Progress on Integrated Water Resources Management (SDG target 6.5)
Sustainable, integrated water resources management is vital for long-term social, economic and environmental well-being – the three pillars of the 2030 Agenda – and helps to balance competing water demands from across society and the economy.
- 57 % is the degree of implementation of integrated water resources management (IWRM) at the global level (SDG indicator 6.5.1, 2023)
Available time series: 2017-2023
Number of countries (and areas) reporting in the last five years: 191
Proportion of world population covered by reporting in the last five years:99%
Proportion of world land area covered by reporting in the last five years: 99%
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SDG target 6.5 is: ‘By 2030, implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate.’
To track progress towards the target, indicator 6.5.1 monitors the degree of integrated water resources management (IWRM) implementation, by assessing the four key dimensions of IWRM: enabling environment, institutions and participation, management instruments and financing.
Global status of indicator 6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100) (2023)
Progress over time of indicator 6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100)
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- 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 6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100) (2023)
Status of different dimensions of indicator 6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100) (2023)
Country (or area), regional and world data for the latest year of reporting: 2020 - 2023
Country (or area), region, world | Year | 6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100) | |||||||
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Overall | Enabling environment | Institutions and participation | Management instruments | Financing | |||||
Afghanistan | 2020 | 12 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 2 | |||
Albania | 2023 | 47 | 51 | 62 | 44 | 30 | |||
Algeria | 2023 | 60 | 56 | 55 | 64 | 63 | |||
Andorra | 2023 | 36 | 23 | 41 | 45 | 35 | |||
Angola | 2023 | 62 | 69 | 69 | 64 | 47 | |||
Antigua and Barbuda | 2023 | 38 | 23 | 56 | 53 | 20 | |||
Argentina | 2023 | 50 | 54 | 47 | 42 | 58 | |||
Armenia | 2023 | 46 | 50 | 43 | 46 | 44 | |||
Australia | 2023 | 85 | 85 | 86 | 81 | 86 | |||
Australia and New Zealand | 2023 | 74 | 79 | 74 | 73 | 66 | |||
Austria | 2023 | 91 | 91 | 92 | 87 | 93 | |||
Azerbaijan | 2023 | 55 | 49 | 61 | 51 | 60 | |||
Bahamas | 2023 | 40 | 42 | 38 | 45 | 33 | |||
Bahrain | 2023 | 59 | 60 | 66 | 56 | 53 | |||
Bangladesh | 2023 | 64 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 57 | |||
Barbados | 2023 | 51 | 45 | 66 | 71 | 23 | |||
Belarus | 2023 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 74 | 45 | |||
Belgium | 2023 | 82 | 83 | 95 | 88 | 63 | |||
Belize | 2023 | 32 | 28 | 34 | 48 | 18 | |||
Benin | 2023 | 68 | 70 | 77 | 61 | 62 | |||
Bhutan | 2020 | 33 | 36 | 27 | 38 | 32 | |||
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2023 | 55 | 66 | 57 | 51 | 47 | |||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2023 | 65 | 82 | 49 | 64 | 65 | |||
