Australia
Location
- Geographical region: Australia and New Zealand, Oceania
- SDG region: SDG Australia and New Zealand
Land
- Total area: --- km2
- Land area: 7,692,020 km2 (2020)
- Land use by sector: 47% agriculture, 17% forest and 36% other (2018 - 2020)
People
- Total population: 25,978,935 people (2022)
- Population density: 3 people per km2 (2020)
- Urbanisation: 85% lives in urban areas and 14% lives in rural areas (2020)
Economy
- Total GDP: 1,250,714,385,057 USD per year (2020)
- GDP per capita: 48,143 USD per year (2020)
- Value added by sector: 2% from agriculture, 66% from services and 28% from industry (2020 - 2022)
SDG 6 snapshot in Australia
Drinking water
6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Australia, progress over time
6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Australia, by service level and location (2022)
Sanitation and hygiene
6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Australia, progress over time
6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Australia, by service level and location (2022)
6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home in Australia, by service level and location (2022)
Water quality and wastewater
6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated > Domestic in Australia (2022), compared to other countries (and areas) in the region
6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated in Australia, by source (2015 - 2022)
6.3.2 Level 1 Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality in Australia (2023), compared to other countries (and areas) in the region
Water use and scarcity
Water resources and withdrawal in Australia, total and per capita
Long-term average annual precipitation in depth: 534 (mm/year) (2020)
Renewable water resources: 20,123 m3 per capita (2017)
Water withdrawal: 660 m3 per capita (2016)
Environmental flow requirements: % of the renewable water resources ()
6.4.2 Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources in Australia, change over time, compared to other countries (and areas) in the region
6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Australia, by sector (2020)
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).
6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Australia, progress over time, compared to other countries (and areas) in the region
Water resources management
6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100) in Australia, 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 Australia, 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)