 – 15 13 – – 4 31 41 55 0 0 0 5 6 –
4 2 0 6 6 – 0 0 0 – 7 2 – 7 3 1 1 1 25 16 – 7 4 2 15 16 18 2 2 2 7 6 6 12 7 5 11 7 0 – – – – 6 1 8 5 3 39 33 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 28 21 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 – – – 0 0 0 – – – – 0 0 – – – – – – 0 1 1 25 18 11 – – – – – – – – – 0 0 1 – – – – 16 2 – – – 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 4 4 35 32 28 0 0 0 0 0 0
Proportion of the 2012 population that gained access since 2000 (%)
URBAN Improved
Progress towards MDG target 3
USE OF DRINKING WATER SOURCES (percentage of population)2
Met target
5
–
–
Met target
71
Met target
10
Met target
NA*
On track
15
–
–
Met target
NA*
Not on track
22
Not on track
14
On track
12
Met target
3
Met target
12
–
–
Met target
39
Met target
29
Progress insufficient
26
Not on track
NA*
Not on track
13
Progress insufficient
27
Met target
26
Met target
1
67
68
Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Thailand The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia
50 51 50 14 16 21 30 33 38 52 57 62 – – 18 75 76 78 17 16 15 25 29 33 60 65 70 23 23 21 83 84 85 73 73 74 49 52 56 32 26 27 29 31 34 58 59 59 21 24 29 29 33 38 0 0 0 23 23 24 9 11 14 58 63 67
100 100 100 – 81 81 – 45 – 75 78 82 – – 16 100 100 100 78 80 83 52 48 44 99 90 88 63 63 63 100 100 100 100 100 100 95 95 96 92 92 94 87 88 89 93 93 97 – 53 69 26 26 25 NA NA NA 98 99 99 93 92 92 94 96 97
0 0 0 – – – – 26 – 13 13 14 – – 6 0 0 0 13 14 14 12 11 10 – 9 9 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 5 5 5 11 11 11 3 3 3 – 13 17 44 44 43 NA NA NA – – – 7 7 7 2 2 2
0 0 0 – 10 10 – 16 – 10 7 3 – – 20 0 0 0 5 3 2 28 27 26 1 1 3 6 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 4 4 0 – 10 7 5 8 12 NA NA NA 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
0 0 0 – 9 9 – 13 – 2 2 1 – – 58 0 0 0 4 3 1 8 14 20 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 – 24 7 25 22 20 NA NA NA – – – 0 0 0 3 1 0
100 100 100 – 15 15 – 10 – 40 49 62 – – 7 100 100 100 65 78 94 18 16 13 – 63 61 44 49 56 100 100 100 100 100 100 75 81 95 – 90 95 79 93 96 – 85 83 – 32 27 8 5 2 41 63 93 95 92 89 93 92 92 43 58 77
0 0 0 – – – – 9 – 7 9 12 – – 2 0 0 0 4 5 6 5 5 4 – 11 11 15 16 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 5 – 2 2 3 4 4 – 5 4 – 7 6 15 11 5 – – – – – – 7 7 7 5 7 10
0 0 0 – 19 19 – 9 – 26 21 16 – – 10 0 0 0 16 9 0 29 26 24 – 3 10 10 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 – 6 3 1 0 0 – 10 12 – 6 31 3 10 19 59 37 7 5 8 11 0 1 1 3 6 8
0 0 0 – 66 66 – 72 – 27 21 10 – – 81 0 0 0 15 8 0 48 53 59 – 23 18 31 29 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 10 0 – 2 0 17 3 0 – 0 1 – 55 36 74 74 74 – – – – – – 0 0 0 49 29 5
100 100 100 – 25 29 – 22 – 58 65 74 – – 9 100 100 100 68 79 92 27 25 24 – 81 80 49 52 57 100 100 100 100 100 100 85 89 96 – 90 94 82 91 93 – 90 91 – 37 39 13 12 11 41 63 93 95 94 91 93 92 92 73 82 90
0 0 0 – – – – 15 – 10 11 13 – – 3 0 0 0 6 6 7 7 7 6 – 10 10 18 19 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 – 3 3 6 6 7 – 3 3 – 8 9 24 22 20 – – – – – – 7 7 7 3 4 4
0 0 0 – 18 17 – 10 – 18 14 8 – – 11 0 0 0 12 8 1 28 26 24 – 1 4 8 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 – 6 3 0 1 0 – 7 5 – 7 25 3 9 16 59 37 7 5 6 9 0 1 1 2 3 4
0 0 0 – 57 54 – 53 – 14 10 5 – – 77 0 0 0 14 7 0 38 42 46 – 8 6 25 23 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 0 – 1 0 12 2 0 – 0 1 – 48 27 60 57 53 – – – – – – 0 0 0 22 11 2