Botswana | 2023 | 56 | 54 | 55 | 50 | 65 | |||
Brazil | 2023 | 51 | 61 | 55 | 46 | 43 | |||
Brunei Darussalam | 2023 | 70 | 87 | 54 | 80 | 60 | |||
Bulgaria | 2023 | 68 | 75 | 71 | 69 | 58 | |||
Burkina Faso | 2023 | 70 | 77 | 82 | 63 | 57 | |||
Burundi | 2023 | 48 | 57 | 56 | 46 | 33 | |||
Cabo Verde | 2023 | 62 | 77 | 70 | 50 | 50 | |||
Cambodia | 2023 | 62 | 66 | 68 | 63 | 52 | |||
Cameroon | 2023 | 49 | 40 | 65 | 49 | 40 | |||
Canada | 2023 | 73 | 79 | 70 | 70 | 72 | |||
Central African Republic | 2023 | 44 | 61 | 55 | 27 | 33 | |||
Central and Southern Asia | 2023 | 55 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 50 | |||
Chad | 2023 | 38 | 40 | 38 | 44 | 30 | |||
Chile | 2023 | 26 | 29 | 26 | 32 | 18 | |||
China | 2023 | 81 | 84 | 79 | 82 | 78 | |||
Colombia | 2023 | 41 | 51 | 46 | 33 | 32 | |||
Comoros | 2023 | 25 | 35 | 30 | 31 | 4 | |||
Congo | 2023 | 48 | 53 | 51 | 48 | 38 | |||
Costa Rica | 2023 | 51 | 49 | 57 | 59 | 40 | |||
Croatia | 2023 | 90 | 97 | 98 | 84 | 80 | |||
Cuba | 2020 | 82 | 80 | 87 | 84 | 76 | |||
Cyprus | 2023 | 93 | 97 | 96 | 89 | 90 | |||
Czechia | 2023 | 80 | 87 | 83 | 83 | 67 | |||
Côte d'Ivoire | 2023 | 49 | 40 | 56 | 56 | 45 | |||
Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 2020 | 63 | 84 | 68 | 58 | 40 | |||
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2023 | 40 | 44 | 55 | 32 | 27 | |||
Denmark | 2023 | 95 | 94 | 96 | 96 | 92 | |||
Djibouti | 2023 | 24 | 26 | 20 | 38 | 10 | |||
Dominica | 2023 | 53 | 25 | 66 | 63 | 58 | |||
Dominican Republic | 2023 | 39 | 24 | 49 | 44 | 40 | |||
Eastern and South-Eastern Asia | 2023 | 66 | 73 | 68 | 67 | 59 | |||
Ecuador | 2023 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 27 | 20 | |||
Egypt | 2023 | 63 | 61 | 63 | 62 | 65 | |||
El Salvador | 2023 | 38 | 34 | 44 | 30 | 45 | |||
Equatorial Guinea | 2023 | 23 | 40 | 29 | 0 | 24 | |||
Eritrea | 2023 | 37 | 54 | 34 | 40 | 20 | |||
Estonia | 2023 | 89 | 94 | 99 | 87 | 77 | |||
Eswatini | 2023 | 58 | 69 | 62 | 60 | 42 | |||
Ethiopia | 2023 | 41 | 41 | 45 | 39 | 37 | |||
Europe and Northern America | 2023 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 77 | 68 | |||
Fiji | 2023 | 56 | 28 | 61 | 70 | 63 | |||
Finland | 2023 | 80 | 88 | 80 | 82 | 68 | |||
France | 2023 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||
Gabon | 2023 | 33 | 30 | 38 | 34 | 30 | |||
Gambia | 2023 | 37 | 42 | 43 | 38 | 25 | |||
Georgia | 2023 | 54 | 57 | 67 | 50 | 40 | |||
Germany | 2023 | 88 | 94 | 85 | 87 | 85 | |||
Ghana | 2023 | 60 | 70 | 66 | 47 | 57 | |||
Greece | 2023 | 85 | 94 | 87 | 86 | 72 | |||
Grenada | 2023 | 35 | 28 | 34 | 39 | 40 | |||
Guatemala | 2023 | 33 | 27 | 35 | 34 | 35 | |||
Guinea | 2023 | 40 | 49 | 42 | 40 | 27 | |||
Guinea-Bissau | 2023 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 22 | 13 | |||
Guyana | 2023 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 32 | 27 | |||
Haiti | 2020 | 30 | 27 | 38 | 28 | 25 | |||
Honduras | 2023 | 34 | 43 | 34 | 32 | 28 | |||
Hungary | 2023 | 76 | 82 | 79 | 80 | 63 | |||
Iceland | 2023 | 75 | 65 | 78 | 78 | 80 | |||
India | 2023 | 75 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 73 | |||
Indonesia | 2023 | 70 | 74 | 71 | 69 | 67 | |||
