Report: Progress on sanitation and drinking-water
2013 update: Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation
WHO, UNICEF
JMP 2013 update: Progress on sanitation and drinking-water
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.
http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/publications/2013/jmp_report/en/index.html

2.4 billion people will lack improved sanitation in 2015; World will miss MDG target
13 May 2013 | GENEVA/NEW YORK – Some 2.4 billion people – one-third of the world’s population – will remain without access to improved sanitation in 2015, according to a joint WHO/UNICEF report issued today.

The report, entitled Progress on sanitation and drinking-water 2013 update, warns that, at the current rate of progress, the 2015 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of halving the proportion of the 1990 population without sanitation will be missed by 8% – or half a billion people.

While UNICEF and WHO announced last year that the MDG drinking water target had been met and surpassed by 2010, the challenge to improve sanitation and reach those in need has led to a consolidated call for action to accelerate progress.

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2013/sanitation_mdg_20130513/en/index.html