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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: 143 (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 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 - 2021

Status in different countries (or areas) of indicator 6.a.1 Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance disbursements in 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 2021

Status of different components of indicator Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance disbursements in 2021

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
Afghanistan2013-202179.480762.5
Albania2018-202147.5358.4464.752.7537.83
Algeria20211.28
Angola202112.73
Anguilla20130.01
Antigua and Barbuda20210.97
Argentina2018-202164.211592.5563.78472.4
Armenia202122.46
Azerbaijan2016-20216.29117.53156.59154.2179.71
Bahrain20040.02
Bangladesh2016-2021283.92235.36505.3615.340
Barbados2010-20210.3765.9313.673
Belarus20211.24
Belize20210.0722.729.750.130.2
Benin2016-202146.0734.0332.861.36
Bhutan2016-202111.383.082.713.570.22
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)202188.28105.86
Bosnia and Herzegovina2016-202121.5699.560.1341.262.65
Botswana2018-20210.04678.1928.06
Brazil2018-202138.6416743.24363.120.32887.13
British Virgin Islands20210.91
Burkina Faso2021108.3668.7412116.179.9
Burundi202141.94
Cabo Verde202118.054.1744.08
Cambodia2016-2021309.414150
Cameroon2021124.01
Central African Republic2018-20215.75135.874.05
Chad202125.51
Chile20175.42
China2018-202163.229601.56
Colombia2018-202121.476054.45657.6853.84
Comoros20211.219.6234.35
Congo2013-202124.23.5180.526.5321.36
Cook Islands20191.98
Costa Rica20210.28531.628.057.9939.01
Croatia2010-202110.8865.83539.48
Cuba202111.4423.93127.1163.48
Côte d'Ivoire202111.45
Democratic People's Republic of Korea20210.4
Democratic Republic of the Congo2021119.52
Djibouti202115.13
Dominica20210.99
Dominican Republic2016-20216.86151.4311.1765.78
Ecuador202159.11
Egypt2021260.9
El Salvador2018-202130.18181.6629.210.8212.13
Equatorial Guinea20210.09
Eritrea2013-20210.60.57
Eswatini2016-202125.752.25
Ethiopia2021187.6984.877.4737.1
Fiji2016-202112.7716.06157.345.88
Gabon2018-20212.0437.7710.52
Gambia20213.180.127.16
Georgia202137.0623.570.0122.35
Ghana202155.8421.861.12111.7535.17
Grenada202117.74
Guatemala202111.47121.28216.3113.262.54
Guinea2018-202139.5821.7366.3344.23
Guinea-Bissau20213.73
Guyana20210.3325791.253.8
Haiti2018-202165.655.570.7739.49
Honduras202127.1944.5549.4419.330
Hungary2021850.01172.0842.53
India2016-2021420.233406.49
Indonesia2013-2021204.174.11704.11886.27
Iran (Islamic Republic of)20213.491660.697147.811262.71
Iraq202183.846.34396.6935.0317.59
Jamaica2018-20210.05156.832.371.66133
Jordan2021182.04145.7723.5214.7940.27
Kazakhstan20210.38
Kenya2018-2021247.1197.6592.8918.31103.2
Kiribati202110.92
Kuwait20211641.91
Kyrgyzstan2018-202170.4645.161.117.323.48
Lao People's Democratic Republic202175.4546.280.7919.2219.05
Latin America and the Caribbean2021561.07
Lebanon2018-202181.44105.47336.32710
Lesotho2018-202112.558.7166.362.3711.83
Liberia202114.87
Libya20211.43
Madagascar2018-202128.50.763.638.46
Malawi2018-202180.6342.6915.94183.4725.59
Malaysia20210.58
Maldives2018-202125.7539.09123.65
Mali2018-202198.9970.9429.21142.331.12
Marshall Islands20211.07
Mauritania202126.9734.9883.369.6330.73
Mauritius20212.65
Mayotte20091.61
Mexico2016-20212.35353.43167.28
Micronesia (Federated States of)20211.55
Mongolia202129.88
Montenegro2018-20219.8815.4
Montserrat20190.01
Morocco2013-2021234.9447.173.48544.27
Mozambique2021140.7741.1318.3838.0421.36
Myanmar2013-202142.4410.73
Namibia20212.820.170.140.33
Nauru20210.01
Nepal2019-2021185.194634649141
Netherlands20184638.273.3200
Nicaragua202153.99104.9917.6217.9352.97
Niger2018-2021153.720.8526.0682.23
Nigeria2021110.35114.0440.09210.46
Niue20210.01
North Macedonia202126.23
Oman20100.25
Pakistan2021195.98188.34138.1221.48230.19
Palau20211.35
Panama2013-202117.5395.640.282
Papua New Guinea202121.442.853.3916.77
Paraguay202115.891132016.449.6
Peru2018-202118.27878.61510.327.9894.15
Philippines2018-202145.94249.416.14181.83
Republic of Moldova20216.87
Rwanda2016-202131.0257.45
Saint Helena20170.15
Saint Kitts and Nevis20110.02
Saint Lucia20210.41
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines20216.31
Samoa20210.75
Sao Tome and Principe20213.69
Saudi Arabia20070.6
Senegal2018-202183.2420.2769.0918.23263.44
Serbia2016-202144.97356.9277.627.150
Seychelles2017-20210.212.322.27
Sierra Leone202119.96
Slovenia20020
Solomon Islands2018-202110.8824.040.3814.4617.74
Somalia202131.86
South Africa20218.583965.171779.59595.45
South Sudan2016-202138.171.681.0257
Sri Lanka2018-2021133.03763.77179.87446.03
State of Palestine2021168.821.3238.64
Sub-Saharan Africa20212484.95
Sudan202141.240.110.460.09
Suriname20210.57
Syrian Arab Republic202128.73
Tajikistan2013-2021102.511.7727.810.53
Thailand20211.891982.77
Timor-Leste20213.34
Togo202129.5714.5721.9821.98
Tokelau20050.03
Tonga20211.2
Trinidad and Tobago2010-20180.010.220.60.04
Tunisia2021190.41261.34127.048.8589.96
Turkmenistan20210.01
Turks and Caicos Islands20030.07
Tuvalu20213.31
Türkiye202163.23
Uganda2018-2021145.8669234.02148.29
Ukraine2018-202125.459.64
United Republic of Tanzania2018-2021198.64839.79
Uruguay2016-20210.774450.413.1460.2
Uzbekistan2016-2021126.76114.5194.12
Vanuatu2016-20219.7900.121.840
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)20210.84
Viet Nam2016-2021413.34167.05303.231040.02
Wallis and Futuna Islands20190.01
World20208695.58
Yemen202154.2616.4420.0845.8
Zambia202191.2157.0936.7673.13
Zimbabwe2018-202110.72289.58310.281.9
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