Proportion of the 2012 population that gained access since 2000 (%)
Open defecation
Switzerland
Other unimproved
Sweden
Shared
Swaziland
Improved
PROGRESS ON DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION 2014 UPDATE
Suriname
Open defecation
Sudan
Other unimproved
Sri Lanka
Shared
Spain
Improved
South Sudan
Open defecation
South Africa
2 004 1 990 2 068 312 412 550 6 322 7 385 10 195 36 793 44 846 52 386 10 838 38 883 40 283 46 755 17 324 18 846 21 098 25 707 34 654 37 195 407 467 535 863 1 064 1 231 8 559 8 872 9 511 6 674 7 166 7 997 12 452 16 371 21 890 5 297 6 186 8 009 56 583 62 343 66 785 2 010 2 052 2 106 751 854 1 114 3 788 4 865 6 643 2 2 1 95 98 105 1 222 1 268 1 337 8 135 9 553 10 875
Other unimproved
Somalia
1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012
Unimproved
Shared
Solomon Islands
Population (x 1000)
TOTAL
Unimproved
Improved
Slovenia
Year
RURAL
Unimproved
Percentage urban population
Country, area or territory
URBAN
Progress towards MDG target 3
USE OF SANITATION FACILITIES (percentage of population)2
Met target
4
–
10
–
–
On track
19
–
–
Met target
14
Met target
22
Not on track
0
Not on track
10
Not on track
13
Met target
7
Met target
10
Met target
29
Met target
25
Met target
8
–
4
Not on track
10
Not on track
2
Met target
6
Not on track
4
Not on track
5
Met target
18
Thailand The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia
Surface water
Tajikistan
Other unimproved
Syrian Arab Republic
Other improved
Switzerland
Piped on premises
Sweden
Total improved
Swaziland
Surface water
Suriname
Other unimproved
Sudan
Other improved
Sri Lanka
Piped on premises
Spain
1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012
Total improved
South Sudan
Year Surface water
South Africa
Unimproved
Other unimproved
Somalia
Improved
Other improved
Solomon Islands
TOTAL Unimproved
Piped on premises
Slovenia
Improved
Total improved
Country, area or territory
RURAL Unimproved
100 100 100 – 93 93 – 38 – 98 98 99 – – 63 100 100 100 92 95 99 86 76 66 98 98 98 86 89 94 100 100 100 100 100 100 97 95 92 – 92 93 96 97 97 100 100 100 – 69 95 79 85 92 NA NA NA 98 98 99 94 96 97 95 97 100
100 100 100 – 61 61 0 12 – 85 87 93 – – – 99 99 99 37 53 67 78 63 46 – 90 77 67 70 75 100 100 100 100 100 100 94 93 91 – 78 82 74 77 80 97 97 94 – 24 47 14 13 12 NA NA NA – – – 80 85 – 89 92 94
0 0 0 – 32 32 – 26 – 13 11 6 – – – 1 1 1 55 42 32 8 13 20 – 8 21 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 – 14 11 22 20 17 3 3 6 – 45 48 65 72 80 NA NA NA – – – 14 11 – 6 5 6
0 0 0 – 6 6 – 56 – 2 2 1 – – 16 0 0 0 8 5 1 12 22 31 2 2 2 6 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 8 – 3 2 4 3 3 0 0 0 – 28 4 20 14 7 NA NA NA 2 2 1 3 1 0 5 3 0
0 0 0 – 1 1 – 6 – 0 0 0 – – 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 8 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 3 1 1 1 1 NA NA NA – – – 3 3 3 0 0 0
99 99 99 – 77 77 – 16 – 63 72 88 – – 55 100 100 100 63 76 93 61 56 50 – 73 88 25 41 69 100 100 100 100 100 100 75 79 87 – 48 64 82 90 95 99 99 99 – 50 61 36 38 41 90 93 97 99 99 99 90 92 – 63 76 90
99 99 99 – 16 16 0 0 0 16 30 57 – – – 100 100 100 6 15 23 16 15 13 – 48 44 4 13 27 100 100 100 99 99 99 49 60 81 – 18 29 10 22 31 – 85 82 – 11 14 0 0 1 – – – – – – 67 71 – 22 33 –
0 0 0 – 61 61 – 16 – 47 42 31 – – – 0 0 0 57 61 70 45 41 37 – 25 44 21 28 42 0 0 0 1 1 1 26 19 6 – 30 35 72 68 64 – 14 17 – 39 47 36 38 40 – – – – – – 23 21 – 41 43 –
