Eastern and South-Eastern Asia
Countries (and areas) in the region
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, Macao Special Administrative Region, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Viet NamLand
- Total area: ---
- Land area: 15,975,209 km2 (2020)
- Land use by sector: 49% agriculture, 30% forest and 21% other (2018 - 2020)
People
- Total population: 2,307,223,554 people (2022)
- Population density: 2087 people per km2 (2020)
- Urbanisation: 60 % lives in urban areas and 39 % lives in rural areas (1992 - 2020)
Economy
- Total GDP: 38,591,822,666,980 USD per year (2020)
- GDP per capita: 16,727 USD per year (2020)
- Value added by sector: 7% from agriculture, 56% from services and 37% from industry (2019 - 2022)
SDG 6 snapshot Eastern and South-Eastern Asia
Drinking water
6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia, progress over time
6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia, by service level and location (2022)
Sanitation and hygiene
6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia, progress over time
6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia, by service level and location (2022)
6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia, by service level and location (2022)
Water quality and wastewater
6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated > Domestic in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (2023)
6.3.2 Level 1 Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (2023)
Water use and scarcity
Water resources and withdrawal in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia, total and per capita
Renewable water resources, regional average: 4,303 m3 per capita (2020)
Water withdrawal, regional average: 522 m3 per capita (2020)
Renewable water resources, water withdrawal and environmental flow requirements for all reporting countries (and areas) in the region ( - 2020):
6.4.2 Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia, change over time
6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia, progress over time
Water-use efficiency and its components, by sector, for all reporting countries (and areas) in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (2021)
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).
Water resources management
6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100) in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia, progress over time, by dimension
Degree of IWRM implementation (0-100): 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 Eastern and South-Eastern Asia, 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)