Progress on Transboundary Water Cooperation (SDG target 6.5)
Transboundary water cooperation plays a crucial role in supporting wider regional integration, peace and sustainable development, as well as in tackling regional security challenges and in supporting climate change adaptation.
- 59 % of the world’s transboundary basin areas has an operational arrangement for water cooperation (SDG indicator 6.5.2, 2023)
Available time series: 2017-2023
Number of countries (and areas) sharing transboundary waters: 153
Number of countries (and areas) reporting in the last five years: 124
Learn more about the indicator here
Read the latest progress report here
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 6.5.2 looks at the area of a country within transboundary basins and assesses the extent to which that area is covered by operational cooperation arrangements.
Global status of indicator 6.5.2 Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation (2023)
Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for cooperation (%)
Progress over time of indicator @indicator
Status in different countries (or areas) of indicator 6.5.2 Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation (2023)
- 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 @indicator ()
Status of different components of indicator 6.5.2 Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation (2023)
Source data indicator 6.5.2 Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation
Country (or area), regional and world data for the latest year of reporting: 2020 - 2023
| Country (or area), region, world | Year | 6.5.2 Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Transboundary river and lake basins | Transboundary aquifers | |||||
| Afghanistan | 2023 | 51.66 | |||||
| Albania | 2023 | 54.49 | 56.01 | 51.67 | |||
| Algeria | 2023 | 57.54 | 0 | 58.32 | |||
| Andorra | 2023 | 4.38 | 4.38 | ||||
| Angola | 2023 | 78.84 | 100 | 15.24 | |||
| Argentina | 2023 | 60.41 | 99.57 | 0 | |||
| Armenia | 2023 | 10.15 | 11.3 | 0 | |||
| Austria | 2023 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||
| Azerbaijan | 2023 | 21.73 | 27.75 | 3.86 | |||
| Bahrain | 2023 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bangladesh | 2023 | 38.46 | |||||
| Belarus | 2023 | 30.32 | 38.62 | 28.22 | |||
| Belgium | 2023 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||
| Belize | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Benin | 2023 | 86.93 | 98.3 | 68.05 | |||
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2023 | 94.68 | 94.57 | 94.9 | |||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2023 | 92.75 | 96.32 | 73.32 | |||
| Botswana | 2023 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||
| Brazil | 2023 | 55.75 | 99.76 | 0 | |||
| Brunei Darussalam | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bulgaria | 2023 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||
| Burkina Faso | 2023 | 94.91 | 93.57 | 100 | |||
| Burundi | 2020 | 88.34 | 92.03 | 79.39 | |||
| Cambodia | 2023 | 97.67 | 100 | 94.85 | |||
| Cameroon | 2023 | 73.01 | 69.23 | 92.03 | |||
| Canada | 2023 | 69.69 | 91.27 | 0 | |||
| Chad | 2023 | 44.42 | 35.85 | 53.18 | |||
| Chile | 2023 | 78.6 | 87.21 | 0 | |||
| Congo | 2023 | 95.59 | 96.59 | 94.34 | |||
| Costa Rica | 2023 | 14.46 | 13.76 | 100 | |||
| Croatia | 2023 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||
| Czechia | 2023 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||
| Côte d'Ivoire | 2023 | 25.18 | 28.3 | 0 | |||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2023 | 66.41 | 99.86 | 0 | |||
| Denmark | 2023 | 100 | 100 | ||||
| Dominican Republic | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ecuador | 2020 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||
| Egypt | 2023 | 100 | |||||
| El Salvador | 2023 | 0.32 | 0.28 | 0.64 | |||
| Equatorial Guinea | 2023 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Estonia | 2023 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||
| Eswatini | 2023 | 91.96 | 100 | 8.14 | |||
| Ethiopia | 2023 | 49.51 | 0 | ||||
| Finland | 2023 | 100 | 100 | ||||
| France | 2023 | 53.27 | 51.83 | 100 | |||
| Gabon | 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gambia | 2023 | 95.33 | 90.65 | 100 | |||
| Georgia | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Germany | 2023 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||
