Although many of us tend to take ours for granted , campaigners hope that World Toilet Day 2012 will draw attention to what they 're calling the `` global sanitation crisis , '' with over a third of people worldwide living without a clean and private place to go . World Toilet Day highlights plight of 2.5 billion people who do n't have access to basic sanitation . Also focusing on dangers for women who regularly defecate on open ground . The event causes shame for millions and also leaves them open to attack . Lack of basic sanitation costs China $ 70 billion and India $ 53.8 billion according to World Bank .
World Toilet Day highlights plight of 2.5 billion people who do n't have access to basic sanitation . Also focusing on dangers for women who regularly defecate on open ground . The event causes shame for millions and also leaves them open to attack . Lack of basic sanitation costs China $ 70 billion and India $ 53.8 billion according to World Bank .