Progress on Community Participation (SDG target 6.b)
Participation of users and communities helps ensure sustainable solutions for all aspects of SDG 6 and contributes to wider reductions in inequality within and among countries, including gender inequalities.
- + is the global average number of sub-sectors (out of 6) with a high level of participation by communities (SDG indicator 6.b.1, 2021)
Available time series: 2010-2021
Number of countries (and areas) reporting in the last five years: 147
Proportion of world population covered by reporting in the last five years: 83%
Proportion of world land area covered by reporting in the last five years: 59%
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SDG target 6.b is: ‘Support and strengthen the participation of local communities in improving water and sanitation management.’
To track progress towards the target, indicator 6.b.1 monitors the participation of local communities in water and sanitation management within a country, by looking at the existence of procedures in law or policy for participation, as well as the actual level of participation.
Global status of indicator 6.b.1 Participation of local communities in water and sanitation management
Number of water and sanitation sub-sectors with clearly defined Procedures in law or policy for participation by users/communities (2012-2021)
The sub-sectors are urban drinking water, rural drinking water, urban sanitation, rural sanitation, hygiene promotion, and water resources planning and management.
The sub-sectors are urban drinking water, rural drinking water, urban sanitation, rural sanitation, hygiene promotion, and water resources planning and management.
Number of water and sanitation sub-sectors with clearly defined Procedures in law or policy for participation by users/communities
Number of water and sanitation sub-sectors with a high Level of participation by users/communities (2014-2021)
The sub-sectors are urban drinking water, rural drinking water, urban sanitation, rural sanitation, hygiene promotion, and water resources planning and management.
The sub-sectors are urban drinking water, rural drinking water, urban sanitation, rural sanitation, hygiene promotion, and water resources planning and management.
Number of water and sanitation sub-sectors with a high Level of participation by users/communities
Progress over time of indicator 6.b.1 Participation of local communities in water and sanitation management
Number of UN Member States with clearly defined Procedures in law or policy for participation by users/communities
Number of UN Member States with a high Level of participation by users/communities
Status in different SDG regions of indicator 6.b.1 Participation of local communities in water and sanitation management
Level of participation by users/communities in the management of rural drinking water (2014-2021)
Level of participation by users/communities in hygiene promotion (2014-2021)
Status in different countries (or areas) on 6.b.1 Participation of local communities in water and sanitation management
Number of water and sanitation sub-sectors with a high Level of participation by users/communities (2014-2021)
Status on different components of indicator 6.b.1 Participation of local communities in water and sanitation management
Number of UN Member States with clearly defined Procedures in law or policy for participation by users/communities and with a high Level of participation by users/communities (2012-2021)
Procedures in law or policy for participation by users/communities in UN Member States (2012-2021)
Level of participation by users/communities in UN Member States (2014-2021)
Country (or area), regional and world data for the latest year of reporting:
| Country (or area), region, world | Year | Procedures in law or policy for participation by users/communities (10 = Clearly defined; 5 = Not clearly defined | Level of participation by users/communities (3 = High; 2 = Moderate; 1 = Low) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drinking water | Sanitation | Hygiene promotion | Water resources planning and management | Drinking water | Sanitation | Hygiene promotion | Water resources planning and management | ||||||
| Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | National | National | Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | National | National | ||
| Afghanistan | 2019 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Albania | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Angola | 2014-2019 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Anguilla | 2019 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2019 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Argentina | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Austria | 2019 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Azerbaijan | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Bahrain | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Bangladesh | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Barbados | 2021 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Belarus | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Belize | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Benin | 2019 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Bhutan | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Botswana | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Brazil | 2019-2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| British Virgin Islands | 2019-2021 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Burkina Faso | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Burundi | 2019 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Cabo Verde | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Cambodia | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Cameroon | 2014-2021 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Central African Republic | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Chad | 2019-2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Chile | 2017-2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| China | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Colombia | 2019-2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Comoros | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Congo | 2021 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cook Islands | 2014 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Costa Rica | 2017-2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Croatia | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Cuba | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 2014-2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 2019 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2019-2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Dominican Republic | 2017-2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Ecuador | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Egypt | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| El Salvador | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 2012 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Eritrea | 2019-2021 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Estonia | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Eswatini | 2019 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ethiopia | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Fiji | 2017-2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Gabon | 2019-2021 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Gambia | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Georgia | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Ghana | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Greece | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Guatemala | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Guinea | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2012 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Guyana | 2019-2021 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Haiti | 2021 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Honduras | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Hungary | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| India | 2017 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Indonesia | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Iraq | 2021 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Italy | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | ||||||
| Jamaica | 2019-2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Jordan | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Kenya | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Kuwait | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Kyrgyzstan | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Lebanon | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Lesotho | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Liberia | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Lithuania | 2019 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Madagascar | 2017-2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Malawi | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 2017 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Maldives | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Mali | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Marshall Islands | 2019-2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mauritania | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Mauritius | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Mexico | 2019-2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Micronesia (Federated States of) | 2017 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Mongolia | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Montenegro | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Morocco | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Mozambique | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Myanmar | 2019 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Namibia | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Nepal | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 2019 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| New Zealand | 2019 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Nicaragua | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Niger | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Nigeria | 2019-2021 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| North Macedonia | 2014 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |||||||
| Norway | 2021 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Oman | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Pakistan | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Panama | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Paraguay | 2017-2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Peru | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Philippines | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Republic of Moldova | 2014 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Romania | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Rwanda | 2017 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Saint Lucia | 2021 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| Samoa | 2012 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Sao Tome and Principe | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Senegal | 2021 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Serbia | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Seychelles | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Sierra Leone | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Solomon Islands | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Somalia | 2021 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| South Africa | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| South Sudan | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | 2019 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| State of Palestine | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Sudan | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Tajikistan | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Thailand | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Timor-Leste | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Togo | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Tonga | 2017 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Tunisia | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Turkmenistan | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Tuvalu | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Uganda | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ukraine | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Uruguay | 2017-2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Vanuatu | 2017 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2019 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Viet Nam | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| West Bank and Gaza Strip | 2019 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Yemen | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Zambia | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Zimbabwe | 2021 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |