Progress on International Water Cooperation (SDG target 6.a)
ODA is a means for implementing all aspects of SDG 6, including through investments in other sectors such as agriculture and energy and education.
- 9.1 b$ is the global amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance received in 2022 (SDG indicator 6.a.1)
Available time series: 2000-2022
Number of countries (and areas) eligible to receive ODA according to the DAC List of ODA Recipients: 143 (2019)
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SDG target 6.a is: ‘By 2030, expand international cooperation and capacity-building support to developing countries in water- and sanitation-related activities and programmes, including water harvesting, desalination, water efficiency, wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse technologies.’
To track progress towards the target, indicator 6.a.1 tracks the amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance (ODA) that is included in a government-coordinated spending plan. Currently, data are only available on the amount of ODA disbursed and committed to water and sanitation-related sectors.
Global status of indicator 6.a.1 Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance disbursements in ----
Millions of constant 2020 United States dollars (million 2020 USD)
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Progress over time of indicator 6.a.1 Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance disbursements in ---------
Status in different countries (or areas) of indicator 6.a.1 Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance disbursements in ----
- Australia and New Zealand
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia
- Central and Southern Asia
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Europe and Northern America
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)
- Northern Africa and Western Asia
Status in different SDG regions of indicator 6.a.1 Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance disbursements in ----
Status of different components of indicator Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance disbursements in ----
Water and sanitation-related official development assistance includes water sector policy and governance, water supply, sanitation, water sector policy, water resources conservation, river basins development, waste management/disposal, education and training, agricultural water resources and hydroelectric power.
Annual expenditure for drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, by country (or area) and source, in ----
Source data indicator 6.a.1 Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance that is part of a government-coordinated spending plan
Country (or area), regional and world data for the latest year of reporting: 2013 - 2021
| Country (or area), region, world | Year | Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance disbursements | Annual expenditure for drinking water, sanitation and hygiene | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Users | Government | External | Repayable | |||