| Ghana | 2023 | 91.05 | 88.36 | 95.68 | |||
| Greece | 2023 | 52.56 | 58.79 | 45.4 | |||
| Guinea | 2023 | 78.95 | 79.08 | 73.61 | |||
| Guinea-Bissau | 2023 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||
| Guyana | 2023 | 5.73 | 8.05 | 0 | |||
| Honduras | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hungary | 2023 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||
| Indonesia | 2023 | 1.22 | 89.93 | 0 | |||
| Iraq | 2023 | 18.38 | 34.4 | 0 | |||
| Ireland | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Italy | 2023 | 97.11 | 96.02 | 100 | |||
| Jordan | 2023 | 25.73 | 29.3 | 23.82 | |||
| Kazakhstan | 2023 | 63.41 | 100 | 0 | |||
| Kenya | 2023 | 35.84 | 54.99 | 0 | |||
| Kuwait | 2023 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kyrgyzstan | 2023 | 39.39 | 43.68 | 0 | |||
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2023 | 92.75 | |||||
| Latvia | 2023 | 97.06 | 100 | 93.49 | |||
| Lebanon | 2023 | 79.69 | |||||
| Lesotho | 2020 | 50 | 100 | 0 | |||
| Liberia | 2023 | 29.42 | 30.39 | 0 | |||
| Libya | 2023 | 97.96 | 97.96 | ||||
| Liechtenstein | 2023 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||
| Lithuania | 2023 | 34.06 | 25.69 | 50.17 | |||
| Luxembourg | 2023 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||
| Malawi | 2023 | 61.4 | 93.14 | 4.45 | |||
| Malaysia | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mali | 2020 | 75.35 | 99.91 | 60.67 | |||
| Mauritania | 2023 | 26.6 | 94.38 | 17.87 | |||
| Mexico | 2023 | 33.19 | 49.65 | 0 | |||
| Mongolia | 2023 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||
| Montenegro | 2023 | 67.04 | 84.8 | 21.47 | |||
| Morocco | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Myanmar | 2023 | 19.04 | 23.37 | 0 | |||
| Namibia | 2023 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||
| Nepal | 2023 | 4.91 | 8.35 | 0 | |||
| Netherlands | 2023 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||
| Nicaragua | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Niger | 2023 | 85.66 | 89.39 | 81.23 | |||
| Nigeria | 2023 | 98.72 | 100 | 96.71 | |||
| North Macedonia | 2023 | 12.94 | 13.24 | 12.22 | |||
| Norway | 2023 | 89.45 | 89.46 | 88.31 | |||
| Oman | 2023 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Panama | 2023 | 17.8 | 13.4 | 100 | |||
| Paraguay | 2023 | 50.86 | 100 | 0 | |||
| Peru | 2020 | 14.11 | |||||
| Poland | 2023 | 79.26 | 83.34 | 66.51 | |||
| Portugal | 2023 | 100 | 100 | ||||
| Qatar | 2020 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Republic of Moldova | 2023 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||
| Romania | 2023 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||
| Rwanda | 2023 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||
| San Marino | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Saudi Arabia | 2023 | 70.93 | 70.93 | ||||
| Senegal | 2023 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||
| Serbia | 2023 | 89.65 | 92.51 | 73.73 | |||
| Sierra Leone | 2023 | 100 | 100 | ||||
| Slovakia | 2023 | 81.5 | 100 | 27.93 | |||
| Slovenia | 2023 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||
| Somalia | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| South Africa | 2023 | 96.36 | 100 | 72.91 | |||
| South Sudan | 2023 | 55.51 | 100 | 0 | |||
| Spain | 2023 | 100 | 100 | ||||
| Suriname | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sweden | 2023 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||
| Switzerland | 2023 | 90.23 | 93.5 | 74.11 | |||
| Thailand | 2023 | 62.33 | 90.11 | 0 | |||
| Togo | 2023 | 95.73 | 100 | 80.81 | |||
| Tunisia | 2023 | 80.47 | 0 | 100 | |||
| Turkmenistan | 2023 | 66.02 | |||||
| Uganda | 2023 | 98.68 | 98.47 | 100 | |||
| Ukraine | 2023 | 27 | 24.04 | 63.76 | |||
| United Arab Emirates | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| United Republic of Tanzania | 2023 | 61.23 | 79.09 | 3.42 | |||
| United States of America | 2023 | 83.37 | 100 | 0 | |||
| Uruguay | 2023 | 54.64 | 100 | 0 | |||
| Uzbekistan | 2023 | 69.59 | 100 | 0 | |||
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2020 | 3.51 | 6.96 | 0 | |||
| Viet Nam | 2020-2023 | 28.86 | 0 | ||||
| World | 2023 | 58.54 | 65.75 | 45.88 | |||
| Yemen | 2023 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Zambia | 2023 | 77.74 | 78.84 | 66.07 | |||
| Zimbabwe | 2023 | 90.36 | 94.38 | 53.57 | |||