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2020 | 40 | 40 | 39 | 45 | 36 | |||
Iraq | 2023 | 44 | 39 | 53 | 56 | 27 | |||
Ireland | 2023 | 87 | 90 | 87 | 87 | 82 | |||
Israel | 2023 | 89 | 90 | 89 | 84 | 93 | |||
Italy | 2023 | 78 | 90 | 79 | 78 | 63 | |||
Jamaica | 2023 | 51 | 56 | 51 | 68 | 30 | |||
Japan | 2023 | 95 | 100 | 96 | 94 | 90 | |||
Jordan | 2023 | 64 | 73 | 59 | 69 | 55 | |||
Kazakhstan | 2023 | 51 | 44 | 57 | 61 | 43 | |||
Kenya | 2023 | 62 | 74 | 74 | 56 | 43 | |||
Kuwait | 2023 | 95 | 90 | 100 | 88 | 100 | |||
Kyrgyzstan | 2023 | 38 | 39 | 37 | 47 | 28 | |||
Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2023 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 72 | 63 | |||
Latin America and the Caribbean | 2023 | 39 | 39 | 42 | 44 | 31 | |||
Latvia | 2023 | 62 | 58 | 66 | 77 | 47 | |||
Lebanon | 2023 | 33 | 40 | 45 | 30 | 17 | |||
Lesotho | 2023 | 53 | 64 | 61 | 48 | 40 | |||
Liberia | 2023 | 22 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 10 | |||
Libya | 2020 | 60 | 54 | 67 | 60 | 60 | |||
Liechtenstein | 2023 | 73 | 83 | 68 | 74 | 67 | |||
Lithuania | 2023 | 61 | 66 | 52 | 62 | 63 | |||
Luxembourg | 2023 | 92 | 88 | 95 | 96 | 90 | |||
Madagascar | 2023 | 39 | 40 | 38 | 63 | 15 | |||
Malawi | 2023 | 58 | 83 | 59 | 47 | 43 | |||
Malaysia | 2023 | 73 | 81 | 72 | 70 | 70 | |||
Maldives | 2023 | 50 | 53 | 46 | 39 | 60 | |||
Mali | 2023 | 53 | 62 | 61 | 57 | 32 | |||
Malta | 2023 | 89 | 97 | 91 | 93 | 73 | |||
Marshall Islands | 2023 | 36 | 37 | 42 | 50 | 16 | |||
Mauritania | 2023 | 53 | 63 | 64 | 38 | 47 | |||
Mauritius | 2023 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 63 | 73 | |||
Mexico | 2023 | 41 | 49 | 39 | 41 | 33 | |||
Micronesia (Federated States of) | 2023 | 49 | 50 | 59 | 46 | 42 | |||
Monaco | 2023 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 100 | 100 | |||
Mongolia | 2023 | 57 | 79 | 63 | 48 | 37 | |||
Montenegro | 2023 | 35 | 54 | 24 | 38 | 23 | |||
Morocco | 2023 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 70 | |||
Mozambique | 2023 | 66 | 84 | 83 | 63 | 33 | |||
Myanmar | 2023 | 38 | 46 | 38 | 41 | 28 | |||
Namibia | 2023 | 60 | 60 | 61 | 60 | 57 | |||
Nepal | 2023 | 37 | 37 | 40 | 41 | 30 | |||
Netherlands | 2023 | 90 | 87 | 92 | 87 | 95 | |||
New Zealand | 2023 | 62 | 73 | 62 | 65 | 46 | |||
Nicaragua | 2023 | 42 | 49 | 37 | 51 | 30 | |||
Niger | 2023 | 52 | 66 | 74 | 41 | 27 | |||
Nigeria | 2023 | 47 | 51 | 52 | 46 | 38 | |||
North Macedonia | 2023 | 39 | 37 | 29 | 49 | 40 | |||
Northern Africa and Western Asia | 2023 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 63 | 59 | |||
Norway | 2023 | 71 | 64 | 78 | 69 | 72 | |||
Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) | 2023 | 42 | 40 | 50 | 48 | 29 | |||
Oman | 2023 | 80 | 90 | 84 | 86 | 60 | |||
Pakistan | 2023 | 63 | 76 | 67 | 54 | 55 | |||
Palau | 2023 | 26 | 23 | 32 | 34 | 16 | |||
Panama | 2023 | 40 | 43 | 46 | 37 | 32 | |||
Papua New Guinea | 2023 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 30 | 7 | |||
Paraguay | 2023 | 35 | 40 | 41 | 38 | 20 | |||
Peru | 2023 | 46 | 56 | 47 | 46 | 35 | |||
Philippines | 2023 | 62 | 68 | 68 | 64 | 48 | |||
Poland | 2023 | 75 | 81 | 82 | 74 | 62 | |||