| Afghanistan | 2013-2022 | 67.32 | 0 | 76 | 2.5 | |
| Albania | 2018-2022 | 32.38 | 58.44 | 64.7 | 52.75 | 37.83 |
| Algeria | 2022 | 1.52 | ||||
| Angola | 2022 | 18.14 | ||||
| Anguilla | 2013 | 0.02 | ||||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2021 | 1.94 | ||||
| Argentina | 2018-2022 | 76.82 | 1592.5 | 563.78 | 472.4 | |
| Armenia | 2022 | 23.55 | ||||
| Australia and New Zealand | 2021 | 0 | ||||
| Azerbaijan | 2016-2022 | 1.16 | 117.53 | 156.59 | 154.21 | 79.71 |
| Bahrain | 2004 | 0.02 | ||||
| Bangladesh | 2016-2022 | 255.08 | 235.36 | 505.3 | 615.34 | 0 |
| Barbados | 2010-2021 | 0.74 | 65.93 | 13.67 | 3 | |
| Belarus | 2022 | 0.1 | ||||
| Belize | 2021-2022 | 0.71 | 22.72 | 9.75 | 0.13 | 0.2 |
| Benin | 2016-2022 | 28.1 | 34.03 | 32.86 | 1.36 | |
| Bhutan | 2016-2022 | 11.59 | 3.08 | 2.7 | 13.57 | 0.22 |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2021-2022 | 122.91 | 105.86 | |||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2016-2022 | 7.42 | 99.56 | 0.13 | 41.26 | 2.65 |
| Botswana | 2018-2022 | 1.27 | 678.19 | 28.06 | ||
| Brazil | 2018-2022 | 69.26 | 16743.24 | 363.12 | 0.32 | 887.13 |
| British Virgin Islands | 2021 | 0.91 | ||||
| Burkina Faso | 2021-2022 | 67.26 | 668.74 | 12 | 116.17 | 9.9 |
| Burundi | 2022 | 73.18 | ||||
| Cabo Verde | 2021-2022 | 6.28 | 4.17 | 44.08 | ||
| Cambodia | 2016-2022 | 187.78 | 4 | 150 | ||
| Cameroon | 2022 | 115.7 | ||||
| Central African Republic | 2018-2022 | 10.09 | 135.8 | 74.05 | ||
| Central and Southern Asia | 2022 | 1436.05 | ||||
| Chad | 2022 | 30.18 | ||||
| Chile | 2017 | 10.83 | ||||
| China | 2018-2022 | 63.23 | 9601.56 | |||
| Colombia | 2018-2022 | 15.28 | 6054.45 | 657.68 | 53.84 | |
| Comoros | 2021-2022 | 2.6 | 9.62 | 34.35 | ||
| Congo | 2013-2022 | 38.76 | 3.51 | 80.5 | 26.53 | 21.36 |
| Cook Islands | 2019 | 3.95 | ||||
| Costa Rica | 2021-2022 | 11.49 | 531.62 | 8.05 | 7.99 | 39.01 |
| Croatia | 2010-2021 | 21.75 | 65.83 | 539.48 | ||
| Cuba | 2021-2022 | 21.94 | 23.93 | 127.11 | 63.48 | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 2022 | 25.72 | ||||
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 2022 | 0.27 | ||||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2022 | 97.87 | ||||
| Djibouti | 2022 | 21.04 | ||||
| Dominica | 2022 | 0 | ||||
| Dominican Republic | 2016-2022 | 23.83 | 151.43 | 11.17 | 65.78 | |
| Eastern and South-Eastern Asia | 2022 | 1056.81 | ||||
| Ecuador | 2022 | 53.18 | ||||
| Egypt | 2022 | 448.19 | ||||
| El Salvador | 2018-2022 | 60.84 | 181.66 | 29.21 | 0.82 | 12.13 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 2022 | 0 | ||||
| Eritrea | 2013-2022 | 1.01 | 0.57 | |||
| Eswatini | 2016-2022 | 8.9 | 2.25 | |||
| Ethiopia | 2021-2022 | 266.33 | 84.87 | 7.47 | 37.1 | |
| Europe and Northern America | 2022 | 137.33 | ||||
| Fiji | 2016-2022 | 11.89 | 16.06 | 157.34 | 5.88 | |
