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Declarations & Commitments
National
Afghanistan SWA Commitments 6 commitments	Good	Good								<>
Bangladesh SWA Commitments 5 commitments	Good		Good							<>
Nepal SWA Commitments 7 commitments	Some						Some			<>
Pakistan SWA Commitments 5 commitments	Good							Good		<>
Sri Lanka SWA Commitments 6 commitments	Good								Good	<>
Ensure progressive annual increase in national budget allocation up to 4% for water supply and 2.0% for sanitation by 2016.	1								1
Financing water and sanitation to achieve universal coverage by 2020.	1								1
Improve stakeholder consultation to meet beneficiary aspirations towards affordable service delivery.	1								1
Consolidate policies and formulate two consolidated policies for Drinking Water and Sanitation Expand pipe borne sewerage in densely populated cities to protect environment and improve quality of life.	1								1
Expand pipe borne sewerage in densely populated cities to protect environment and improve quality of life. Consolidate policies and formulate two consolidated policies for Drinking Water and Sanitation.	1								1
Provide leadership for National Coordination and follow inclusive approach to maximize synergies to achieve goals. Also the process helps to disseminate information of achievements and validate progress with the participation of key stakeholders.	1								1
PACOSAN 2015 19 commitments										<>
Regional
SACOSAN 2011 12 commitments	Some	Some	Some	Some	Good	Some	Good	Little or None	Some	<>
SACOSAN 2013 10 commitments	Some	Some	Some	Some	Some	Some	Good	Some	Some	<>
1 - Formulate, develop and implement adequately resourced national/sub national sanitation and hygiene plans with SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time‐bound) indicators that measure and report on processes and outcomes at every level including households, educational, health, public institutions and workplaces, with disaggregated reporting on gender, age, disability, marginalized and vulnerable groups.	0.7	0.5	0.8	0.6	1	0.6	1	0.4	0.8
2 - Create a framework and enabling environment including policies, strategies and protocols and the conditions for the fulfillment of the need for universal sanitation and hygiene: women and men, children, adolescent girls, people with disabilities and the elderly.	0.7	0.6	0.9	0.3	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.4	0.9
3 - Given that sanitation is about changing social norms, demand creation, We commit to addressing diversity in service provision for infants, children, youth, adolescent girls, women and men, people with disabilities, chronically ill and elderly in rural areas and people affected by poverty and disasters further exacerbated by climate change.	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.3	0.8	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.7
4 - Recognize the importance of sustainable environmental sanitation and hygiene in urban areas including solid and liquid waste and faecal sludge management for all urban dwellers, regardless of tenure.	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.5
5 - Prioritize and promote child and disabled friendly services and menstrual hygiene management in all public buildings and especially schools, health clinics and reflect and monitor this in standards, design, delivery and monitoring.	0.3	0.2	0.5	0	0.5	0	0.6	0.1	0.3
6 - Develop and implement guidelines and standards suitable for child, adolescent and gender and disabled friendly WASH facilities, with compliance indicators on hand washing and menstrual hygiene education and practice.	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.5	0	0.8	0.3	0.5
7 - Raise awareness at all levels to foster demand and build capacity for sanitation and hygiene including but not limited to youth led movements, pro-poor public private partnerships and the media.	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.6
8 - Engage the Health sector at all levels in sanitation and hygiene promotion as critical agents of preventive healthcare.	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.7	1	0.9	0.7	0.9
9 - Emphasize research and development on low-cost, appropriate sanitation products, linked with sanitation marketing and innovative solutions for environmentally sound sanitation systems.	0.5	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.7	0	0.7	0.5	0.8
10 - Commit to significant direct participation of children, adolescents, women, the elderly and people with disabilities, as well as decision makers from Health, Education, Environment and Finance to bring their voices clearly into SACOSAN VI and systematically thereafter.	0.6	0.8	0.5	0.7	0	0.4	0.8	0.5	0.7
