Trend · rank 188 of 250

Sanitation & hygiene access gaps

Access to safe sanitation and hygiene is improving unevenly, leaving persistent disease exposure that limits national health, school attendance and the effectiveness of clinical services.

Human CapitalPeople, health & workwaterdiseaseinequality

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass, where it was Hygiene & sanitation. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
188of 250
Sensitivity
6.7rank 180
Breadth
0of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
27.1rank 167
Eigenvector
0.5
Betweenness
4.3
Links
9trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
14.1

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
102
Over a year
+19%Rising
Over three years
−27%
Peak
17024 Dec 2023
Sources
Bothagreement 0.55
Coverage
15languages · 35 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (15 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English62%82−17%
Spanish8%91−13%
Japanese7%155+48%
French6%93+6%
Russian4%117+16%
Bengali2%111+14%
Hindi2%127+31%
Indonesian2%103−5%
Portuguese2%89+4%
Arabic2%90−15%
Chinese2%149+62%
Turkish1%95−8%
Dutch1%124−2%
Ukrainian0%138+41%
Hebrew0%128+45%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

Ghana

Zambia

Uganda

Kenya

South Africa

Nigeria

Ethiopia

United States

Nepal

Philippines

Tanzania

Canada

100

47

33

31

31

30

27

24

23

20

20

9

The 12 highest of 35 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English85+23%−9%−32%
EuropeGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in French, Dutch112+17%+20%+0%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 9 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian116+26%+11%+16%
South AsiaGoogle in 3 countries + Wikipedia in Hindi, Bengali101+19%−5%−16%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 5 countries + Wikipedia in Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew83−5%−17%−35%
AfricaGoogle in 5 countries84+2%+4%−41%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 4 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese91−13%−7%−17%
Russia and EurasiaGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian134+58%+37%+43%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
AustraliaGoogle89+17%−27%−18%
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese86+2%−13%−29%
CanadaGoogle92+10%−12%−19%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French98+33%−11%−12%
GermanyGoogle146+4%+68%+51%
IndiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Hindi, Bengali101+25%−6%−17%
IndonesiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Indonesian98+12%−13%−25%
ItalyGoogle113−12%+83%−0%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese126+57%+18%+43%
South KoreaGoogle109−5%+185%+2%
MexicoGoogle91−40%+9%−2%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian117+29%+16%+23%
Saudi ArabiaGoogle69−11%−41%−49%
South AfricaGoogle81−0%−12%−3%
TürkiyeGoogle + Wikipedia in Turkish92+19%−9%−30%
United KingdomGoogle194+74%+166%+107%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English85+31%−7%−34%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
3 · ModerateA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
2 · LowA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
2 · LowA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health
1 · Very lowA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
3 · ModerateHealth workforce scarcityPeople, health & work48
3 · ModerateHealth system demand imbalancePeople, health & work56
3 · ModeratePersistent nutritional deprivationFood, water & nature71
3 · ModerateCare labour demand growthPeople, health & work86
3 · ModerateChronic disease & obesity burdenPeople, health & work98
3 · ModerateAntimicrobial resistancePeople, health & work104
3 · ModerateReproductive, maternal & child healthPeople, health & work123
3 · ModerateMental health demand growthPeople, health & work127
3 · ModeratePathogen emergence pressurePeople, health & work163