A Snapshot of Drinking-water and Sanitation in the MDG region Southern Asia … · sanitation target Southern Asia is on track to meet the MDG drinking water target 36% 87% year .
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A Snapshot of Drinking-water and Sanitation
in the MDG region Southern Asia – 2010 Update
A regional perspective based on new data from the
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Program for Water Supply and Sanitation
Prepared by:
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Program on Water Supply and Sanitation
Significant inequity in use of improved sanitation facilities
between urban and rural areas in Southern Asia
Since 1990, the population without an improved
sanitation facility increased by 163 million
Urban/rural disparities in the population without improved
sanitation , Southern Asia,1990 and 2008 (millions)
(millions)
138
768
224
845
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100
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600
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800
900
Urban Rural
Po
pu
lati
on
(m
illio
ns)
1990
2008
Countries in Southern Asia with ≥ 100,000 people
practising open defecation, 2008
On track: Coverage rate in 2008 >95% or was within 5 per cent of the 2008 rate required to meet the MDG target
Progress but insufficient: Coverage rate in 2008 was between 5 per cent and 10 per cent below the 2008 rate required to meet the MDG target
Not on track: Coverage rate in 2008 was the same or lower than the rate in 1990 or lower than 10 per cent of the 2008 rate required to meet the MDG target,
No or insufficient data: Data were unavailable or insufficient to estimate trends
Facts
305 million people in Southern Asia gained access to an improved sanitation facility since 1990
547 million people in Southern Asia gained access to an improved drinking water source since 1990
In 2008, just over 1 billion people in Southern Asia did not use an improved sanitation facility
In 2008, 222 million people in Southern Asia did not use an improved drinking water source
The population practising open defecation in Southern Asia decreased from 792 million in 1990, to 737 million in 2008
The number of people using a shared sanitation facility in Southern Asia more than doubled from 81 million in 1990,
to 173 million in 2008
0
20
40
60
80
100
Co
vera
ge
(%
)
Progress towards the MDG target
Ethiopia
Sudan
Southern Asia will likely surpass the MDG drinking water target but fall short of meeting the sanitation target
Drinking water
88% MDG drinking
water target
Sanitation
92% current trend
63% MDG
Sanitation target
40% current trend
Drinking water
Sanitation
1990 20152008
Southern Asia is not on track to meet the MDG
sanitation target
Southern Asia is on track to meet the
MDG drinking water target
36%
87%
year
Rest, 5.0
India, 147
Bangladesh, 32
Pakistan, 18
Afghanistan, 14
Nepal, 3.4
Sri Lanka, 2.1
Drinking water coverage trendsDrinking water coverage trends, Southern Asia,1990 – 2008
Improved
facilities
Piped on
premises
Unimproved
sources
Other
improved
sources
1990 2008 1990 2008 1990 2008
21
13
25
23
54
64
29
43
36
9
31
5
9
5155
11
44
72
60
Urban Rural Total
222 million people in Southern Asia did not use an
improved drinking water source in 2008
Drinking water coverage, 2008
Urban
National
Rural
In Afghanistan less than half of the population uses an
improved drinking water source
India
Bangladesh
DR CongoEthiopia
17
Since 1990, the population without an improved
drinking water source decreased by 79 million
Urban/rural disparities in the population without an improved
drinking water source, Southern Asia,1990 and 2008 (millions)
(millions)
11
110
23
60
0
25
50
75
100
125
150
175
200
Urban Rural
Po
pu
lati
on
(m
illio
ns)
1990
2008
Countries in Southern Asia with ≥ 100,000 people
without an improved drinking water source, 2008
Sanitation coverage data
Rest of
Southern Asia
Nigeria
Ethiopia
Sudan
•1995-2008 estimates are given for Afghanistan
• Data not available to the WHO/UNICEF JMP are marked with a “ – “
Sanitation coverage: Country estimates by type of sanitation practices, 1990, 2000, 2008