Water statistics

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A global crisis

884 million people in the world do not have access to safe water. This is roughly one in eight of the world’s population. (WHO/UNICEF)
2.6 billion people in the world do not have access to adequate sanitation. This is almost two-fifths of the world’s population. (WHO/UNICEF)
1.4 million children die every year from diarrhoea caused by unclean water and poor sanitation – 4,000 child deaths a day or one child every 20 seconds. This equates to 160 infant school classrooms lo...