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: 1995-2020
Number of countries (and areas) eligible to receive ODA according to the DAC List of ODA Recipients: 144 (2019)
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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 2005-2020
Progress over time of indicator 6.a.1 Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance disbursements in 2000 - 2020
Status in different countries (or areas) of indicator 6.a.1 Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance disbursements in 2005-2020
- 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 2020
Status of different components of indicator Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance disbursements in 2020
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 2015 - 2019
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: 2015 - 2019
| Country (or area), region, world | Year | Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance disbursements | Annual expenditure for drinking water, sanitation and hygiene | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Users | Government | External | Repayable | |||
| Afghanistan | 2018-2020 | 140.29 | 38 | |||
| Albania | 2017-2020 | 48.53 | 6.59 | 76 | 38 | |
| Algeria | 2020 | 3.01 | ||||
| Angola | 2020 | 4.61 | ||||
| Anguilla | 2013 | 0.01 | ||||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2020 | 0 | ||||
| Argentina | 2017-2020 | 32.58 | 2491 | 784 | 472 | |
| Armenia | 2020 | 15.27 | ||||
| Azerbaijan | 2017-2020 | 48.60 | 93 | 191 | 171 | |
| Bahrain | 2004 | 0.02 | ||||
| Bangladesh | 2017-2020 | 273.85 | 385 | 337 | 436 | |
| Barbados | 2010 | 0.35 | ||||
| Belarus | 2020 | 0.32 | ||||
| Belize | 2020 | 0.37 | ||||
| Benin | 2017-2020 | 42.54 | 34 | 33 | ||
| Bhutan | 2018-2020 | 12.38 | 3.50 | 6.63 | 6.93 | |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2017-2020 | 110.47 | 242 | |||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2017-2020 | 22.22 | 100 | 19 | 41 | |
| Botswana | 2018-2020 | 0.04 | 339 | 14 | ||
| Brazil | 2016-2020 | 24.44 | 15910 | 1706 | 0.32 | 885 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015-2020 | 82.80 | 185 | 14 | 53 | 13 |
| Burundi | 2020 | 41.98 | ||||
| Cabo Verde | 2020 | 5.88 | ||||
| Cambodia | 2020 | 197.73 | ||||
| Cameroon | 2020 | 82.22 | ||||
| Central African Republic | 2018-2020 | 15.31 | 68 | 37 | ||
| Chad | 2020 | 30 | ||||
| Chile | 2017 | 5.09 | ||||
| China | 2018-2020 | 103.62 | 8470 | |||
| Colombia | 2018-2020 | 23.88 | 3027 | 517 | 27 | |
| Comoros | 2020 | 0.34 | ||||
| Congo | 2020 | 33.86 | ||||
| Cook Islands | 2019 | 1.78 | ||||
| Costa Rica | 2017-2020 | 3.87 | 324 | 2.61 | 13 | 63 |
| Croatia | 2010 | 10.19 | ||||
| Cuba | 2020 | 15.93 | ||||
| Côte d'Ivoire | 2020 | 15.04 | ||||
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 2020 | 0.16 | ||||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2020 | 71.51 | ||||
| Djibouti | 2020 | 26.43 | ||||
| Dominica | 2020 | 0.62 | ||||
| Dominican Republic | 2020 | 191.97 | ||||
| Ecuador | 2020 | 61.99 | ||||
| Egypt | 2020 | 365.28 | ||||
| El Salvador | 2018-2020 | 278.09 | 245 | 0.50 | 30 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | 2020 | 0 | ||||
| Eritrea | 2020 | 1.93 | ||||
| Eswatini | 2020 | 10.12 | ||||
| Ethiopia | 2020 | 155.09 | ||||
| Fiji | 2020 | 2.61 | ||||
| Gabon | 2018-2020 | 0.80 | 15 | 5.26 | ||
| Gambia | 2018-2020 | 1.83 | 0.21 | 7.62 | ||
| Georgia | 2017-2020 | 35.27 | 56 | 7.42 | 57 | |
| Ghana | 2020 | 69.51 | ||||
| Grenada | 2020 | 5.23 | ||||
| Guatemala | 2020 | 8.59 | ||||
| Guinea | 2017-2020 | 10.66 | 22 | 66 | 44 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2020 | 2.21 | ||||
| Guyana | 2020 | 2.45 | ||||
| Haiti | 2016-2020 | 30.18 | 5.57 | 6.57 | 39 | |
| Honduras | 2017-2020 | 64.60 | 44 | 2 | 4.50 | |
| Hungary | 2017 | 935 | 22 | |||
| India | 2020 | 305.48 | ||||
| Indonesia | 2017-2020 | 185.28 | 4.11 | 764 | ||
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2018-2020 | 1.09 | 1829 | 1094 | ||
| Iraq | 2020 | 69.87 | ||||
| Jamaica | 2017-2020 | 0.38 | 181 | 2.37 | 81 | |
