Progress on drinking water and sanitation: Joint Monitoring Programme update 2013

Overview

JMP 2013 update presents country, regional and global estimates for the year 2011. Drinking-water coverage in 2011 remains at 89% – which is 1% above the MDG drinking-water target. In 2011, 768 million people relied on unimproved drinking-water sources. The report covers the following chapters:

• Global sanitation trends 1990-2011
• Trends in open defecation 1990-2011
• Global drinking-water trends 1990-2011
• Towards a post-2015 development agenda
• The JMP method