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(2022)
Land use by sector: 47% agriculture, 17% forest and 36% other (2022)

People

Total population: 26,658,948 people (2023)
Population density: 3 people per km² (2022)
Urbanisation: 87% lives in urban areas and 13% lives in rural areas (2023)

Economy

Total GDP: 1,611,457,718,603 USD per year (2023)
GDP per capita: 60,447 USD per year (2023)
Value added by sector: 3% from agriculture, 64% from services and 28% from industry (2023)

SDG 6 snapshot in Gambia

Drinking water
48 % of the population in Gambia uses a safely managed drinking water service (SDG indicator 6.1.1, 2024)
Sanitation
28 % of the population in Gambia uses a safely managed sanitation service (SDG indicator 6.2.1a, 2024)
Hygiene
12 % of the population in Gambia has a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home (SDG indicator 6.2.1b, 2024)
Wastewater
11 % of domestic wastewater in Gambia is safely treated (2024), and ---% of industrial wastewater receives some treatment (---) (SDG indicator 6.3.1)
Water quality
58 % of monitored water bodies in Gambia has good ambient water quality (SDG indicator 6.3.2, 2023)
Efficiency
12 $/m<sup>3</sup> is the value added from the use of water by people and the economy in Gambia (SDG indicator 6.4.1, 2021)
Water stress
2.2 % of the renewable water resources in Gambia is being withdrawn, after taking into account environmental flow requirements (SDG indicator 6.4.2, 2021)
Water management
37 % is the degree of implementation of integrated water resources management in Gambia (SDG indicator 6.5.1, 2023)
Transboundary
95 % of transboundary basin area has an operational arrangement for water cooperation (SDG indicator 6.5.2, 2023)
Ecosystems
16 % is the increase in permanent surface water in Gambia in 2022, compared to baseline period 2000-2019 (SDG indicator 6.6.1)
Cooperation
7.6 m$ is the amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance received by Gambia 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 Gambia (SDG indicator 6.b.1, 2021)

Drinking water

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

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Gambia, by service level and location (2024)

Sanitation and hygiene

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

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Gambia, by service level and location (2024)

6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home in Gambia, by service level and location (2024)

Water quality and wastewater

6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated in Australia, by source (2021-2022)

Change in 6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated > Domestic in Australia, between 2022 and 2024, compared to other countries (and areas) in Australia and New Zealand

Domestic wastewater flow generated, delivered to treatment, and safely treated in Australia, by sanitation facility (2024)

Of the total domestic wastewater flow generated in Australia, 94% comes from sewers, 5.8% from septic tanks and 0% from other sanitation facilities. The below chart shows how much of the generated flow from each sanitation facility type that is delivered to treatment and then safely treated.

6.3.2 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)

Change in permanent surface water extent compared to baseline period 2000-2019, in Gambia and other countries (and areas) in Western Africa (data from 2017-2021)

Extent of water-related ecosystems in Gambia and change compared to baseline period 2000-2019, by ecosystem type (data from 2017-2021)

The total extent of water-related ecosystems in Gambia is 868 square kilometres, representing 8.6 % of its land area. The total extent of water-related ecosystems is made up of 1.02 % permanent lakes and rivers, 1.5% seasonal lakes and rivers, 0 % reservoirs, 0 % inland vegetated wetlands and 6.03 % mangroves.

With the broad definition of wetlands used by the Ramsar Convention, Gambia has --- square kilometres of natural wetlands and --- square kilometres of human made wetlands.

Proportion of large lakes with high change in turbidity and trophic state in Gambia compared to baseline period 2006-2019 (data from 2017-2021)

In Gambia there are --- large lakes that are monitored, of which 0 % has a high increase in turbidity and 0 % has a high increase in trophic state, compared to the baseline period. Turbidity and trophic state are signs of water pollution and overfertilization.

15.1.2 Proportion of important sites for biodiversity that are covered by protected areas in Gambia and other countries (and areas) in Western Africa, by ecosystem type (data from 2021)

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