SACOSAN 2016 11 commitments	Little or None	Little or None	Little or None	Little or None	Little or None	Little or None	Little or None	Little or None	Little or None	<>
Global
Rights to Water & Sanitation 1 commitment	Some	Some	Some	Some	Some	Some	Good	Some	Some	<>
Sustainable Development Goals 6 commitments	Some	Little or None	Some	Some	Little or None	Good	Little or None	Little or None	Some	<>
MDG 7 - Water and Sanitation 2 commitments	Good	Little or None	Good	Good	Some	Good	Good	Good	Good	<>
Statistics
General
Population Source: World Bank	2G	35M (2016)	163M (2016)	1M (2016)	1,320M (2016)	0M (2016)	29M (2016)	193M (2016)	21M (2016)
% of Population Living Below Poverty Line Source: World Bank, Global Poverty Working Group	N/A	35.8 (2011)	31.5 (2010)	12.0 (2012)	21.9 (2011)	15.7 (2009)	25.2 (2010)	29.5 (2013)	6.7 (2012)
Human Development Index Value Source: United Nations Development Programme The Human Development Index (HDI) is an index used to rank countries by level of "human development" by the United Nations Development Programme. The HDI combines normalized measures of life expectancy, literacy, educational attainment, and GDP per capita for countries worldwide. It is claimed as a standard means of measuring human development.	N/A	0.48 (2015)	0.58 (2015)	0.61 (2015)	0.62 (2015)	0.70 (2015)	0.56 (2015)	0.55 (2015)	0.77 (2015)
Human Development Index Rank Source: Human Development Index The Human Development Index (HDI) is an index used to rank countries by level of "human development" by the United Nations Development Programme. The HDI combines normalized measures of life expectancy, literacy, educational attainment, and GDP per capita for countries worldwide. It is claimed as a standard means of measuring human development.	N/A	169 (2015)	139 (2015)	132 (2015)	131 (2015)	105 (2015)	144 (2015)	147 (2015)	73 (2015)
Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index Score Source: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index The ND-GAIN Country Index, summarises a country's vulnerability to climate change and other global challenges in combination with its readiness to improve resilience.	N/A	32.4 (2015)	41.0 (2015)	47.8 (2015)	46.4 (2015)	49.3 (2015)	45.2 (2015)	44.4 (2015)	51.8 (2015)
GDP ($USD in Millions) Source: World Bank	3M	0.02M (2016)	0.22M (2016)	0.00M (2016)	2.26M (2016)	0.00M (2016)	0.02M (2016)	0.28M (2016)	0.08M (2016)
% of Population living in Urban Environment Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation	31.70	27 (2015)	34 (2015)	39 (2015)	33 (2015)	46 (2015)	19 (2015)	39 (2015)	18 (2015)
Water
Total number of people lacking access to 'at least basic' water Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation Note: 'At least basic' water refers to 'basic' drinking water that is from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip, including queuing. It also includes 'safety managed' water where data is available which refers to drinking water from an improved water source that is located on premises, available when needed and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination.	206M	12.0M (2015)	4.3M (2015)	0.0M (2015)	163.0M (2015)	0.0M (2015)	3.5M (2015)	21.6M (2015)	1.6M (2015)
% of Population with access to 'at least basic' water Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation Note: 'At least basic' water refers to 'basic' drinking water that is from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip, including queuing. It also includes 'safety managed' water where data is available which refers to drinking water from an improved water source that is located on premises, available when needed and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination.	88.99	63.0 (2015)	97.3 (2015)	97.6 (2015)	87.6 (2015)	97.9 (2015)	87.7 (2015)	88.5 (2015)	92.3 (2015)
% of Population with access to 'safely managed' water Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation Note: ‘Safely managed’ water refers to drinking water from an improved water source that is located on premises, available when needed and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination.	38.05	No data	55.7 (2015)	34.2 (2015)	No data	No data	26.8 (2015)	35.6 (2015)	No data
% of Population using 'limited' water source Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation Note: ‘Limited’ water source refers to drinking water from an improved source for which collection time exceeds 30 minutes for a round trip including queuing.	2.62	5.55 (2015)	1.17 (2015)	2.06 (2015)	4.12 (2015)	0.21 (2015)	2.24 (2015)	2.72 (2015)	2.93 (2015)
