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Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)

Countries (and areas) in the region

American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna Islands

Land

  • Total area: --- 
  • Land area: 539,961 km2 (2023) 
  • Land use by sector: 4% agriculture, 76% forest and 20% other (2023)

People

  • Total population: 14,132,235 people (2024)
  • Population density: 153 people per km2 (2022)
  • Urbanisation: 24 % lives in urban areas and 76 % lives in rural areas (2024)

Economy

  • Total GDP: 64,999,480,414 USD per year (2023 - 2024)
  • GDP per capita: 4,599 USD per year (2023 - 2024)
  • Value added by sector: 17% from agriculture, 46% from services and 30% from industry (2015 - 2024)
The above data are estimates based on the latest available data for all countries (and areas) in the region. The estimates are not adjusted for potentially missing or outdated country (and area) data.
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SDG 6 snapshot Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)

  • Drinking water

    --- % of the population in Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) uses a safely managed drinking water service (SDG indicator 6.1.1, 2024)

  • Sanitation

    --- % of the population in Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) uses a safely managed sanitation service (SDG indicator 6.2.1a, 2024)

  • Hygiene

    --- % of the population in Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) has a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home (SDG indicator 6.2.1b, 2024)

  • Wastewater

    16 % of domestic wastewater in Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) is safely treated (2024), but insufficient data to assess industrial wastewater treatment in the region (SDG indicator 6.3.1)

  • Water quality

    97 % of monitored water bodies in Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) has good ambient water quality (SDG indicator 6.3.2, 2023)

  • Efficiency

    83 $/m<sup>3</sup> is the value added from the use of water by people and the economy in Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) (SDG indicator 6.4.1, 2022)

  • Water stress

    0.16 % of the renewable water resources in Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) is being withdrawn, after taking into account environmental flow requirements (SDG indicator 6.4.2, 2022)

  • Water management

    42 % is the degree of implementation of integrated water resources management in Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) (SDG indicator 6.5.1, 2023) 

  • Transboundary

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

  • Ecosystems

    22 % is the increase in permanent surface water in Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) in 2022, compared to baseline period 2000-2019 (SDG indicator 6.6.1)

  • Cooperation

    89 m$ is the amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance received by Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) in 2022 (SDG indicator 6.a.1)

  • Participation

    + is the average number of sub-sectors (out of 6) with a high level of participation by communities in Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) (SDG indicator 6.b.1, 2021)

Drinking water

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand), progress over time

Figure 1 introduction

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand), by service level and location (2022)

Figure 2 introduction

Sanitation and hygiene

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand), progress over time

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand), by service level and location (2022)

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

Water quality and wastewater

Number of countries (and areas) with different levels of wastewater treatment in Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand), by source (2024)

Change in 6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated > Domestic in Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand), between 2022 and 2024

In the below chart, the regional value is displayed in accent colour. The values of the following countries (or areas) in the region are displayed in grey: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand), American Samoa, Solomon Islands, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Guam, Nauru, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Marshall Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Wallis and Futuna Islands, Samoa

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

Of the total domestic wastewater flow generated in Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand), 17 % comes from sewers, 24 % from septic tanks and 58 % 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 Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) (2023)

Water use and scarcity

Water resources and withdrawal in Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand), total and per capita

Renewable water resources, regional average: 71,246 m3 per capita (2020)
Water withdrawal, regional average: 44 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 Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand), change over time

6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand), progress over time

Water-use efficiency and its components, by sector, for all reporting countries (and areas) in Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) (2022)

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 Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand), 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 Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand), 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 Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand), by country (and area) and over time

Annual expenditure for drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand), per capita and by funding source

Community participation

6.b.1 Number of countries (or areas) with clearly defined Procedures in law or policy for participation by users/communities and with a high Level of participation by users/communities in Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) (2012-2021)

6.b.1 Procedures in law or policy for participation by users/communities in countries (and areas) in Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) (2012-2021)

6.b.1 Level of participation by users/communities in countries (and areas) in Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) ()