Global WASH — Water, Sanitation & HygieneSafely managed drinking water, safely managed sanitation, basic handwashing & open defecation — for the world, income groups, regions & ~55 of the largest countries

— — measured World Bank reported modeled population math interpretive framing & selection

● The global picture — access & the people still without measuredmodeledinterpretive

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World safely managed water %, 2000→— measured

World safely managed sanitation %, 2000→—

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▤ Access leaderboard — lowest access at top measured

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Ranked across the ~55 most populous countries in this atlas (not all 200+ World Bank economies). For coverage indicators the lowest access is shown at the top — the places with the largest gaps; for open defecation the highest prevalence is at top. The year column is the latest available reported value for each country and indicator and can differ between rows. Bar length is relative to the highest value shown.

◑ The WASH divide — by income group & region measured

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World Bank aggregate series. Income groups (high / upper-middle / lower-middle / low) and regions are the Bank's own classifications. The spark line traces 2000→latest; "change" is latest vs. 2000. These aggregates are population-weighted estimates, not a simple average of member countries.

◎ Country profile — the JMP service ladder measured

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Sanitation service ladder — share of population, latest year measuredinterpretive

Safely managed At least basic (incl. safely managed) Below basic Open defecation

How it compares — safely managed drinking water, latest value

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