% of Population using an 'unimproved' water source Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation Note: ‘Unimproved’ water source refers to drinking water from an unprotected dug well or unprotected spring.	5.50	16.00 (2015)	1.00 (2015)	0 (2015)	7.00 (2015)	2.00 (2015)	7.00 (2015)	6.00 (2015)	5.00 (2015)
% of Population using surface water Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation Note: ‘Surface water’ refers to drinking water directly from a river, dam, lake, pond, stream, canal or irrigation canal.	2.75	15.00 (2015)	1.00 (2015)	0 (2015)	1.00 (2015)	0 (2015)	3.00 (2015)	2.00 (2015)	0 (2015)
% of rural population with access to 'at least basic' water Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation Note: 'At least basic' water refers to 'basic' drinking water that is from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip, including queuing. It also includes 'safety managed' water where data is available which refers to drinking water from an improved water source that is located on premises, available when needed and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination.	87.25	53.0 (2015)	97.0 (2015)	98.0 (2015)	85.0 (2015)	100.0 (2015)	87.0 (2015)	87.0 (2015)	91.0 (2015)
% of urban population with access to 'at least basic' water Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation Note: 'At least basic' water refers to 'basic' drinking water that is from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip, including queuing. It also includes 'safety managed' water where data is available which refers to drinking water from an improved water source that is located on premises, available when needed and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination.	93.75	89.0 (2015)	98.0 (2015)	97.0 (2015)	93.0 (2015)	96.0 (2015)	89.0 (2015)	92.0 (2015)	96.0 (2015)
Sanitation
Total number of people lacking access to 'at least basic' sanitation Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation Note: 'At least basic' sanitation refers to 'basic' sanitation that is the use of improved facilities that are not shared with other households. It also includes 'safety managed' sanitation where data is available which refers to sanitation facilities that are improved facilities not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or transported and treated off site.	117M	20M (2015)	85M (2015)	0M (2015)	732M (2015)	0M (2015)	15M (2015)	79M (2015)	1M (2015)
% of Population with access to 'at least basic' sanitation Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation Note: 'At least basic' sanitation refers to 'basic' sanitation that is the use of improved facilities that are not shared with other households. It also includes 'safety managed' sanitation where data is available which refers to sanitation facilities that are improved facilities not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or transported and treated off site.	60.95	39.2 (2015)	46.9 (2015)	62.9 (2015)	44.2 (2015)	95.9 (2015)	46.1 (2015)	58.3 (2015)	94.2 (2015)
% of Population using 'limited' sanitation service Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation Note: ‘Limited’ sanitation facilities refers to improved facilities shared between two or more households.	10.56	9.4 (2015)	22.2 (2015)	8.4 (2015)	12.2 (2015)	1.9 (2015)	19.2 (2015)	8.4 (2015)	2.7 (2015)
% of Population using an 'unimproved' sanitation service Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation Note: ‘Unimproved’ sanitation facilities refers to the use of pit latrines without a slab or platform, hanging latrines or bucket latrines.	16.30	37.80 (2015)	30.80 (2015)	28.70 (2015)	3.78 (2015)	2.19 (2015)	4.85 (2015)	21.80 (2015)	0.41 (2015)
% of Population who defecate in the open Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation Note: ‘Open Defecation’ refers to the disposal of human faeces in fields, forests, bushes, open bodies of water, beaches or other open spaces, or with solid waste.	12.23	14.0 (2015)	0 (2015)	0 (2015)	39.8 (2015)	0.0 (2015)	29.8 (2015)	11.5 (2015)	2.6 (2015)
% of rural population with access to 'at least basic' sanitation Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation Note: 'At least basic' sanitation refers to 'basic' sanitation that is the use of improved facilities that are not shared with other households. It also includes 'safety managed' sanitation where data is available which refers to sanitation facilities that are improved facilities not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or transported and treated off site.	56.62	33.0 (2015)	43.0 (2015)	57.0 (2015)	34.0 (2015)	98.0 (2015)	45.0 (2015)	48.0 (2015)	95.0 (2015)
