Progress on Integrated Water Resources Management (SDG target 6.5)

Sustainable, integrated water resources management is vital for long-term social, economic and environmental well-being – the three pillars of the 2030 Agenda – and helps to balance competing water demands from across society and the economy.

57 % is the degree of implementation of integrated water resources management (IWRM) at the global level (SDG indicator 6.5.1, 2023)

Data provider: UNEP through UNEP-DHI IWRM Data Portal
Available time series: 2017-2023
Number of countries (and areas) reporting in the last five years: 191
Proportion of world population covered by reporting in the last five years:99%
Proportion of world economy covered by reporting in the last five years: 98%
Proportion of world land area covered by reporting in the last five years: 99%
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SDG target 6.5 is: ‘By 2030, implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate.’

To track progress towards the target, indicator 6.5.1 monitors the degree of integrated water resources management (IWRM) implementation, by assessing the four key dimensions of IWRM: enabling environment, institutions and participation, management instruments and financing.

Global status of indicator 6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100) (2023)

Degree of IWRM implementation (0-100)

Progress over time of indicator 6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100)

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Global target: of people have access to safe water.
Current status: % has access to safe water.
Current rate of progress between -1 and : % of the world population gained access to safe drinking water.
Rate of progress required to reach target: % of population need to gain access to safe water per year.
On track to reach target:
With current rate of progress, target will be reached by year:

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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 6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100) (2023)

Status of different dimensions of indicator 6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100) (2023)

Source data indicator 6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100)

Country (or area), regional and world data for the latest year of reporting: 2020 - 2023