| Jordan | 2018-2020 | 366.71 | 459 | 127 | ||
| Kazakhstan | 2020 | 0.64 | ||||
| Kenya | 2016-2020 | 196.23 | 198 | 93 | 34 | 103 |
| Kiribati | 2020 | 5.01 | ||||
| Kyrgyzstan | 2017-2020 | 24.43 | 84 | 2.32 | 7.32 | 3.48 |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2020 | 73.98 | ||||
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 2020 | 1059.39 | ||||
| Lebanon | 2018-2020 | 120.77 | 400 | 174 | 355 | |
| Lesotho | 2018-2020 | 9.94 | 17 | 33 | 62 | 0.53 |
| Liberia | 2020 | 24.50 | ||||
| Libya | 2020 | 0.01 | ||||
| Madagascar | 2017-2020 | 51.14 | 9.46 | 3.63 | 9.82 | |
| Malawi | 2018-2020 | 90.47 | 9.20 | 20 | 0.54 | 13 |
| Malaysia | 2020 | 0.63 | ||||
| Maldives | 2017-2020 | 13.68 | 39 | 124 | ||
| Mali | 2015-2020 | 117.24 | 193 | 17 | 38 | 1.12 |
| Marshall Islands | 2020 | 3.65 | ||||
| Mauritania | 2017-2020 | 60 | 1.45 | 15 | 25 | 58 |
| Mauritius | 2020 | 9.37 | ||||
| Mayotte | 2009 | 1.53 | ||||
| Mexico | 2020 | 1.34 | ||||
| Micronesia (Federated States of) | 2020 | 1.66 | ||||
| Mongolia | 2020 | 32.81 | ||||
| Montenegro | 2017-2020 | 14.67 | 61 | |||
| Montserrat | 2019 | 0.01 | ||||
| Morocco | 2020 | 282.48 | ||||
| Mozambique | 2017-2020 | 132.43 | 40 | 4.98 | 57 | 68 |
| Myanmar | 2020 | 97.19 | ||||
| Namibia | 2020 | 1.40 | ||||
| Nauru | 2019 | 0.17 | ||||
| Nepal | 2019-2020 | 152.51 | 46 | 346 | 49 | 141 |
| Netherlands | 2016 | 4638 | 581 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nicaragua | 2020 | 157.35 | ||||
| Niger | 2018-2020 | 201.49 | 5.15 | 24 | 41 | |
| Nigeria | 2018-2020 | 131.97 | 354 | 38 | ||
| Niue | 2020 | 0.01 | ||||
| North Macedonia | 2020 | 14.77 | ||||
| Oman | 2010 | 0.24 | ||||
| Pakistan | 2017-2020 | 164.83 | 332 | 683 | 40 | 78 |
| Palau | 2020 | 3.76 | ||||
| Panama | 2020 | 2.98 | ||||
| Papua New Guinea | 2020 | 17.13 | ||||
| Paraguay | 2018-2020 | 21.57 | 30 | 30 | ||
| Peru | 2017-2020 | 16.86 | 1056 | 1102 | 28 | 1348 |
| Philippines | 2017-2020 | 27.06 | 249 | 6.14 | 182 | |
| Republic of Moldova | 2020 | 25.06 | ||||
| Rwanda | 2020 | 46.49 | ||||
| Saint Helena | 2017 | 0.14 | ||||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2011 | 0.02 | ||||
| Saint Lucia | 2020 | 0.36 | ||||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2020 | 1.80 | ||||
| Samoa | 2020 | 0.84 | ||||
| Sao Tome and Principe | 2020 | 6.51 | ||||
| Saudi Arabia | 2007 | 0.63 | ||||
| Senegal | 2016-2020 | 128.86 | 210 | 94 | 22 | 90 |
| Serbia | 2018-2020 | 36.33 | 326 | 146 | ||
| Seychelles | 2017 | 0.20 | ||||
| Sierra Leone | 2020 | 32.71 | ||||
| Slovenia | 2002 | 0 | ||||
| Solomon Islands | 2018-2020 | 21.05 | 12 | 0.38 | 7.23 | 8.87 |
| Somalia | 2020 | 22.28 | ||||
| South Africa | 2018-2020 | 3.96 | 3382 | 3922 | 795 | |
| South Sudan | 2019-2020 | 25.75 | 1.02 | 57 | ||
| Sri Lanka | 2018-2020 | 132.02 | 382 | 90 | 223 | |
| State of Palestine | 2020 | 151.29 | ||||
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 2020 | 2398.61 | ||||
| Sudan | 2020 | 32.59 | ||||
| Suriname | 2020 | 0.45 | ||||
| Syrian Arab Republic | 2020 | 35.57 | ||||
| Tajikistan | 2020 | 93.68 | ||||
| Thailand | 2017-2020 | 1.51 | 470 | |||
| Timor-Leste | 2020 | 3.90 | ||||
| Togo | 2017-2020 | 9.97 | 0.11 | 26 | 1.60 | |
| Tokelau | 2005 | 0.03 | ||||
| Tonga | 2020 | 0.56 | ||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2010-2018 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.30 | 0.02 | |
| Tunisia | 2020 | 292.57 | ||||
| Turkmenistan | 2020 | 0 | ||||
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2003 | 0.06 | ||||
| Tuvalu | 2020 | 3.27 | ||||
| Türkiye | 2020 | 66.21 | ||||
| Uganda | 2018-2020 | 167.65 | 116 | 25 | 74 | |
| Ukraine | 2020 | 35.96 | ||||
| United Republic of Tanzania | 2018-2020 | 136.63 | 560 | |||
| Uruguay | 2017 | 0.73 | ||||
| Uzbekistan | 2020 | 126.58 | ||||
| Vanuatu | 2020 | 6.45 | ||||
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2020 | 1.02 | ||||
| Viet Nam | 2020 | 428.07 | ||||
| Wallis and Futuna Islands | 2019 | 0.01 | ||||
| World | 2020 | 8695.58 | ||||
| Yemen | 2020 | 51.97 | ||||
| Zambia | 2019-2020 | 68.86 | 93 | 45 | 209 | |
| Zimbabwe | 2020 | 18.05 | ||||