% of urban population with access to 'at least basic' sanitation Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation Note: 'At least basic' sanitation refers to 'basic' sanitation that is the use of improved facilities that are not shared with other households. It also includes 'safety managed' sanitation where data is available which refers to sanitation facilities that are improved facilities not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or transported and treated off site.	69.38	56.0 (2015)	54.0 (2015)	72.0 (2015)	65.0 (2015)	93.0 (2015)	52.0 (2015)	74.0 (2015)	89.0 (2015)
Hygiene
% of Population with access to 'basic' hygiene facility Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation Note: ‘Basic’ hygiene refers to the availability of a handwashing facility on premises with soap and water.	47.92	37.5 (2015)	36.7 (2015)	79.8 (2014)	No data	No data	57.0 (2015)	60.5 (2015)	No data
% of Population with access to 'limited' hygiene facility Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation Note: ‘Limited’ hygiene refers to the availability of a handwashing facility on premises without soap and water.	39.21	36.0 (2015)	48.0 (2015)	18.0 (2014)	No data	No data	41.6 (2015)	31.2 (2015)	No data
% of Population with no access to hygiene facility Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation Note: ‘No facility’ refers to no handwashing facility on premises.	12.90	26.90 (2015)	15.00 (2015)	1.97 (2014)	No data	No data	1.35 (2015)	8.29 (2015)	No data
WASH Finance
Actual Government Spending in WASH as a % of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Source: Government Spending Watch.	N/A	No data	No data	No data	No data	No data	0.55 (2014)	No data	0.31 (2013)
Planned Government Spending in WASH as a % of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Source: Government Spending Watch .	N/A	0.05 (2015)	0.30 (2015)	No data	No data	No data	0.82 (2015)	No data	0.07 (2015)
Total Official Development Assistance (ODA) Received ($USD in Millions) Source: OECD-DAC Creditor Reporting System To discover our methodology for how we present ODA data read our blog: Changing Statistics: How We Report Official Development Assistance Data	22K	4.66K (2015)	3.54K (2015)	0.12K (2015)	6.02K (2015)	0.04K (2015)	1.51K (2015)	4.76K (2015)	0.93K (2015)
Total Official Development Assistance (ODA) Received Spent on Water and Sanitation ($USD in Millions) Source: WASHwatch calculations based on data from OECD-DAC Creditor Reporting System To discover our methodology for how we present ODA data read our blog: Changing Statistics: How We Report Official Development Assistance Data	722.55	29 (2015)	146 (2015)	1 (2015)	322 (2015)	6 (2015)	67 (2015)	44 (2015)	107 (2015)
% of the Total Official Development Assistance (ODA) Received Spent on Water and Sanitation Source: WASHwatch calculations based on data from OECD-DAC Creditor Reporting System To discover our methodology for how we present ODA data read our blog: Changing Statistics: How We Report Official Development Assistance Data	5.21	0.62 (2015)	4.14 (2015)	0.70 (2015)	5.35 (2015)	14.00 (2015)	4.44 (2015)	0.93 (2015)	11.50 (2015)
Official Development Assistance (ODA) for Water and Sanitation Received Per Capita without Access to Adequate Water and Sanitation ($USD) Source: WASHwatch calculations based on data from OECD-DAC Creditor Reporting System and WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation To discover our methodology for how we present ODA data read our blog: Changing Statistics: How We Report Official Development Assistance Data	33.86	0.88 (2015)	1.50 (2015)	2.51 (2015)	0.33 (2015)	239.00 (2015)	3.16 (2015)	0.42 (2015)	23.60 (2015)
Health
Life Expectancy at Birth (Years) Source: World Bank World Development Indicators	69.90	60.7 (2015)	72.0 (2015)	69.8 (2015)	68.3 (2015)	77.0 (2015)	70.0 (2015)	66.4 (2015)	75.0 (2015)
Under 5 Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live births) Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimates	43.08	91.1 (2015)	37.6 (2015)	32.9 (2015)	47.7 (2015)	8.6 (2015)	35.8 (2015)	81.1 (2015)	9.8 (2015)
Total number of deaths due to diarrhoeal diseases among children aged under 5 years Source: The Lancet	150K	6.1K (2015)	3.8K (2015)	0.0K (2015)	105.0K (2015)	0.0K (2015)	1.3K (2015)	33.6K (2015)	0.0K (2015)
