World Water and Sanitation, 25 Years Later

In the 25 years since the World Health Organization/Unicef Joint Monitoring Programme began to document the world’s access to drinking water and sanitation, a lot has changed. 91% of the global population now has piped water onto its premises or another form of adequate drinking water, up from 76% in 1990. Now 1 in 3 people are still without adequate sanitation facilities, down from half. Explore, country by country, access to water and sanitation and see what’s changed since 1990.