1 1 1 – 14 14 – 55 – 8 8 8 – – 14 0 0 0 28 19 5 29 33 36 – 5 1 18 18 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 20 12 – 13 7 16 9 5 1 1 1 – 43 28 37 33 29 10 7 3 1 1 1 8 6 – 35 22 8
0 0 0 – 9 9 – 29 – 29 20 4 – – 31 0 0 0 9 5 2 10 11 14 – 22 11 57 41 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 – 39 29 2 1 0 0 0 0 – 7 11 27 29 30 – – – – – – 2 2 – 2 2 2
100 100 100 – 80 81 – 23 – 81 87 95 – – 57 100 100 100 68 79 94 67 62 55 – 89 95 39 52 74 100 100 100 100 100 100 86 88 90 – 60 72 86 92 96 99 99 99 – 54 70 48 53 61 90 93 97 99 99 99 90 92 – 82 89 97
100 100 100 – 23 26 0 4 – 52 62 79 – – – 99 99 99 11 21 30 32 29 24 – 75 67 18 25 37 100 100 100 100 100 100 71 77 87 – 34 43 29 39 48 – 92 90 – 14 24 4 5 5 – – – – – – 69 73 – 61 71 –
0 0 0 – 57 55 – 19 – 29 25 16 – – – 1 1 1 57 58 64 35 33 31 – 14 28 21 27 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 11 3 – 26 29 57 53 48 – 7 9 – 40 46 44 48 56 – – – – – – 21 19 – 21 18 –
0 0 0 – 13 12 – 56 – 5 4 3 – – 14 0 0 0 25 17 4 25 29 35 – 3 2 16 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 12 10 – 10 6 12 7 4 1 1 1 – 40 22 32 27 20 10 7 3 1 1 1 8 6 – 17 10 2
0 0 0 – 7 7 – 21 – 14 9 2 – – 29 0 0 0 7 4 2 8 9 10 – 8 3 45 33 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 30 22 2 1 0 0 0 0 – 6 8 20 20 19 – – – – – – 2 2 – 1 1 1
Proportion of the 2012 population that gained access since 2000 (%)
URBAN Improved
Progress towards MDG target 3
USE OF DRINKING WATER SOURCES (percentage of population)2
Met target
4
–
21
–
–
Met target
21
–
–
Met target
14
Met target
23
Not on track
-2
Met target
18
Met target
29
Met target
7
Met target
10
On track
25
On track
10
Met target
26
On track
3
On track
29
Not on track
21
Met target
NA*
Met target
7
–
–
Met target
18
69
70
Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Viet Nam West Bank and Gaza Strip Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
59 65 72 45 46 49 74 85 94 41 46 51 11 12 16 67 67 69 79 80 85 78 79 80 19 22 27 75 79 83 88 93 96 89 91 93 40 37 36 19 22 25 84 90 94 20 24 32 68 72 75 21 26 33 39 35 40 29 34 39
96 96 97 99 99 100 – – – 75 81 86 32 32 33 97 97 96 98 98 98 100 100 100 9 16 25 100 100 100 – – – 93 94 96 95 97 100 – 54 65 89 93 – 64 77 93 90 92 95 70 82 93 61 59 56 54 53 52
1 2 2 – – – – – – 8 9 9 49 50 50 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 8 15 24 0 0 0 – – – 3 3 3 – – – – 28 33 – – – 4 4 5 5 5 5 1 2 2 26 25 24 46 45 44
3 2 1 1 1 0 – – – 15 8 3 17 16 15 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 67 48 0 0 0 – – – 0 1 1 5 3 0 – 18 2 7 2 – 8 8 2 3 2 0 23 12 3 10 14 18 0 1 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 – – – 4 2 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 4 5 – 24 11 0 2 1 0 6 4 2 3 2 2 0 1 2
66 71 75 97 97 98 – – – 71 76 80 25 29 34 – 91 89 95 95 95 100 100 100 6 7 7 99 99 100 – – – 81 86 96 76 87 100 – 38 55 45 54 – 31 47 67 – 85 93 12 24 34 29 31 34 35 34 32
2 3 3 – – – – – – 4 4 5 13 15 17 – 4 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 3 4 4 0 0 0 – – – 2 2 2 – – – – 10 15 – – – 2 3 4 – 7 7 1 2 3 7 7 8 18 17 16
27 23 21 2 2 1 – – – 18 13 8 40 40 40 – 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 76 73 1 1 0 – – – 4 3 2 24 13 0 – 50 28 14 6 – 24 25 26 – 6 0 33 32 32 22 29 33 0 5 12
5 3 1 1 1 1 – – – 7 7 7 22 16 9 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 13 16 0 0 0 – – – 13 9 0 0 0 0 – 2 2 41 40 – 43 25 3 – 2 0 54 42 31 42 33 25 47 44 40
