The worldwide progress in widening availability to domestic water facilities, sanitation, and hygiene services between the years 2000 and 2024. For example, safely managed drinking water coverage increased from 68% to 74%, causing 961 million more people to gain such access, while rural coverage increased from 50% to 60%, although urban coverage stabilized at 83%. Despite these benefits, one of the shocking 2.1 billion people is one in about four that still has safely managed drinking water.

Among them, 106 million untreated surfaces rely on water sources. Sanitation services managed to reach out to nearly 1.2 billion households, which is a rise from 48 to 58 percent. Yet, it remains low at over 3.4 billion, including 354 million defecating in the open. Cleanliness services have also improved: the use of basic hygiene increased from 66% to 80%, with large-scale rural progress from 52% to 71%, while urban coverage was more than 86%.

Inequality remains deep-rooted. At least in developed countries, people are more than doubled due to lack of basic water and hygiene, and in high-wage countries, there is a possibility of lack of basic hygiene compared to them. In delicate contexts, safely managed water coverage is 38 percent less than average, with similar intervals for sanitation and hygiene. Menstrual health indicates that, in 70 countries, there is still an inadequate supply to change as often as needed for their access to sanitary products for many women and girls.

Girls aged 15 to 19 are less likely than adult women to engage in school, work, or other activities during menstruation. Additionally, in the sub-city of Africa and many regions of Central and Southern Asia, women and girls spend more than 30 minutes on water per day. 2030 with only five years to achieve sustainable development goals and universal access to especially basic and safe wash services, progress should be rapidly increased to reach out to the most marginalized communities.