SANITATION 2.6 BILLION PEOPLE, INCLUDING ALMOST ONE BILLION CHILDREN, LIVE WITHOUT BASIC SANITATION
2.6
billion people without adequate sanitation
EVERY
SECONDS, A CHILD DIES AS A RESULT OF POOR SANITATION
4
billion people with adequate sanitation
Investing in improved sanitation and safe drinking water could save 2.2 million children per year
ACCESS TO SANITATION AS A PERCENTAGE OF WORLD POPULATION
77%*
2015
61%
2008
49%
1990
* Millennium Development Goals’ target