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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: 1995-2022
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 2022

Millions of constant 2020 United States dollars (million 2020 USD)
145-420
80-145
40-80
17-40
0-17
Data Not Available
Not Applicable

Progress over time of indicator 6.a.1 Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance disbursements in 2009 - 2022

Status in different countries (or areas) of indicator 6.a.1 Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance disbursements in 2022

  • 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 2022

Status of different components of indicator Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance disbursements in 2022

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 2022

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, worldYearAmount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance disbursementsAnnual expenditure for drinking water, sanitation and hygiene
UsersGovernmentExternalRepayable
Afghanistan2013-202267.320762.5
Albania2018-202232.3858.4464.752.7537.83
Algeria20221.52
Angola202218.14
Anguilla20130.02
Antigua and Barbuda20211.94
Argentina2018-202276.821592.5563.78472.4
Armenia202223.55
Australia and New Zealand20210
Azerbaijan2016-20221.16117.53156.59154.2179.71
Bahrain20040.02
Bangladesh2016-2022255.08235.36505.3615.340
Barbados2010-20210.7465.9313.673
Belarus20220.1
Belize2021-20220.7122.729.750.130.2
Benin2016-202228.134.0332.861.36
Bhutan2016-202211.593.082.713.570.22
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)2021-2022122.91105.86
Bosnia and Herzegovina2016-20227.4299.560.1341.262.65
Botswana2018-20221.27678.1928.06
Brazil2018-202269.2616743.24363.120.32887.13
British Virgin Islands20210.91
Burkina Faso2021-202267.26668.7412116.179.9
Burundi202273.18
Cabo Verde2021-20226.284.1744.08
Cambodia2016-2022187.784150
Cameroon2022115.7
Central African Republic2018-202210.09135.874.05
Central and Southern Asia20221436.05
Chad202230.18
Chile201710.83
China2018-202263.239601.56
Colombia2018-202215.286054.45657.6853.84
Comoros2021-20222.69.6234.35
Congo2013-202238.763.5180.526.5321.36
Cook Islands20193.95
Costa Rica2021-202211.49531.628.057.9939.01
Croatia2010-202121.7565.83539.48
Cuba2021-202221.9423.93127.1163.48
Côte d'Ivoire202225.72
Democratic People's Republic of Korea20220.27
Democratic Republic of the Congo202297.87
Djibouti202221.04
Dominica20220
Dominican Republic2016-202223.83151.4311.1765.78
Eastern and South-Eastern Asia20221056.81
Ecuador202253.18
Egypt2022448.19
El Salvador2018-202260.84181.6629.210.8212.13
Equatorial Guinea20220
Eritrea2013-20221.010.57
Eswatini2016-20228.92.25
Ethiopia2021-2022266.3384.877.4737.1
Europe and Northern America2022137.33
Fiji2016-202211.8916.06157.345.88
Gabon2018-20220.9137.7710.52
Gambia2021-20227.60.127.16
Georgia2021-202259.2323.570.0122.35
Ghana2021-202251.34421.861.12111.7535.17
Grenada20220.42
Guatemala2021-202210.23121.28216.3113.262.54
Guinea2018-202230.6621.7366.3344.23
Guinea-Bissau20225.59
Guyana2021-20220.1325791.253.8
Haiti2018-202252.215.570.7739.49
Honduras2021-202224.0844.5549.4419.330
Hungary2021850.01172.0842.53
India2016-2022412.733406.49
Indonesia2013-2022209.244.11704.11886.27
Iran (Islamic Republic of)2021-20225.31660.697147.811262.71
Iraq2021-2022120.4346.34396.6935.0317.59
Jamaica2018-20220.32156.832.371.66133
Jordan2021-2022363.39145.7723.5214.7940.27
Kazakhstan20220.05
Kenya2018-2022261.15197.6592.8918.31103.2
Kiribati20227.75
Kuwait20211641.91
Kyrgyzstan2018-202237.6745.161.117.323.48
Lao People's Democratic Republic2021-202299.5346.280.7919.2219.05
Latin America and the Caribbean2022821.27
Lebanon2018-202266.85105.47336.32710
Lesotho2018-202213.588.7166.362.3711.83
Liberia202213.37
Libya20220.87
Madagascar2018-202242.820.763.638.46
Malawi2018-2022102.1242.6915.94183.4725.59
Malaysia20220.69
Maldives2018-202214.9339.09123.65
Mali2018-202268.670.9429.21142.331.12
Marshall Islands20226.65
Mauritania2021-202232.3434.9883.369.6330.73
Mauritius20224.03
Mayotte20091.61
Mexico2016-202292.62353.43167.28
Micronesia (Federated States of)20221.82
Mongolia202250.6
Montenegro2018-202216.3815.4
Montserrat20190.02
Morocco2013-2022216.4547.173.48544.27
Mozambique2021-2022121.3141.1318.3838.0421.36
Myanmar2013-202221.5610.73
Namibia2021-20222.1720.170.140.33
Nauru20222.37
Nepal2019-2022139.534634649141
Netherlands20184638.273.3200
Nicaragua2021-2022160.46104.9917.6217.9352.97
Niger2018-2022167.8420.8526.0682.23
Nigeria2021-2022152.07114.0440.09210.46
Niue20220.01
North Macedonia202210.89
Northern Africa and Western Asia20221942.93
Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)202288.51
Oman20100.51
Pakistan2021-2022204.87188.34138.1221.48230.19
Palau20225.52
Panama2013-20223.62395.640.282
Papua New Guinea2021-202232.12.853.3916.77
Paraguay2021-20226.161132016.449.6
Peru2018-202212.96878.61510.327.9894.15
Philippines2018-202260.87249.416.14181.83
Republic of Moldova202222.92
Rwanda2016-202257.3957.45
Saint Helena20170.3
Saint Kitts and Nevis20110.03
Saint Lucia20220.19
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines20220
Samoa20220.92
Sao Tome and Principe20226.93
Saudi Arabia20070.6
Senegal2018-2022100.5420.2769.0918.23263.44
Serbia2016-202222.44356.9277.627.150
Seychelles2017-20210.422.322.27
Sierra Leone202221.75
Slovenia20020
Solomon Islands2018-202210.6224.040.3814.4617.74
Somalia202230.68
South Africa2021-20227.053965.171779.59595.45
South Sudan2016-202230.351.681.0257
Sri Lanka2018-202273.83763.77179.87446.03
State of Palestine2021-2022154.0210.6619.32
Sub-Saharan Africa20222682.53
Sudan2021-202227.730.110.460.09
Suriname20220.82
Syrian Arab Republic202272.6
Tajikistan2013-202299.281.7727.810.53
Thailand2021-20223.531982.77
Timor-Leste20225.13
Togo2021-202241.514.5721.9821.98
Tokelau20050.03
Tonga20220.46
Trinidad and Tobago2010-20180.030.220.60.04
Tunisia2021-2022240.51261.34127.048.8589.96
Turkmenistan20210.02
Turks and Caicos Islands20030.07
Tuvalu20221.62
Türkiye202264.29
Uganda2018-2022114.6669234.02148.29
Ukraine2018-202224.819.64
United Republic of Tanzania2018-2022250.51839.79
Uruguay2016-20211.534450.413.1460.2
Uzbekistan2016-2022113.84114.5194.12
Vanuatu2016-20226.7800.121.840
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)20220.77
Viet Nam2016-2022354.38167.05303.231040.02
Wallis and Futuna Islands20190.03
World20229076.63
Yemen2021-202282.1416.4420.0845.8
Zambia2021-2022116.9857.0936.7673.13
Zimbabwe2018-202214.25289.58310.281.9