84 87 91 98 98 99 – 81 – 73 78 83 26 30 34 – 95 94 97 97 98 100 100 100 7 9 12 100 100 100 96 96 96 92 94 96 84 91 100 – 42 58 82 89 – 37 54 75 – 90 94 24 39 53 41 41 43 41 40 40
2 2 2 – – – – – – 6 6 7 17 19 23 – 3 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 4 6 10 0 0 0 – – – 2 3 3 – – – – 14 20 – – – 2 3 4 – 5 6 1 2 3 14 13 14 26 27 27
12 10 7 1 1 1 – 16 – 16 11 6 37 36 35 – 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 80 74 65 0 0 0 4 4 4 1 1 1 16 9 0 – 42 20 8 3 – 22 21 19 – 4 0 31 27 22 19 24 27 0 3 8
2 1 0 1 1 0 – 3 – 5 5 4 20 15 8 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 11 13 0 0 0 – – – 5 2 0 0 0 0 – 2 2 10 8 – 39 22 2 – 1 0 44 32 22 26 22 16 33 30 25
Proportion of the 2012 population that gained access since 2000 (%)
Open defecation
Uruguay
Other unimproved
United States Virgin Islands
Shared
United States of America
Improved
PROGRESS ON DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION 2014 UPDATE
United Republic of Tanzania
Open defecation
United Kingdom
Other unimproved
United Arab Emirates
Shared
Ukraine
Improved
Uganda
Open defecation
Tuvalu
53 995 63 174 73 997 3 668 4 501 5 173 12 19 40 9 9 10 17 535 24 276 36 346 51 659 49 057 45 530 1 806 3 026 9 206 57 214 58 951 62 783 25 485 34 021 47 783 254 507 284 594 317 505 103 109 106 3 110 3 321 3 395 20 555 24 829 28 541 147 185 247 19 741 24 408 29 955 68 910 80 888 90 796 2 081 3 205 4 219 11 790 17 523 23 852 7 845 10 101 14 075 10 462 12 504 13 724
Other unimproved
Turks and Caicos Islands
1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012
Unimproved
Shared
Turkmenistan
Population (x 1000)
TOTAL
Unimproved
Improved
Turkey
Year
RURAL
Unimproved
Percentage urban population
Country, area or territory
URBAN
Progress towards MDG target 3
USE OF SANITATION FACILITIES (percentage of population)2
On track
17
Met target
14
–
–
On track
8
Not on track
14
Not on track
NA*
On track
66
Met target
6
Not on track
6
Met target
11
Not on track
NA*
Met target
5
Met target
21
Progress insufficient
27
–
–
Met target
27
Met target
26
Progress insufficient
24
Not on track
14
Not on track
3
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Viet Nam West Bank and Gaza Strip Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
Surface water
Vanuatu
Other unimproved
Uzbekistan
Other improved
Uruguay
Piped on premises
United States Virgin Islands
Total improved
United States of America
Surface water
United Republic of Tanzania
Other unimproved
United Kingdom
Other improved
United Arab Emirates
Piped on premises
Ukraine
1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012
Total improved
Uganda
Year Surface water
Tuvalu
Unimproved
Other unimproved
Turks and Caicos Islands
Improved
Other improved
Turkmenistan
TOTAL Unimproved
Piped on premises
Turkey
Improved
Total improved
Country, area or territory
RURAL Unimproved
94 97 100 99 97 89 – – – 92 95 98 77 85 95 100 99 98 100 100 100 100 100 100 94 87 78 100 100 99 – – – 98 99 100 97 98 98 94 96 98 93 94 – 90 94 98 100 94 82 96 83 72 89 87 85 100 99 97
91 95 99 – 81 77 – – – 92 95 97 6 14 23 – 92 86 – 80 – 100 100 100 33 29 23 100 99 99 – – – 94 96 100 86 86 85 79 65 51 87 89 – 43 51 61 – 87 75 84 77 71 48 43 36 97 88 79
3 2 1 – 16 12 – – – 0 0 1 71 71 72 – 7 12 – 20 – 0 0 0 61 58 55 0 1 0 – – – 4 3 0 11 12 13 15 31 47 6 5 – 47 43 37 – 7 7 12 6 1 41 44 49 3 11 18
