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Progress on Wastewater Treatment (SDG target 6.3)

Wastewater collection and treatment help protect freshwater systems, the oceans and also human health, as detrimental pathogens, nutrients and other types of pollution are prevented from entering the environment.

  • 58 % of the world’s domestic wastewater is safely treated (SDG indicator 6.3.1, 2022)

Available time series: 2015-2022
Number of countries (and areas) reporting in the last five years: 149
Proportion of world population covered by reporting in the last five years: 90%

Proportion of world land area covered by reporting in the last five years: 88%
Learn more about the indicator here
Read the latest progress report here

SDG target 6.3 is: ‘By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally’.

To track progress towards the target, SDG indicator 6.3.1 monitors the proportion of total, industrial and domestic wastewater flows safely treated in compliance with national or local standards.

Global status of indicator 6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated > Domestic (2022)

Proportion of wastewater safely treated (%)

Progress over time of indicator 6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated > Domestic

Status in different countries (or areas) on indicator 6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated > Domestic (2022)

  • 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 6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated > Domestic (2022)

Status of different components of indicator 6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated

Source data indicator 6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated

Country (or area), regional and world data for the latest year of reporting: 2015 - 2022

Country (or area), region, worldYear 6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated
Total Domestic Industrial
Albania2015-202210.9519.47
Algeria202276.19
American Samoa202277.5
Andorra2015-2022100100
Argentina202236.49
Armenia2015-20227.470.56
Australia202295.82
Australia and New Zealand202292.22
Austria202298.21
Azerbaijan2015-202249.5841.34
Bahrain2015-202298.7393.2779.31
Bangladesh2015-20226.417.52
Belarus2015-202265.8280.31
Belgium2015-202210085.07100
Benin20221.41
Bermuda20221.5
Bhutan202239.61
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)202058.29
Bosnia and Herzegovina2015-202254.3665.31100
Brazil2015-20229.3543.41
Bulgaria2015-202210072.0953.82
Burkina Faso20222.78
Cambodia202246.79
Canada202268.89
Central African Republic20200.57
Central and Southern Asia202223.99
Chad20222.32
Channel Islands202293.53
Chile202289.1
China202261.67
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region2015-202291.1247.18
China, Macao Special Administrative Region202265.31
Colombia2015-20227.9718.77
Costa Rica2015-202283.3425.43
Croatia2015-202263.6233.9724.74
Cuba202234.04
Cyprus202272.63
Czechia2015-202285.6891.2935.8
Côte d'Ivoire202216.81
Democratic Republic of the Congo202215.53
Denmark202298.79
Djibouti202211.14
Dominican Republic202239.56
Eastern and South-Eastern Asia202262.63
Ecuador2015-202010031.11
Egypt2015-202232.1273.84
El Salvador202012.95
Estonia202292.28
Eswatini202217.47
Ethiopia20223.04
Europe and Northern America202286.48
Faroe Islands20200
Fiji202239.79
Finland202289.74
France202287.94
French Guiana202271.78
Gambia202210.55
Georgia202248.76
Germany202298.96
Ghana202211.82
Gibraltar2020100
Greece202289.68
Greenland20220
Guinea-Bissau202219.12
Guyana202232.48
Hungary2015-202210082.05
Iceland20223.05
India202220.71
Iran (Islamic Republic of)2015-202235.1625.23
Iraq2015-202271.841.96
Ireland202251.73
Isle of Man202284.91
Israel202297.35
Italy202270.22
Japan202291.67
Jordan2015-202289.2676.83
Kazakhstan2015-202211.2636.340.32
Kenya202211.36
Kiribati202233.23
Kuwait2022100
Kyrgyzstan202219.01
Lao People's Democratic Republic202210.25
Latin America and the Caribbean202245.92
Latvia2015-202264.8387.4250.37
Libya202214.41
Liechtenstein202098.12
Lithuania2015-202259.3596.7523.59
Luxembourg202298.63
Madagascar202210.79
Malawi20226.33
Malaysia202289.32
Mali20226.12
Malta20221.08
Mauritius202219.06
Mexico2015-20224564.3533.28
Monaco2015-202210096.77
Mongolia2015-202210026.14
Montenegro202255.28
Morocco2015-202240.1444.63
Myanmar202215.12
Nepal202238.6
Netherlands202299.79
New Zealand202284.48
Nicaragua202231.8
Niger20228.63
Nigeria202241.3
North Macedonia20224.86
Northern Africa and Western Asia202263.77
Norway202275.81
Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)202214.85
Pakistan202238.11
Panama201553.4
Papua New Guinea20225.06
Paraguay202225.15
Peru2015-202276.1448.65
Philippines202266.59
Poland2015-202236.2277.3871.09
Portugal202287.51
Puerto Rico202232.51
Qatar202299.95
Republic of Korea202299.05
Republic of Moldova2015-202216.6246.16
Romania2015-202262.4630.0930.8
Russian Federation202214.74
Réunion202274.49
Samoa202242.86
San Marino202290.19
Saudi Arabia2015-202260.0585.19
Senegal2015-202263.97.8
Serbia202236.48
Sierra Leone202215.33
Singapore2022100
Slovakia2015-202210081.97100
Slovenia202265.22
South Africa202241.29
Spain2015-202210079.9
State of Palestine202048.36
Sub-Saharan Africa202220.08
Suriname202223.83
Sweden202296.98
Switzerland202299.29
Thailand2015-20228.5424.61
Togo202214.96
Tonga202230.4
Tunisia202272.9
Turks and Caicos Islands202230.61
Tuvalu202242.63
Türkiye2015-202281.264.68
Uganda20223.68
Ukraine202250.23
United Arab Emirates202294.96
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland202297.45
United Republic of Tanzania2015-202222.77.67
United States of America202297.85
Uzbekistan202032.27
Viet Nam202239.92
World202257.79
Yemen202228.11
Zimbabwe2015-202261.2354.78
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