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Iraq

Location

  • Geographical region: Western Asia, Asia
  • SDG region: SDG Northern Africa and Western Asia

Land

  • Total area: --- km2
  • Land area: 434,128 km(2020)
  • Land use by sector: 21% agriculture, 2% forest and 77% other (2018 - 2020)

People

  • Total population: 44,496,122 people (2022)
  • Population density: 93 people per km2 (2020)  
  • Urbanisation: 64% lives in urban areas and 26% lives in rural areas (2020)  

Economy

  • Total GDP: 362,500,540,931 USD per year (2020)
  • GDP per capita: 8,147 USD per year (2020)
  • Value added by sector: 4% from agriculture, 54% from services and 63% from industry (2020 - 2022)
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SDG 6 snapshot in Iraq

  • Drinking water

    60 % of the population in Iraq uses a safely managed drinking water service (SDG indicator 6.1.1, 2022)
  • Sanitation

    53 % of the population in Iraq uses a safely managed sanitation service (SDG indicator 6.2.1a, 2022)
  • Hygiene

    97 % of the population in Iraq has a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home (SDG indicator 6.2.1b, 2022)
  • Wastewater

    42 % of domestic wastewater in Iraq is safely treated (SDG indicator 6.3.1, 2022)
  • Water quality

    --- % of monitored water bodies in Iraq has good ambient water quality (SDG indicator 6.3.2, 2020)
  • Efficiency

    3 $/m<sup>3</sup> is the value added from the use of water by people and the economy in Iraq (SDG indicator 6.4.1, 2020)
  • Water stress

    80 % of the renewable water resources in Iraq is being withdrawn, after taking into account environmental flow requirements (SDG indicator 6.4.2, 2020)
  • Water management

    38 % is the degree of implementation of integrated water resources management in Iraq (SDG indicator 6.5.1, 2020) 
  • Transboundary

    11 % of transboundary basin area has an operational arrangement for water cooperation (SDG indicator 6.5.2, 2020)
  • Ecosystems

    20 % of the water basins in Iraq is experiencing rapid changes in the area covered by surface waters (SDG 6 indicator 6.6.1, 2020)
  • Cooperation

    84 m$ is the amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance received by Iraq in 2021 (SDG indicator 6.a.1)
  • Participation

    + is the number of sub-sectors (out of 6) with a high level of participation by communities in Iraq (SDG indicator 6.b.1, 2021)

Drinking water

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Iraq, progress over time

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Iraq, by service level and location (2022)

Sanitation and hygiene

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Iraq, progress over time

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Iraq, by service level and location (2022)

6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home in Iraq, by service level and location (2022)

Water quality and wastewater

6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated > Domestic in Iraq (2022), compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated in Iraq, by source (2015 - 2022)

6.3.2 Level 1 Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality in Iraq (2017-2020), compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

Water use and scarcity

Water resources and withdrawal in Iraq, total and per capita

Long-term average annual precipitation in depth: 216 (mm/year) (2020)

Renewable water resources: 2,348 m3 per capita (2017)

Water withdrawal: 1,007 m3 per capita (2016)

Environmental flow requirements: % of the renewable water resources ()

6.4.2 Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources in Iraq, change over time, compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Iraq, by sector (2020)

Water-use efficiency for ‘Agriculture, forestry and fishing’ only takes into account the proportion of gross value added that comes from irrigated agriculture, since that activity is associated with water withdrawal (other activities are rain-fed).

6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Iraq, progress over time, compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

Water resources management

6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100) in Afghanistan, progress over time, by dimension

Very low (0-10) – Low (11-30) – Medium-low (31-50) – Medium-high (51-70) – High (71-90) – Very high (91-100)

6.5.2 Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation in Afghanistan, progress over time, by component

Very low (0-10) – Low (11-30) – Medium-low (31-50) – Medium-high (51-70) – High (71-90) – Very high (91-100)

International cooperation and capacity-building

6.a.1 Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance received by Afghanistan, over time

6.a.1 Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance received by Afghanistan in 2021, by sub-sector

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 in Afghanistan, by funding source (2018)

Community participation

6.b.1 Procedures in law or policy for participation by users/communities and level of participation in Iraq (2021)

6.b.1 Level of participation by users/communities in Iraq, progress over time, by sub-sector