6 3 0 0 2 10 – – – 8 5 2 19 12 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 19 0 0 1 – – – 2 1 0 1 1 1 6 4 2 6 5 – 4 3 2 0 5 17 3 16 27 10 12 13 0 1 3
0 0 0 1 1 1 – – – – – – 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 – – – 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 – 6 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0
73 85 99 – 72 54 – – – 89 93 97 37 53 71 – 92 98 100 100 100 100 100 100 46 45 44 94 96 98 – – – 75 81 95 85 83 81 55 71 88 71 74 – 54 72 94 – 87 82 59 52 47 23 35 49 71 70 69
51 73 97 – 29 15 – – – 89 93 97 0 1 1 – 50 22 – 70 – 98 98 98 0 2 4 91 94 97 – – – 51 66 95 37 32 26 27 22 17 44 50 – 0 4 9 – 64 70 12 20 26 1 1 2 7 6 6
22 12 – – 43 39 – – – 0 0 0 37 52 70 – 42 76 – 30 – 2 2 2 46 43 40 3 2 1 – – – 24 15 0 48 51 55 28 49 71 27 24 – 54 68 85 – 23 12 47 32 21 22 34 47 64 64 63
26 14 – – 8 46 – – – 11 7 3 37 28 17 – 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 32 33 6 4 2 – – – 23 17 5 8 11 14 37 21 4 13 10 – 28 15 4 – 10 15 34 41 47 46 38 29 17 19 22
1 1 0 – 20 – – – – – – – 26 19 12 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 23 23 0 0 0 – – – 2 2 0 7 6 5 8 8 8 16 16 – 18 13 2 – 3 3 7 7 6 31 27 22 12 11 9
85 93 100 – 83 71 – 87 – 90 94 98 42 56 75 – 97 98 100 100 100 100 100 100 55 54 53 98 99 99 100 100 100 95 97 99 90 89 87 62 76 91 90 92 – 62 77 95 – 92 82 66 60 55 49 53 63 79 80 80
75 87 99 – 53 45 – 28 – 90 94 97 1 2 5 – 78 66 – 78 – 100 100 100 7 8 9 98 98 99 40 44 49 90 94 99 57 52 47 37 32 25 81 85 – 9 15 26 – 81 74 27 35 40 20 16 15 33 34 34
10 6 – – 30 26 – 59 – 0 0 1 41 54 70 – 19 32 – 22 – 0 0 0 48 46 44 0 1 0 60 56 51 5 3 0 33 37 40 25 44 66 9 7 – 53 62 69 – 11 8 39 25 15 29 37 48 46 46 46
15 7 – – 6 29 – 13 – 10 6 2 35 27 15 – 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 27 30 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 3 1 5 7 10 31 17 3 7 6 – 22 12 4 – 7 17 28 35 41 32 29 23 12 13 15
0 0 0 – 11 – – – – – – – 23 17 10 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 19 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 3 7 7 6 3 2 – 16 11 1 – 1 1 6 5 4 19 18 14 9 7 5
Proportion of the 2012 population that gained access since 2000 (%)
URBAN Improved
Progress towards MDG target 3
USE OF DRINKING WATER SOURCES (percentage of population)2
Met target
20
Not on track
-1
–
–
Met target
8
Met target
37
On track
NA*
Met target
67
Met target
6
Not on track
15
On track
11
Met target
NA*
Met target
4
Not on track
10
Met target
34
–
–
Met target
26
Not on track
12
Not on track
11
Not on track
25
Not on track
7
71
72
Developing regions Least developed countries
World
Open defecation
Developed regions
Other unimproved
Caucasus and Central Asia
Shared
Latin America and the Caribbean
Improved
Oceania
Open defecation
PROGRESS ON DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION 2014 UPDATE
Western Asia
Other unimproved
South-eastern Asia
Shared
MDG Regions
Southern Asia without India
Improved
Southern Asia
Open defecation
Eastern Asia without China
510 052 666 970 914 217 119 863 141 601 169 304 1 236 934 1 358 911 1 461 333 71 505 83 251 84 268 1 191 647 1 447 851 1 726 444 322 757 475 782 489 757 443 735 524 410 611 529 126 752 160 608 215 819 6 461 8 092 10 279 445 206 526 279 609 794 66 308 70 984 80 105 1 153 510 1 200 279 1 257 945 4 146 958 4 905 706 5 798 823 509 776 664 146 878 820 5 300 468 6 105 985 7 056 769
Other unimproved
Eastern Asia
1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012
