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Japan

Location

  • Geographical region: Eastern Asia, Asia
  • SDG region: SDG Eastern and South-Eastern Asia

Land

  • Total area: --- km2
  • Land area: 364,500 km2 (2022)
  • Land use by sector: 13% agriculture, 68% forest and 19% other (2022)

People

  • Total population: 124,516,650 people (2023)
  • Population density: 343 people per km2 (2022)  
  • Urbanisation: 92% lives in urban areas and 8% lives in rural areas (2023) 

Economy

  • Total GDP: 5,717,226,024,120 USD per year (2023)
  • GDP per capita: 45,915 USD per year (2023)
  • Value added by sector: 1% from agriculture, 71% from services and 27% from industry (2022)
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SDG 6 snapshot Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Drinking water

    --- % of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean uses a safely managed drinking water service (SDG indicator 6.1.1, 2024)

  • Sanitation

    --- % of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean uses a safely managed sanitation service (SDG indicator 6.2.1a, 2024)

  • Hygiene

    --- % of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean has a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home (SDG indicator 6.2.1b, 2024)

  • Wastewater

    37 % of domestic wastewater in Latin America and the Caribbean is safely treated (2024), but insufficient data to assess industrial wastewater treatment in the region (SDG indicator 6.3.1)

  • Water quality

    57 % of monitored water bodies in Latin America and the Caribbean has good ambient water quality (SDG indicator 6.3.2, 2023)

  • Efficiency

    13 $/m<sup>3</sup> is the value added from the use of water by people and the economy in Latin America and the Caribbean (SDG indicator 6.4.1, 2021)

  • Water stress

    6.03 % of the renewable water resources in Latin America and the Caribbean is being withdrawn, after taking into account environmental flow requirements (SDG indicator 6.4.2, 2021)

  • Water management

    39 % is the degree of implementation of integrated water resources management in Latin America and the Caribbean (SDG indicator 6.5.1, 2023) 

  • Transboundary

    --- % of transboundary basin area has an operational arrangement for water cooperation (SDG indicator 6.5.2, 2023)

  • Ecosystems

    -2.1 % is the decrease in permanent surface water in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022, compared to baseline period 2000-2019 (SDG indicator 6.6.1)

  • Cooperation

    821 m$ is the amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance received by Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022 (SDG indicator 6.a.1)

  • Participation

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

Drinking water

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

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Japan, by service level and location (2024)

Sanitation and hygiene

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

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Japan, by service level and location (2024)

6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home in Japan, by service level and location (2024)

Water quality and wastewater

Number of countries (and areas) with different levels of wastewater treatment in Latin America and the Caribbean, by source (2019-2022)

Change in 6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated > Domestic in Latin America and the Caribbean, between 2022 and 2024

In the below chart, the regional value is displayed in accent colour. The values of the following countries (or areas) in the region are displayed in grey: Latin America and the Caribbean, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Curaçao, Aruba, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Anguilla, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States Virgin Islands, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Domestic wastewater flow generated, delivered to treatment, and safely treated in Latin America and the Caribbean, by sanitation facility (2024)

Of the total domestic wastewater flow generated in Latin America and the Caribbean, 70 % comes from sewers, 17 % from septic tanks and 12 % from other sanitation facilities. The below chart shows how much of the generated flow from each sanitation facility type that is delivered to treatment and then safely treated.

6.3.2 Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality in Latin America and the Caribbean (2023)

Water use and scarcity

Water resources and withdrawal in Latin America and the Caribbean, total and per capita

Renewable water resources, regional average: 29,777 m3 per capita (2020)
Water withdrawal, regional average: 578 m3 per capita (2020)
Renewable water resources, water withdrawal and environmental flow requirements for all reporting countries (and areas) in the region ( - 2020):  

6.4.2 Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources in Latin America and the Caribbean, change over time

6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Latin America and the Caribbean, progress over time

Water-use efficiency and its components, by sector, for all reporting countries (and areas) in Latin America and the Caribbean (2021)

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).

Water resources management

6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100) in Japan, 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 Japan, 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

Annual expenditure for drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in Japan, by funding source

Community participation

6.b.1 Number of countries (or areas) with clearly defined Procedures in law or policy for participation by users/communities and with a high Level of participation by users/communities in Latin America and the Caribbean (2017-2021)

6.b.1 Procedures in law or policy for participation by users/communities in countries (and areas) in Latin America and the Caribbean (2019-2021)

6.b.1 Level of participation by users/communities in countries (and areas) in Latin America and the Caribbean ()