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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.

  • 8.7 b$ is the global amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance received in 2020 (SDG indicator 6.a.1)

Available time series: 1995-2021
Number of countries (and areas) eligible to receive ODA according to the DAC List of ODA Recipients: 144 (2019)
Learn more about the indicator here
Read the latest progress report here  

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 2005-2020

Millions of constant 2020 United States dollars (million 2020 USD)

Progress over time of indicator 6.a.1 Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance disbursements in 2000 - 2020

Status in different countries (or areas) of indicator 6.a.1 Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance disbursements in 2005-2020

  • 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 2020

Status of different components of indicator Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance disbursements in 2020

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 2013 - 2021 

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
Afghanistan2013-2020140.290762.5
Albania2018-202148.5358.4464.752.7537.83
Algeria20203.01
Angola20204.61
Anguilla20130.01
Antigua and Barbuda20200
Argentina2018-202132.581592.5563.78472.4
Armenia202015.27
Azerbaijan2016-202148.6117.53156.59154.2179.71
Bahrain20040.02
Bangladesh2016-2021273.85235.36505.3615.340
Barbados2010-20210.3565.9313.673
Belarus20200.32
Belize2020-20210.3722.729.750.130.2
Benin2016-202042.5434.0332.861.36
Bhutan2016-202112.383.082.713.570.22
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)2020-2021110.47105.86
Bosnia and Herzegovina2016-202022.2299.560.1341.262.65
Botswana2018-20200.04678.1928.06
Brazil2018-202124.4416743.24363.120.32887.13
British Virgin Islands20210.91
Burkina Faso2020-202182.8668.7412116.179.9
Burundi202041.98
Cabo Verde2020-20215.884.1744.08
Cambodia2016-2020197.734150
Cameroon202082.22
Central African Republic2018-202015.31135.874.05
Chad202030
Chile20175.09
China2018-2020103.629601.56
Colombia2018-202023.886054.45657.6853.84
Comoros2020-20210.349.6234.35
Congo2013-202133.863.5180.526.5321.36
Cook Islands20191.78
Costa Rica2020-20213.87531.628.057.9939.01
Croatia2010-202110.1965.83539.48
Cuba2020-202115.9323.93127.1163.48
Côte d'Ivoire202015.04
Democratic People's Republic of Korea20200.16
Democratic Republic of the Congo202071.51
Djibouti202026.43
Dominica20200.62
Dominican Republic2016-2020191.97151.4311.1765.78
Ecuador202061.99
Egypt2020365.28
El Salvador2018-2021278.09181.6629.210.8212.13
Equatorial Guinea20200
Eritrea2013-20201.930.57
Eswatini2016-202010.122.25
Ethiopia2020-2021155.0984.877.4737.1
Fiji2016-20202.6116.06157.345.88
Gabon2018-20210.837.7710.52
Gambia2020-20211.830.127.16
Georgia2020-202135.2723.570.0122.35
Ghana2020-202169.51421.861.12111.7535.17
Grenada20205.23
Guatemala2020-20218.59121.28216.3113.262.54
Guinea2018-202010.6621.7366.3344.23
Guinea-Bissau20202.21
Guyana2020-20212.4525791.253.8
Haiti2018-202030.185.570.7739.49
Honduras2020-202164.644.5549.4419.330
Hungary2021850.01172.0842.53
India2016-2020305.483406.49
Indonesia2013-2020185.284.11704.11886.27
Iran (Islamic Republic of)2020-20211.091660.697147.811262.71
Iraq2020-202169.8746.34396.6935.0317.59
Jamaica2018-20210.38156.832.371.66133
Jordan2020-2021366.71145.7723.5214.7940.27
Kazakhstan20200.64
Kenya2018-2020196.23197.6592.8918.31103.2
Kiribati20205.01
Kuwait20211641.91
Kyrgyzstan2018-202124.4345.161.117.323.48
Lao People's Democratic Republic2020-202173.9846.280.7919.2219.05
Latin America and the Caribbean20201059.39
Lebanon2018-2021120.77105.47336.32710
Lesotho2018-20219.948.7166.362.3711.83
Liberia202024.5
Libya20200.01
Madagascar2018-202151.140.763.638.46
Malawi2018-202190.4742.6915.94183.4725.59
Malaysia20200.63
Maldives2018-202013.6839.09123.65
Mali2018-2021117.2470.9429.21142.331.12
Marshall Islands20203.65
Mauritania2020-20216034.9883.369.6330.73
Mauritius20209.37
Mayotte20091.53
Mexico2016-20211.34353.43167.28
Micronesia (Federated States of)20201.66
Mongolia202032.81
Montenegro2018-202014.6715.4
Montserrat20190.01
Morocco2013-2020282.4847.173.48544.27
Mozambique2020-2021132.4341.1318.3838.0421.36
Myanmar2013-202097.1910.73
Namibia2020-20211.420.170.140.33
Nauru20190.17
Nepal2019-2020152.514634649141
Netherlands20184638.273.3200
Nicaragua2020-2021157.35104.9917.6217.9352.97
Niger2018-2021201.4920.8526.0682.23
Nigeria2020-2021131.97114.0440.09210.46
Niue20200.01
North Macedonia202014.77
Oman20100.24
Pakistan2020-2021164.83188.34138.1221.48230.19
Palau20203.76
Panama2013-20202.98395.640.282
Papua New Guinea2020-202117.132.853.3916.77
Paraguay2020-202121.571132016.449.6
Peru2018-202116.86878.61510.327.9894.15
Philippines2018-202027.06249.416.14181.83
Republic of Moldova202025.06
Rwanda2016-202046.4957.45
Saint Helena20170.14
Saint Kitts and Nevis20110.02
Saint Lucia20200.36
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines20201.8
Samoa20200.84
Sao Tome and Principe20206.51
Saudi Arabia20070.63
Senegal2018-2021128.8620.2769.0918.23263.44
Serbia2016-202136.33356.9277.627.150
Seychelles2017-20210.22.322.27
Sierra Leone202032.71
Slovenia20020
Solomon Islands2018-202021.0524.040.3814.4617.74
Somalia202022.28
South Africa2020-20213.963965.171779.59595.45
South Sudan2016-202025.751.681.0257
Sri Lanka2018-2020132.02763.77179.87446.03
State of Palestine2020-2021151.2921.3238.64
Sub-Saharan Africa20202398.61
Sudan2020-202132.590.110.460.09
Suriname20200.45
Syrian Arab Republic202035.57
Tajikistan2013-202093.681.7727.810.53
Thailand2020-20211.511982.77
Timor-Leste20203.9
Togo2020-20219.9714.5721.9821.98
Tokelau20050.03
Tonga20200.56
Trinidad and Tobago2010-20180.020.220.60.04
Tunisia2020-2021292.57261.34127.048.8589.96
Turkmenistan20200
Turks and Caicos Islands20030.06
Tuvalu20203.27
Türkiye202066.21
Uganda2018-2021167.6569234.02148.29
Ukraine2018-202035.969.64
United Republic of Tanzania2018-2020136.63839.79
Uruguay2016-20210.734450.413.1460.2
Uzbekistan2016-2020126.58114.5194.12
Vanuatu2016-20206.4500.121.840
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)20201.02
Viet Nam2016-2020428.07167.05303.231040.02
Wallis and Futuna Islands20190.01
World20208695.58
Yemen2020-202151.9716.4420.0845.8
Zambia2020-202168.8657.0936.7673.13
Zimbabwe2018-202118.05289.58310.281.9
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