Unimproved
Shared
Northern Africa
Population (x 1 000)
TOTAL
Unimproved
Improved
Sub-Saharan Africa
Year
RURAL
Unimproved
Percentage urban population
Region or world
URBAN
28 32 37 49 52 56 29 38 53 71 71 78 27 29 33 29 28 36 32 38 45 61 64 69 24 24 23 70 75 79 48 44 44 72 74 78 35 40 47 21 24 29 43 47 53
41 41 41 92 93 95 53 64 76 83 87 93 55 59 64 68 69 73 69 74 80 94 94 96 75 76 76 80 83 87 96 93 96 97 96 97 64 68 73 38 48 48 76 77 80
29 30 33 6 6 5 15 19 24 – – – 15 16 18 11 12 14 9 10 10 2 4 4 9 10 10 6 6 7 3 5 4 2 2 2 13 15 17 22 23 26 9 11 13
20 19 17 0 0 0 30 16 0 – – – 8 9 9 15 15 11 9 6 3 2 1 0 13 11 11 8 7 5 1 2 0 1 2 1 14 10 6 25 18 20 9 7 4
10 10 9 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 22 16 9 6 4 2 13 10 7 2 1 0 3 3 3 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 4 15 11 6 6 5 3
18 19 23 54 72 87 16 36 57 62 75 83 12 20 31 25 36 49 37 50 63 59 63 73 22 23 24 37 49 63 86 86 95 90 90 92 21 32 43 14 23 31 28 38 47
8 9 10 4 5 6 4 9 14 4 6 9 3 5 7 8 11 15 5 7 9 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 6 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 7 9 7 9 12 4 6 9
28 29 33 13 5 0 71 50 27 30 15 6 5 7 9 17 18 17 18 15 11 21 20 15 59 57 59 18 18 18 12 11 3 8 8 6 33 24 19 26 25 27 30 23 17
46 43 34 29 18 7 9 5 2 4 4 2 80 68 53 50 35 19 40 28 17 18 14 8 16 17 14 42 29 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 42 37 29 53 43 30 38 33 27
24 26 30 72 83 91 27 47 67 77 84 91 23 31 42 38 47 57 47 59 71 80 83 89 35 36 35 67 75 82 91 89 95 95 95 96 36 47 57 19 28 36 49 56 64
14 16 19 5 6 6 7 13 19 – – – 6 8 11 9 12 15 6 8 10 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 2 3 3 2 2 2 7 10 13 10 12 16 6 8 11
26 26 26 7 2 0 59 36 13 – – – 6 8 9 15 16 16 15 12 6 10 7 4 48 45 48 11 9 8 6 8 2 3 3 2 26 18 13 26 25 25 21 16 11
36 32 25 16 9 3 7 4 1 2 1 1 65 53 38 38 25 12 32 21 13 8 6 3 13 14 12 17 10 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 31 25 17 45 35 23 24 20 14
Progress towards MDG target 3
USE OF SANITATION FACILITIES (percentage of population)2
Proportion of the 2012 population that gained access since 2000 (%)
Regional and global estimates1 on sanitation and drinking water
Not on track
10
Met target
22
Met target
23
Met target
13
Not on track
16
Not on track
19
On track
20
On track
27
Not on track
7
On track
17
Met target
16
On track
5
Not on track
18
Not on track
15
Not on track
16
A dash (–) represents data not available at the time of publication. 1
or communication purposes in its report, the JMP displays these proportions as rounded integers, which F together add to 100% for drinking water and sanitation, respectively. For its database on the JMP website (www.wssinfo.org), the JMP uses unrounded estimates to achieve greater accuracy when converting coverage estimates into numbers of people with or without access. Any discrepancies between the published estimates and those derived from the JMP website are due to the published estimates appearing rounded to the nearest integer.
2
imple linear regression is used to estimate the proportion of the population using the following S drinking water sources: piped water on premises; improved drinking water sources; surface water; and sanitation facilities: improved types of sanitation facilities; open defecation. The remaining population uses unimproved drinking water sources and unimproved sanitation facilities, respectively.
