50 Million Indian Children Lacked School Sanitation Services In 2025: WHO-UNICEF Report
New Delhi, September 28, 2026: India accounted for 50 million of the 244 million children worldwide who lacked sanitation services at school in 2025, according to the WHO-UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) report. Nearly one-fifth of the children without access to school sanitation services were in India, the highest number for any country, the report, Progress on Drinking Water, Sanitation…
New Delhi, September 28, 2026: The WHO-UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) report revealed that India alone accounted for 50 million of the 244 million children worldwide who lacked school sanitation services in 2025, representing nearly one-fifth of all children without access. India's progress on school drinking-water access was comparatively better, with around 12 million Indian children lacking drinking-water services at school.
However, achieving universal access to basic WASH services in schools by 2030 remains a challenge, as the world is not on track to meet the target, with only five years left until the end of the SDG period.
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