Millenium Development Goal: Potable water & sanitation

ACCESS: WITH OR WITHOUT Drinking Water & Sanitation WORLDWIDE Number of people who gained access to improved drinking water sources from 1990 to 2010 by MDG region (in millions) Southern Asia 679 522 in India Almost half of the two billion people who have gained access to drinking water since 1990 live in China or India Eastern Asia 473 457 in China Sub-Saharan Africa 273 South-Eastern Asia 204 Latin America & the Most of those using an improved drinking water source also use improved sanitation Caribbean 179 Developed Regions 108 Western Asia 76 Northern Africa 49 Caucasus & Central Asia 16 Oceania 1 A000 ЛААА 50% - Both water and sanitation Proportion of the population in 59 developing countries using both improved drinking water sources and improved sanitation (%) I 25% - Water only 16% - Neither water nor sanitation 9% - Sanitation only Countries with large numbers of people without access to improved sanitation ( in millions) Top 5 countries with the largest numbers of people practising open defecation (in millions) I Russian Federation 43 I Democratic Republic of the Congo 50 -1 United Republic of Tanzania 40 I Brazil 40 I Ethiopia 66 I Bangladesh 66 I Pakistan 91 E 626 India Rest of the World: 604 I Nigeria 109 63 Indonesia IIndonesia 110- C 40 Pakistan E 38 Ethiopia China 477 India More than half of the 2,5 billion people without improved sanitation live in India or China 1 34 Nigeria 814 E 19 Sudan Source: UNDP Progress on Drinking water & Sanitation 2012 Report Infographic by: CopperBridge Media