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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) 

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 land area covered by reporting in the last five years: 99%
Learn more about the indicator here
Read the latest progress report here

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)

TEST 16

  • 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, worldYear 6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100)
Overall Enabling environment Institutions and participation Management instruments Financing
Afghanistan202012231392
Albania20234751624430
Algeria20236056556463
Andorra20233623414535
Angola20236269696447
Antigua and Barbuda20233823565320
Argentina20235054474258
Armenia20234650434644
Australia20238585868186
Australia and New Zealand20237479747366
Austria20239191928793
Azerbaijan20235549615160
Bahamas20234042384533
Bahrain20235960665653
Bangladesh20236466676757
Barbados20235145667123
Belarus20236469677445
Belgium20238283958863
Belize20233228344818
Benin20236870776162
Bhutan20203336273832
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)20235566575147
Bosnia and Herzegovina20236582496465
Botswana20235654555065
Brazil20235161554643
Brunei Darussalam20237087548060
Bulgaria20236875716958
Burkina Faso20237077826357
Burundi20234857564633
Cabo Verde20236277705050
Cambodia20236266686352
Cameroon20234940654940
Canada20237379707072
Central African Republic20234461552733
Central and Southern Asia20235556565650
Chad20233840384430
Chile20232629263218
China20238184798278
Colombia20234151463332
Comoros2023253530314
Congo20234853514838
Costa Rica20235149575940
Croatia20239097988480
Cuba20208280878476
Cyprus20239397968990
Czechia20238087838367
Côte d'Ivoire20234940565645
Democratic People's Republic of Korea20206384685840
Democratic Republic of the Congo20234044553227
Denmark20239594969692
Djibouti20232426203810
Dominica20235325666358
Dominican Republic20233924494440
Eastern and South-Eastern Asia20236673686759
Ecuador20232627292720
Egypt20236361636265
El Salvador20233834443045
Equatorial Guinea2023234029024
Eritrea20233754344020
Estonia20238994998777
Eswatini20235869626042
Ethiopia20234141453937
Europe and Northern America20237579777768
Fiji20235628617063
Finland20238088808268
France2023100100100100100
Gabon20233330383430
Gambia20233742433825
Georgia20235457675040
Germany20238894858785
Ghana20236070664757
Greece20238594878672
Grenada20233528343940
Guatemala20233327353435
Guinea20234049424027
Guinea-Bissau20232326292213
Guyana20232827253227
Haiti20203027382825
Honduras20233443343228
Hungary20237682798063
Iceland20237565787880
India20237576767673
Indonesia20237074716967
Iran (Islamic Republic of)20204040394536
Iraq20234439535627
Ireland20238790878782
Israel20238990898493
Italy20237890797863
Jamaica20235156516830
Japan202395100969490
Jordan20236473596955
Kazakhstan20235144576143
Kenya20236274745643
Kuwait2023959010088100
Kyrgyzstan20233839374728
Lao People's Democratic Republic20236869687263
Latin America and the Caribbean20233939424431
Latvia20236258667747
Lebanon20233340453017
Lesotho20235364614840
Liberia20232227262410
Libya20206054676060
Liechtenstein20237383687467
Lithuania20236166526263
Luxembourg20239288959690
Madagascar20233940386315
Malawi20235883594743
Malaysia20237381727070
Maldives20235053463960
Mali20235362615732
Malta20238997919373
Marshall Islands20233637425016
Mauritania20235363643847
Mauritius20236868676373
Mexico20234149394133
Micronesia (Federated States of)20234950594642
Monaco2023999898100100
Mongolia20235779634837
Montenegro20233554243823
Morocco20237070706970
Mozambique20236684836333
Myanmar20233846384128
Namibia20236060616057
Nepal20233737404130
Netherlands20239087928795
New Zealand20236273626546
Nicaragua20234249375130
Niger20235266744127
Nigeria20234751524638
North Macedonia20233937294940
Northern Africa and Western Asia20236467666359
Norway20237164786972
Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)20234240504829
Oman20238090848660
Pakistan20236376675455
Palau20232623323416
Panama20234043463732
Papua New Guinea2023191720307
Paraguay20233540413820
Peru20234656474635
Philippines20236268686448
Poland20237581827462
Portugal20237677717877
Qatar20239085948892
Republic of Korea20238183888467
Republic of Moldova20236874697653
Romania20237996838453
Russian Federation20239597969890
Rwanda20236874836650
Saint Kitts and Nevis20232315233320
Saint Lucia20234144424632
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2023252022488
Samoa20237578787470
San Marino20236870607270
Sao Tome and Principe20234460443634
Saudi Arabia20238387708193
Senegal20235561565945
Serbia20233943414330
Seychelles20235352675935
Sierra Leone20233746433720
Singapore2023100100100100100
Slovakia20235763656238
Slovenia20238387838180
Solomon Islands20232930313620
Somalia20233437443322
South Africa20236072686038
South Sudan20234346574228
Spain2023921001009275
Sri Lanka20234953634932
State of Palestine20234163403327
Sub-Saharan Africa20234956564637
Sudan20233443353623
Suriname2023221720427
Sweden20238683898290
Switzerland20238480808292
Syrian Arab Republic20236379656047
Tajikistan20235461485452
Thailand20237079736265
Timor-Leste2023144212110
Togo20234658494035
Tonga20233540404910
Trinidad and Tobago20234142464828
Tunisia20236059615167
Turkmenistan20236869556680
Tuvalu20234848694332
Türkiye20237280737858
Uganda20235764685047
Ukraine20203935494032
United Arab Emirates20238377857695
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland20237986857668
United Republic of Tanzania20235464644642
United States of America20237784777868
Uruguay20233643423623
Uzbekistan20235246566240
Vanuatu20234553634916
Viet Nam20235669565050
World20235761615849
Yemen20233650473612
Zambia20236676775653
Zimbabwe20236364746052
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