Country (or area), region, world	Year	6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100)
Country (or area), region, world	Year	Overall	Enabling environment	Institutions and participation	Management instruments	Financing
Afghanistan	2020	12	23	13	9	2
Albania	2023	47	51	62	44	30
Algeria	2023	60	56	55	64	63
Andorra	2023	36	23	41	45	35
Angola	2023	62	69	69	64	47
Antigua and Barbuda	2023	38	23	56	53	20
Argentina	2023	50	54	47	42	58
Armenia	2023	46	50	43	46	44
Australia	2023	85	85	86	81	86
Australia and New Zealand	2023	74	79	74	73	66
Austria	2023	91	91	92	87	93
Azerbaijan	2023	55	49	61	51	60
Bahamas	2023	40	42	38	45	33
Bahrain	2023	59	60	66	56	53
Bangladesh	2023	64	66	67	67	57
Barbados	2023	51	45	66	71	23
Belarus	2023	64	69	67	74	45
Belgium	2023	82	83	95	88	63
Belize	2023	32	28	34	48	18
Benin	2023	68	70	77	61	62
Bhutan	2020	33	36	27	38	32
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2023	55	66	57	51	47
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2023	65	82	49	64	65
Botswana	2023	56	54	55	50	65
Brazil	2023	51	61	55	46	43
Brunei Darussalam	2023	70	87	54	80	60
Bulgaria	2023	68	75	71	69	58
Burkina Faso	2023	70	77	82	63	57
Burundi	2023	48	57	56	46	33
Cabo Verde	2023	62	77	70	50	50
Cambodia	2023	62	66	68	63	52
Cameroon	2023	49	40	65	49	40
Canada	2023	73	79	70	70	72
Central African Republic	2023	44	61	55	27	33
Central and Southern Asia	2023	55	56	56	56	50
Chad	2023	38	40	38	44	30
Chile	2023	26	29	26	32	18
China	2023	81	84	79	82	78
Colombia	2023	41	51	46	33	32
Comoros	2023	25	35	30	31	4
Congo	2023	48	53	51	48	38
Costa Rica	2023	51	49	57	59	40
Croatia	2023	90	97	98	84	80
Cuba	2020	82	80	87	84	76
Cyprus	2023	93	97	96	89	90
Czechia	2023	80	87	83	83	67
Côte d'Ivoire	2023	49	40	56	56	45
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	2020	63	84	68	58	40
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2023	40	44	55	32	27
Denmark	2023	95	94	96	96	92
Djibouti	2023	24	26	20	38	10
Dominica	2023	53	25	66	63	58
Dominican Republic	2023	39	24	49	44	40
Eastern and South-Eastern Asia	2023	66	73	68	67	59
Ecuador	2023	26	27	29	27	20
Egypt	2023	63	61	63	62	65
El Salvador	2023	38	34	44	30	45
Equatorial Guinea	2023	23	40	29	0	24
Eritrea	2023	37	54	34	40	20
Estonia	2023	89	94	99	87	77
Eswatini	2023	58	69	62	60	42
Ethiopia	2023	41	41	45	39	37
Europe and Northern America	2023	75	79	77	77	68
Fiji	2023	56	28	61	70	63
Finland	2023	80	88	80	82	68
France	2023	100	100	100	100	100
Gabon	2023	33	30	38	34	30
Gambia	2023	37	42	43	38	25
Georgia	2023	54	57	67	50	40
Germany	2023	88	94	85	87	85
Ghana	2023	60	70	66	47	57
Greece	2023	85	94	87	86	72
Grenada	2023	35	28	34	39	40
Guatemala	2023	33	27	35	34	35
Guinea	2023	40	49	42	40	27
Guinea-Bissau	2023	23	26	29	22	13
Guyana	2023	28	27	25	32	27
Haiti	2020	30	27	38	28	25
Honduras	2023	34	43	34	32	28
Hungary	2023	76	82	79	80	63
Iceland	2023	75	65	78	78	80
India	2023	75	76	76	76	73
Indonesia	2023	70	74	71	69	67
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2020	40	40	39	45	36
Iraq	2023	44	39	53	56	27
Ireland	2023	87	90	87	87	82
Israel	2023	89	90	89	84	93
Italy	2023	78	90	79	78	63
Jamaica	2023	51	56	51	68	30
Japan	2023	95	100	96	94	90
Jordan	2023	64	73	59	69	55
Kazakhstan	2023	51	44	57	61	43
Kenya	2023	62	74	74	56	43
Kuwait	2023	95	90	100	88	100
Kyrgyzstan	2023	38	39	37	47	28
Lao People's Democratic Republic	2023	68	69	68	72	63
Latin America and the Caribbean	2023	39	39	42	44	31
Latvia	2023	62	58	66	77	47
Lebanon	2023	33	40	45	30	17
Lesotho	2023	53	64	61	48	40
Liberia	2023	22	27	26	24	10
Libya	2020	60	54	67	60	60
Liechtenstein	2023	73	83	68	74	67
Lithuania	2023	61	66	52	62	63
Luxembourg	2023	92	88	95	96	90
Madagascar	2023	39	40	38	63	15
Malawi	2023	58	83	59	47	43
Malaysia	2023	73	81	72	70	70
Maldives	2023	50	53	46	39	60
Mali	2023	53	62	61	57	32
Malta	2023	89	97	91	93	73
Marshall Islands	2023	36	37	42	50	16
Mauritania	2023	53	63	64	38	47
Mauritius	2023	68	68	67	63	73
Mexico	2023	41	49	39	41	33
Micronesia (Federated States of)	2023	49	50	59	46	42
Monaco	2023	99	98	98	100	100
Mongolia	2023	57	79	63	48	37
Montenegro	2023	35	54	24	38	23
Morocco	2023	70	70	70	69	70
Mozambique	2023	66	84	83	63	33
Myanmar	2023	38	46	38	41	28
Namibia	2023	60	60	61	60	57
Nepal	2023	37	37	40	41	30
Netherlands	2023	90	87	92	87	95
New Zealand	2023	62	73	62	65	46
Nicaragua	2023	42	49	37	51	30
Niger	2023	52	66	74	41	27
Nigeria	2023	47	51	52	46	38
North Macedonia	2023	39	37	29	49	40
Northern Africa and Western Asia	2023	64	67	66	63	59
Norway	2023	71	64	78	69	72
Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)	2023	42	40	50	48	29
Oman	2023	80	90	84	86	60
Pakistan	2023	63	76	67	54	55
Palau	2023	26	23	32	34	16
Panama	2023	40	43	46	37	32
Papua New Guinea	2023	19	17	20	30	7
Paraguay	2023	35	40	41	38	20
Peru	2023	46	56	47	46	35
Philippines	2023	62	68	68	64	48
Poland	2023	75	81	82	74	62
Portugal	2023	76	77	71	78	77
Qatar	2023	90	85	94	88	92
Republic of Korea	2023	81	83	88	84	67
Republic of Moldova	2023	68	74	69	76	53
Romania	2023	79	96	83	84	53
Russian Federation	2023	95	97	96	98	90
Rwanda	2023	68	74	83	66	50
Saint Kitts and Nevis	2023	23	15	23	33	20
Saint Lucia	2023	41	44	42	46	32
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2023	25	20	22	48	8
Samoa	2023	75	78	78	74	70
San Marino	2023	68	70	60	72	70
Sao Tome and Principe	2023	44	60	44	36	34
Saudi Arabia	2023	83	87	70	81	93
Senegal	2023	55	61	56	59	45
Serbia	2023	39	43	41	43	30
Seychelles	2023	53	52	67	59	35
Sierra Leone	2023	37	46	43	37	20
Singapore	2023	100	100	100	100	100
Slovakia	2023	57	63	65	62	38
Slovenia	2023	83	87	83	81	80
Solomon Islands	2023	29	30	31	36	20
Somalia	2023	34	37	44	33	22
South Africa	2023	60	72	68	60	38
South Sudan	2023	43	46	57	42	28
Spain	2023	92	100	100	92	75
Sri Lanka	2023	49	53	63	49	32
State of Palestine	2023	41	63	40	33	27
Sub-Saharan Africa	2023	49	56	56	46	37
Sudan	2023	34	43	35	36	23
Suriname	2023	22	17	20	42	7
Sweden	2023	86	83	89	82	90
Switzerland	2023	84	80	80	82	92
Syrian Arab Republic	2023	63	79	65	60	47
Tajikistan	2023	54	61	48	54	52
Thailand	2023	70	79	73	62	65
Timor-Leste	2023	14	4	21	21	10
Togo	2023	46	58	49	40	35
Tonga	2023	35	40	40	49	10
Trinidad and Tobago	2023	41	42	46	48	28
Tunisia	2023	60	59	61	51	67
Turkmenistan	2023	68	69	55	66	80
Tuvalu	2023	48	48	69	43	32
Türkiye	2023	72	80	73	78	58
Uganda	2023	57	64	68	50	47
Ukraine	2020	39	35	49	40	32
United Arab Emirates	2023	83	77	85	76	95
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	2023	79	86	85	76	68
United Republic of Tanzania	2023	54	64	64	46	42
United States of America	2023	77	84	77	78	68
Uruguay	2023	36	43	42	36	23
Uzbekistan	2023	52	46	56	62	40
Vanuatu	2023	45	53	63	49	16
Viet Nam	2023	56	69	56	50	50
World	2023	57	61	61	58	49
Yemen	2023	36	50	47	36	12
Zambia	2023	66	76	77	56	53
Zimbabwe	2023	63	64	74	60	52

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