India tops list of schoolchildren without basic sanitation, WHO-UNICEF
- India has the world’s highest number of school-age children without basic sanitation services, according to a WHO-UNICEF report.
- The 2025 data shows 244 million children in India attend schools without any sanitation service, the report says.
- Globally, 460 million school-age children lacked basic sanitation at school in 2025, including facilities that are usable and single-sex.
- India’s school sanitation coverage has improved, but the WHO-UNICEF data says progress still needs to accelerate to reach universal access by 2030.
Source: deccanchronicle.com
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