3
lobal MDG target applied to countries, areas or territories. These assessments are preliminary; the G final assessments will be made in 2015 for the final MDG report. Definitions are as follows: if 2012 estimate of improved drinking water or improved sanitation coverage is i) greater than or equal to the 2015 target or the 2012 coverage is greater than or equal to 99.5%: Met target; ii) within 3% of the 2012 coverage-when-on-track: On track; iii) within 3–7% of the 2012 coverage-when-on-track: Progress insufficient; iv) >7% of the 2012 coverage-when-on-track or 2012 coverage ≤1990 coverage: Not on track.
World
Surface water
Least developed countries
Other unimproved
Developing regions
Other improved
Developed regions
Piped on premises
Caucasus and Central Asia
Total improved
Latin America and the Caribbean
Surface water
Oceania
Other unimproved
Western Asia
Other improved
South-eastern Asia
Piped on premises
Southern Asia without India
1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012 1990 2000 2012
Total improved
MDG Regions
Southern Asia
Year Surface water
Eastern Asia without China
Unimproved
Other unimproved
Eastern Asia
Improved
Other improved
Northern Africa
TOTAL Unimproved
Piped on premises
Sub-Saharan Africa
Improved
Total improved
Region or world
RURAL Unimproved
83 83 85 94 94 95 97 98 98 97 98 99 90 92 96 93 92 94 90 92 94 95 96 96 92 93 94 94 96 97 96 96 96 99 100 100 93 94 95 79 79 84 95 95 96
42 39 34 86 89 91 92 93 95 93 92 96 51 53 54 60 60 61 41 45 50 85 87 92 74 75 74 87 90 94 83 84 86 97 97 98 71 72 74 29 31 33 81 80 80
41 44 51 8 5 4 5 5 3 4 6 3 39 39 42 33 32 33 49 47 44 10 9 4 18 18 20 7 6 3 13 12 10 2 3 2 22 22 21 50 48 51 14 15 16
13 14 12 6 6 5 2 2 2 3 2 1 9 7 4 6 7 6 8 6 6 4 3 4 5 4 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 1 0 0 6 5 5 16 17 14 4 4 4
4 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 4 2 1 1 0
35 42 53 80 84 89 56 71 85 73 85 91 65 76 89 69 76 85 62 72 85 69 73 79 37 41 45 63 72 82 78 76 78 94 95 98 58 69 80 42 49 60 62 71 82
4 4 6 33 51 74 12 29 45 11 56 70 8 11 15 10 13 18 5 10 13 41 53 66 12 12 11 36 50 66 29 29 29 79 80 83 11 19 25 2 3 4 18 24 29
31 38 47 47 33 15 44 42 40 62 29 21 57 65 74 59 63 67 57 62 72 28 20 13 25 29 34 27 22 16 49 47 49 15 15 15 47 50 55 40 46 56 44 47 53
31 32 29 17 14 10 34 23 13 19 10 6 30 20 10 21 17 12 26 19 12 23 20 18 23 19 15 16 14 12 13 12 13 6 5 2 30 22 15 34 31 28 27 21 13
34 26 18 3 2 1 10 6 2 8 5 3 5 4 1 10 7 3 12 9 3 8 7 3 40 40 40 21 14 6 9 12 9 0 0 0 12 9 5 24 20 12 11 8 5
48 55 64 87 89 92 68 81 92 90 95 98 72 81 91 76 81 88 71 80 89 85 87 91 50 53 56 85 90 94 87 85 86 98 99 99 70 79 87 50 56 67 76 83 89
15 16 16 58 71 83 35 53 72 70 83 90 19 23 28 25 29 34 17 23 30 68 75 84 27 27 25 72 80 88 55 53 54 92 93 95 32 40 48 7 9 12 45 50 56
33 39 48 29 18 9 33 28 20 20 12 8 53 58 63 51 52 54 54 57 59 17 12 7 23 26 31 13 10 6 32 32 32 6 6 4 38 39 39 43 47 55 31 33 33
27 26 24 11 10 7 25 15 7 8 4 1 24 16 8 17 14 10 20 14 9 12 10 8 19 16 12 8 6 5 8 8 9 2 1 1 22 15 10 31 28 24 17 12 9
25 19 12 2 1 1 7 4 1 2 1 1 4 3 1 7 5 2 9 6 2 3 3 1 31 31 32 7 4 1 5 7 5 0 0 0 8 6 3 19 16 9 7 5 2
Proportion of the 2012 population that gained access since 2000 (%)
URBAN Improved
Progress towards MDG target 3
USE OF DRINKING WATER SOURCES (percentage of population)2
Not on track
24
On track
18
Met target
17
Met target
9
Met target
24
Met target
21
Met target
21
On track
26
Not on track
14
Met target
17
