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Mongolia

Location

  • Geographical region: Eastern Asia, Asia
  • SDG region: SDG Eastern and South-Eastern Asia
  • Land Locked Developing Countries

Land

  • Total area: --- km2
  • Land area: 1,557,507 km(2020)
  • Land use by sector: 73% agriculture, 9% forest and 18% other (2018 - 2020)

People

  • Total population: 3,398,366 people (2022)
  • Population density: 2 people per km2 (2020)  
  • Urbanisation: 66% lives in urban areas and 30% lives in rural areas (2020)  

Economy

  • Total GDP: 38,434,280,707 USD per year (2020)
  • GDP per capita: 11,310 USD per year (2020)
  • Value added by sector: 13% from agriculture, 40% from services and 37% from industry (2020 - 2022)
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SDG 6 snapshot in Mongolia

  • Drinking water

    39 % of the population in Mongolia uses a safely managed drinking water service (SDG indicator 6.1.1, 2022)
  • Sanitation

    66 % of the population in Mongolia uses a safely managed sanitation service (SDG indicator 6.2.1a, 2022)
  • Hygiene

    86 % of the population in Mongolia has a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home (SDG indicator 6.2.1b, 2022)
  • Wastewater

    26 % of domestic wastewater in Mongolia is safely treated (SDG indicator 6.3.1, 2022)
  • Water quality

    --- % of monitored water bodies in Mongolia has good ambient water quality (SDG indicator 6.3.2, 2023)
  • Efficiency

    23 $/m<sup>3</sup> is the value added from the use of water by people and the economy in Mongolia (SDG indicator 6.4.1, 2021)
  • Water stress

    3 % of the renewable water resources in Mongolia is being withdrawn, after taking into account environmental flow requirements (SDG indicator 6.4.2, 2021)
  • Water management

    57 % is the degree of implementation of integrated water resources management in Mongolia (SDG indicator 6.5.1, 2023) 
  • Transboundary

    100 % of transboundary basin area has an operational arrangement for water cooperation (SDG indicator 6.5.2, 2023)
  • Ecosystems

    20 % of the water basins in Mongolia is experiencing rapid changes in the area covered by surface waters (SDG 6 indicator 6.6.1, 2020)
  • Cooperation

    51 m$ is the amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance received by Mongolia in 2022 (SDG indicator 6.a.1)
  • Participation

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

Drinking water

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

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Mongolia, by service level and location (2022)

Sanitation and hygiene

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

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Mongolia, by service level and location (2022)

6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home in Mongolia, by service level and location (2022)

Water quality and wastewater

6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated > Domestic in Mongolia (2022), compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated in Mongolia, by source (2022)

6.3.2 Level 1 Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality in Mongolia (2023), compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

Water use and scarcity

Water resources and withdrawal in Mongolia, total and per capita

Long-term average annual precipitation in depth: 241 (mm/year) (2020)

Renewable water resources: 11,313 m3 per capita (2017)

Water withdrawal: 150 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 Mongolia, change over time, compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Mongolia, 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 Mongolia, 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 Mongolia, 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 Mongolia, 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

6.a.1 Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance received by Mongolia, over time

6.a.1 Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance received by Mongolia in 2022, by sub-sector

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 in Mongolia, by funding source

Community participation

6.b.1 Procedures in law or policy for participation by users/communities and level of participation in Mongolia (2021)

6.b.1 Level of participation by users/communities in Mongolia, progress over time, by sub-sector