Total number of deaths due to diarrhoeal diseases caused by poor WASH among children aged under 5 years Source: WASHwatch Calculations based on data from The Lancet Read our blog on WASH related Diarrheal Disease to learn more.	87K	3.6K (2015)	2.2K (2015)	0.0K (2015)	60.7K (2015)	0.0K (2015)	0.7K (2015)	19.5K (2015)	0.0K (2015)
Number of deaths due to Diarrhoeal diseases among children aged under 5 years (per 1,000 live births) Source: The Lancet	57.21	122.0 (2015)	25.0 (2015)	40.5 (2015)	84.2 (2015)	5.4 (2015)	44.2 (2015)	135.0 (2015)	1.1 (2015)
% of Health Care Facilities with Access to a Water Point Source: WHO, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Health Care Facilities Status in Low and Middle Income Countries, 2015	N/A	56.0 (2009)	93.0 (2013)	90.0 (2009)	72.0 (2012)	No data	84.0 (2011)	No data	86.0 (2009)
% of Health Care Facilities with Access to a Sanitation Facility Source: WHO, Water, sanitation and hygiene in health care facilities Status in low- and middle-income countries and way forward, 2015	N/A	91.00 (2010)	53.00 (2014)	0 (2010)	59.00 (2010)	No data	71.00 (2012)	No data	No data
% of Health Care Facilities with Access to a Hygiene Point Source: WHO, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Health Care Facilities Status in Low and Middle Income Countries, 2015	N/A	72.0 (2009)	79.0 (2013)	91.0 (2009)	No data	No data	19.0 (2011)	No data	No data
% of Stunting in Children Under 5 Source: Global Nutrition Report	37.50	41.0 (2013)	36.0 (2014)	34.0 (2010)	39.0 (2014)	20.0 (2009)	41.0 (2011)	45.0 (2012)	15.0 (2012)
Cholera Cases Reported Source: World Health Organisation	59K	58,100 (2015)	1,020 (2000)	19 (1998)	889 (2015)	No data	80 (2015)	1,220 (2014)	9 (2002)
Education
Adult Literacy Rate (% of population over 15) Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization	64.35	38.2 (2015)	61.5 (2015)	63.9 (2015)	72.2 (2015)	99.3 (2015)	64.7 (2015)	56.4 (2015)	58.6 (2015)
% of Schools with Water Services Source: UNICEF, Advancing WASH in Schools Monitoring, 2015	77.25	53.0 (2013)	83.0 (2013)	81.0 (2013)	75.0 (2013)	97.0 (2013)	81.0 (2013)	63.0 (2013)	85.0 (2013)
% of Schools with Sanitation Services Source: UNICEF, Advancing WASH in Schools Monitoring, 2015	66.38	58.0 (2013)	60.0 (2013)	74.0 (2013)	53.0 (2013)	73.0 (2013)	68.0 (2013)	63.0 (2013)	82.0 (2013)
Infrastructures
Total cost to extend basic water services to each unserved person per year in 1,000 USD (including Capital, Capital Maintenance and Operational) Source: Guy Hutton and Mili Varughese, The Costs of Meeting the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal Targets on Drinking Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene, January 2016	2M	41K (2015)	122K (2015)	1K (2015)	1,220K (2015)	1K (2015)	30K (2015)	249K (2015)	21K (2015)
Total cost to extend adequate sanitation services to each unserved person per year in 1,000USD (including Capital, Capital Maintenance and Operational) Source: Guy Hutton and Mili Varughese, The Costs of Meeting the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal Targets on Drinking Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene, January 2016	6M	0.07M (2015)	0.40M (2015)	0.00M (2015)	4.76M (2015)	0.00M (2015)	0.11M (2015)	0.59M (2015)	0.04M (2015)
Total cost to extend hygiene services to each unserved person per year in 1,000USD (including Capital, Capital Maintenance and Operational) Source: Guy Hutton and Mili Varughese, The Costs of Meeting the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal Targets on Drinking Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene, January 2016	2M	13K (2015)	137K (2015)	0K (2015)	1,200K (2015)	0K (2015)	14K (2015)	124K (2015)	23K (2015)
Total cost to extend safely managed water services to each unserved person per year in 1,000USD (including Capital, Capital Maintenance and Operational) Source: Guy Hutton and Mili Varughese, The Costs of Meeting the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal Targets on Drinking Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene, January 2016	17M	0.41M (2015)	2.28M (2015)	0.01M (2015)	9.98M (2015)	0.01M (2015)	0.23M (2015)	3.25M (2015)	0.33M (2015)
Total cost to extend safely managed sanitation services to each unserved person per year in 1,000USD (including Capital, Capital Maintenance and Operational) Source: Guy Hutton and Mili Varughese, The Costs of Meeting the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal Targets on Drinking Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene, January 2016	3G	118.0M (2015)	640.0M (2015)	8.3M (2015)	11.0M (2015)	5.2M (2015)	133.0M (2015)	1,390.0M (2015)	224.0M (2015)