| Gabon | 2018-2022 | 0.91 | 37.77 | 10.52 | ||
| Gambia | 2021-2022 | 7.6 | 0.12 | 7.16 | ||
| Georgia | 2021-2022 | 59.23 | 23.57 | 0.01 | 22.35 | |
| Ghana | 2021-2022 | 51.34 | 421.86 | 1.12 | 111.7 | 535.17 |
| Grenada | 2022 | 0.42 | ||||
| Guatemala | 2021-2022 | 10.23 | 121.28 | 216.31 | 13.26 | 2.54 |
| Guinea | 2018-2022 | 30.66 | 21.73 | 66.33 | 44.23 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2022 | 5.59 | ||||
| Guyana | 2021-2022 | 0.13 | 25 | 79 | 1.2 | 53.8 |
| Haiti | 2018-2022 | 52.21 | 5.57 | 0.77 | 39.49 | |
| Honduras | 2021-2022 | 24.08 | 44.55 | 49.44 | 19.33 | 0 |
| Hungary | 2021 | 850.01 | 172.08 | 42.53 | ||
| India | 2016-2022 | 412.73 | 3406.49 | |||
| Indonesia | 2013-2022 | 209.24 | 4.11 | 704.11 | 886.27 | |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2021-2022 | 5.3 | 1660.69 | 7147.81 | 1262.71 | |
| Iraq | 2021-2022 | 120.43 | 46.34 | 396.69 | 35.03 | 17.59 |
| Jamaica | 2018-2022 | 0.32 | 156.83 | 2.37 | 1.66 | 133 |
| Jordan | 2021-2022 | 363.39 | 145.77 | 23.52 | 14.79 | 40.27 |
| Kazakhstan | 2022 | 0.05 | ||||
| Kenya | 2018-2022 | 261.15 | 197.65 | 92.89 | 18.31 | 103.2 |
| Kiribati | 2022 | 7.75 | ||||
| Kuwait | 2021 | 1641.91 | ||||
| Kyrgyzstan | 2018-2022 | 37.67 | 45.16 | 1.11 | 7.32 | 3.48 |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2021-2022 | 99.53 | 46.28 | 0.79 | 19.22 | 19.05 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 2022 | 821.27 | ||||
| Lebanon | 2018-2022 | 66.85 | 105.47 | 336.32 | 710 | |
| Lesotho | 2018-2022 | 13.58 | 8.71 | 66.36 | 2.37 | 11.83 |
| Liberia | 2022 | 13.37 | ||||
| Libya | 2022 | 0.87 | ||||
| Madagascar | 2018-2022 | 42.82 | 0.76 | 3.63 | 8.46 | |
| Malawi | 2018-2022 | 102.12 | 42.69 | 15.94 | 183.47 | 25.59 |
| Malaysia | 2022 | 0.69 | ||||
| Maldives | 2018-2022 | 14.93 | 39.09 | 123.65 | ||
| Mali | 2018-2022 | 68.6 | 70.94 | 29.21 | 142.33 | 1.12 |
| Marshall Islands | 2022 | 6.65 | ||||
| Mauritania | 2021-2022 | 32.34 | 34.98 | 83.36 | 9.63 | 30.73 |
| Mauritius | 2022 | 4.03 | ||||
| Mayotte | 2009 | 1.61 | ||||
| Mexico | 2016-2022 | 92.62 | 353.43 | 167.28 | ||
| Micronesia (Federated States of) | 2022 | 1.82 | ||||
| Mongolia | 2022 | 50.6 | ||||
| Montenegro | 2018-2022 | 16.38 | 15.4 | |||
| Montserrat | 2019 | 0.02 | ||||
| Morocco | 2013-2022 | 216.45 | 47.17 | 3.48 | 544.27 | |
| Mozambique | 2021-2022 | 121.31 | 41.13 | 18.38 | 38.04 | 21.36 |
| Myanmar | 2013-2022 | 21.56 | 10.73 | |||
| Namibia | 2021-2022 | 2.17 | 20.17 | 0.14 | 0.33 | |
| Nauru | 2022 | 2.37 | ||||
| Nepal | 2019-2022 | 139.53 | 46 | 346 | 49 | 141 |
| Netherlands | 2018 | 4638.27 | 3.32 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nicaragua | 2021-2022 | 160.46 | 104.99 | 17.62 | 17.93 | 52.97 |
| Niger | 2018-2022 | 167.84 | 20.85 | 26.06 | 82.23 | |
| Nigeria | 2021-2022 | 152.07 | 114.04 | 40.09 | 210.46 | |
| Niue | 2022 | 0.01 | ||||
| North Macedonia | 2022 | 10.89 | ||||
| Northern Africa and Western Asia | 2022 | 1942.93 | ||||
| Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) | 2022 | 88.51 | ||||
| Oman | 2010 | 0.51 | ||||
| Pakistan | 2021-2022 | 204.87 | 188.34 | 138.12 | 21.48 | 230.19 |
| Palau | 2022 | 5.52 | ||||
| Panama | 2013-2022 | 3.62 | 395.6 | 40.2 | 82 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 2021-2022 | 32.1 | 2.85 | 3.39 | 16.77 | |
| Paraguay | 2021-2022 | 6.16 | 113 | 20 | 16.4 | 49.6 |
| Peru | 2018-2022 | 12.96 | 878.61 | 510.3 | 27.9 | 894.15 |
| Philippines | 2018-2022 | 60.87 | 249.41 | 6.14 | 181.83 | |
| Republic of Moldova | 2022 | 22.92 | ||||
| Rwanda | 2016-2022 | 57.39 | 57.45 | |||
| Saint Helena | 2017 | 0.3 | ||||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2011 | 0.03 | ||||
| Saint Lucia | 2022 | 0.19 | ||||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2022 | 0 | ||||
| Samoa | 2022 | 0.92 | ||||
| Sao Tome and Principe | 2022 | 6.93 | ||||
| Saudi Arabia | 2007 | 0.6 | ||||
| Senegal | 2018-2022 | 100.54 | 20.27 | 69.09 | 18.23 | 263.44 |
| Serbia | 2016-2022 | 22.44 | 356.92 | 77.6 | 27.15 | 0 |
| Seychelles | 2017-2021 | 0.42 | 2.32 | 2.27 | ||
| Sierra Leone | 2022 | 21.75 | ||||
| Slovenia | 2002 | 0 | ||||
| Solomon Islands | 2018-2022 | 10.62 | 24.04 | 0.38 | 14.46 | 17.74 |
| Somalia | 2022 | 30.68 | ||||
| South Africa | 2021-2022 | 7.05 | 3965.17 | 1779.59 | 595.45 | |
| South Sudan | 2016-2022 | 30.35 | 1.68 | 1.02 | 57 | |
| Sri Lanka | 2018-2022 | 73.83 | 763.77 | 179.87 | 446.03 | |
| State of Palestine | 2021-2022 | 154.02 | 10.66 | 19.32 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 2022 | 2682.53 | ||||
| Sudan | 2021-2022 | 27.73 | 0.11 | 0.46 | 0.09 | |
| Suriname | 2022 | 0.82 | ||||
| Syrian Arab Republic | 2022 | 72.6 | ||||
| Tajikistan | 2013-2022 | 99.28 | 1.77 | 27.81 | 0.53 | |
| Thailand | 2021-2022 | 3.53 | 1982.77 | |||
| Timor-Leste | 2022 | 5.13 | ||||
| Togo | 2021-2022 | 41.5 | 14.57 | 21.98 | 21.98 | |
| Tokelau | 2005 | 0.03 | ||||
| Tonga | 2022 | 0.46 | ||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2010-2018 | 0.03 | 0.22 | 0.6 | 0.04 | |
| Tunisia | 2021-2022 | 240.51 | 261.34 | 127.04 | 8.85 | 89.96 |
| Turkmenistan | 2021 | 0.02 | ||||
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2003 | 0.07 | ||||
| Tuvalu | 2022 | 1.62 | ||||
| Türkiye | 2022 | 64.29 | ||||
| Uganda | 2018-2022 | 114.66 | 69 | 234.02 | 148.29 | |
| Ukraine | 2018-2022 | 24.81 | 9.64 | |||
| United Republic of Tanzania | 2018-2022 | 250.51 | 839.79 | |||
| Uruguay | 2016-2021 | 1.53 | 445 | 0.41 | 3.14 | 60.2 |
| Uzbekistan | 2016-2022 | 113.84 | 114.51 | 94.12 | ||
| Vanuatu | 2016-2022 | 6.78 | 0 | 0.12 | 1.84 | 0 |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2022 | 0.77 | ||||
| Viet Nam | 2016-2022 | 354.38 | 167.05 | 303.23 | 1040.02 | |
| Wallis and Futuna Islands | 2019 | 0.03 | ||||
| World | 2022 | 9076.63 | ||||
| Yemen | 2021-2022 | 82.14 | 16.44 | 20.08 | 45.8 | |
| Zambia | 2021-2022 | 116.98 | 57.09 | 36.76 | 73.13 | |
| Zimbabwe | 2018-2022 | 14.25 | 289.58 | 310.2 | 81.9 | |