Portugal | 2023 | 76 | 77 | 71 | 78 | 77 | |||
Qatar | 2023 | 90 | 85 | 94 | 88 | 92 | |||
Republic of Korea | 2023 | 81 | 83 | 88 | 84 | 67 | |||
Republic of Moldova | 2023 | 68 | 74 | 69 | 76 | 53 | |||
Romania | 2023 | 79 | 96 | 83 | 84 | 53 | |||
Russian Federation | 2023 | 95 | 97 | 96 | 98 | 90 | |||
Rwanda | 2023 | 68 | 74 | 83 | 66 | 50 | |||
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2023 | 23 | 15 | 23 | 33 | 20 | |||
Saint Lucia | 2023 | 41 | 44 | 42 | 46 | 32 | |||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2023 | 25 | 20 | 22 | 48 | 8 | |||
Samoa | 2023 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 74 | 70 | |||
San Marino | 2023 | 68 | 70 | 60 | 72 | 70 | |||
Sao Tome and Principe | 2023 | 44 | 60 | 44 | 36 | 34 | |||
Saudi Arabia | 2023 | 83 | 87 | 70 | 81 | 93 | |||
Senegal | 2023 | 55 | 61 | 56 | 59 | 45 | |||
Serbia | 2023 | 39 | 43 | 41 | 43 | 30 | |||
Seychelles | 2023 | 53 | 52 | 67 | 59 | 35 | |||
Sierra Leone | 2023 | 37 | 46 | 43 | 37 | 20 | |||
Singapore | 2023 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||
Slovakia | 2023 | 57 | 63 | 65 | 62 | 38 | |||
Slovenia | 2023 | 83 | 87 | 83 | 81 | 80 | |||
Solomon Islands | 2023 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 36 | 20 | |||
Somalia | 2023 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 33 | 22 | |||
South Africa | 2023 | 60 | 72 | 68 | 60 | 38 | |||
South Sudan | 2023 | 43 | 46 | 57 | 42 | 28 | |||
Spain | 2023 | 92 | 100 | 100 | 92 | 75 | |||
Sri Lanka | 2023 | 49 | 53 | 63 | 49 | 32 | |||
State of Palestine | 2023 | 41 | 63 | 40 | 33 | 27 | |||
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2023 | 49 | 56 | 56 | 46 | 37 | |||
Sudan | 2023 | 34 | 43 | 35 | 36 | 23 | |||
Suriname | 2023 | 22 | 17 | 20 | 42 | 7 | |||
Sweden | 2023 | 86 | 83 | 89 | 82 | 90 | |||
Switzerland | 2023 | 84 | 80 | 80 | 82 | 92 | |||
Syrian Arab Republic | 2023 | 63 | 79 | 65 | 60 | 47 | |||
Tajikistan | 2023 | 54 | 61 | 48 | 54 | 52 | |||
Thailand | 2023 | 70 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 65 | |||
Timor-Leste | 2023 | 14 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 10 | |||
Togo | 2023 | 46 | 58 | 49 | 40 | 35 | |||
Tonga | 2023 | 35 | 40 | 40 | 49 | 10 | |||
Trinidad and Tobago | 2023 | 41 | 42 | 46 | 48 | 28 | |||
Tunisia | 2023 | 60 | 59 | 61 | 51 | 67 | |||
Turkmenistan | 2023 | 68 | 69 | 55 | 66 | 80 | |||
Tuvalu | 2023 | 48 | 48 | 69 | 43 | 32 | |||
Türkiye | 2023 | 72 | 80 | 73 | 78 | 58 | |||
Uganda | 2023 | 57 | 64 | 68 | 50 | 47 | |||
Ukraine | 2020 | 39 | 35 | 49 | 40 | 32 | |||
United Arab Emirates | 2023 | 83 | 77 | 85 | 76 | 95 | |||
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2023 | 79 | 86 | 85 | 76 | 68 | |||
United Republic of Tanzania | 2023 | 54 | 64 | 64 | 46 | 42 | |||
United States of America | 2023 | 77 | 84 | 77 | 78 | 68 | |||
Uruguay | 2023 | 36 | 43 | 42 | 36 | 23 | |||
Uzbekistan | 2023 | 52 | 46 | 56 | 62 | 40 | |||
Vanuatu | 2023 | 45 | 53 | 63 | 49 | 16 | |||
Viet Nam | 2023 | 56 | 69 | 56 | 50 | 50 | |||
World | 2023 | 57 | 61 | 61 | 58 | 49 | |||
Yemen | 2023 | 36 | 50 | 47 | 36 | 12 | |||
Zambia | 2023 | 66 | 76 | 77 | 56 | 53 | |||
Zimbabwe | 2023 | 63 | 64 | 74 | 60 | 52 |