Not on track
11
Met target
5
Met target
21
Not on track
24
Met target
18
73
ANNEX 4: TRENDS IN URBAN AND RURAL DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION COVERAGE, 1990–2012
Trends in urban and rural drinking water coverage, 1990–2012 4
3
13
12
2 8
49
41
0 6
44
1 9
39
0 4
3 5
2 4
18
20
1 3
1 3
0 6
13
10
8
0 5 4
1 4 10
0 4 4
1 5 7
0 3 3
1 2 5
0 2 3
5 16
50
74
34
41
50
51
74
83
86
86
91
85
92
87
94
92
21
00 2
1 4
0 4
14
16
81
80
51
71
98
74
54
Southern Asia
Piped on premises
22
10 2
97
29
Southeastern Asia
0 5
95
1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012
SubSaharan Africa
14
1 6
42
51
42
2
Oceania
Caucasus Northern and Central Africa Asia
Other improved
Unimproved
Western Asia
Latin America & Caribbean
Eastern Asia
33
1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012
1990 2012
Least Developing Developed developed regions regions countries
World
Surface water
PROGRESS ON DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION 2014 UPDATE
Fig. A4-1. Trends in urban drinking water coverage (%) in MDG regions and the world, 1990–2012
74
12
18
3
5
12
34
1 10
30 40
10
9
2
8
13
13
23
18
13
31
40 23
49
15
12
3 17
16
47
29 11
5
8
45
29
15
41
74
66
Oceania
Piped on premises
Southeastern Asia
30
36
Eastern Asia
Unimproved
79
44
56
2 Western Asia
83
33
12
Southern Caucasus Asia and Central Asia
Other improved
53
40
1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012
SubSaharan Africa
13 27
47 66
5
34
44
31
6
11
15
55
57
4
0 2
27
34
13
15 15 28
16
0 6
12
24
28
49
57
12
12
74
72
47 25
1 10 15
34
29
6 21
13
40 26
3
Latin Northern America & Africa Caribbean
4
11
25
18
29
1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012
1990 2012
Least Developing Developed developed regions regions countries
World
Surface water
Fig. A4-2. Trends in rural drinking water coverage (%) in MDG regions and the world, 1990–2012
Trends in urban and rural sanitation coverage, 1990–2012 10
9
9 22
20
9
17 8
13
7
9
10
3
9
3 13 9
3
6
11
8
1 5
2
7
30
6
10
0 0
2 6
0
00 10 5 3
00 4
2 2
2
00 4
20
24 25
18 15 29
15
55
80
75
80
76
92
87
95 96
76
64
96
94
96
10 2
4
01 2
3 4
6
6
9
17
9
14
13
13
22
97
68
64
53
97
76
73
80
48
41
38
1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012
SubSaharan Africa
9
26
33
69
41
6 15
Southern Asia
Improved
Southeastern Asia
Shared
Oceania
Latin America & Caribbean
Unimproved
Eastern Asia
Northern Caucasus Africa and Central Asia
Western Asia
1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012
1990 2012
Least Developing Developed developed regions regions countries
World
Open defecation
Fig. A4-3. Trends in urban sanitation coverage (%) in developing regions and the world, 1990–2012
17 46
34
80
9 7
8
5
18
21
9
6
2
31
18
59
29
4
9
0 6
2
27
1 12 1
30
3 22
23
SubSaharan Africa
Improved
Southeastern Asia
26
73 54
Shared
4
Western Asia
Northern Africa
92
12
30
9
4
57
16
Latin America & Caribbean
9
90
4 7
24
Unimproved
33
86
87
37
Oceania
27
17
19
27
14
63
3
38
71
4
18
68 59
29
53
3
63
42
0 6 2
13
14
1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012
Southern Asia
0 8 2
0 3 2
95
37
3 12
59
7
8 15
11
5
10
18
42
18
28
14
40
53
33
16
13
Eastern Asia
Caucasus and Central Asia
43
31
47 28
21
1990 2012 1990 2012 1990 2012
1990 2012
Least Developing Developed developed regions regions countries
World
Open defecation
Fig. A4-4. Trends in rural sanitation coverage in developing regions and the world, 1990–2012
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