OLD Data sources
| Data type | Custodian agency | Global database | Examples of national data sources | Latest year with data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLD Drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (SDG indicators 6.1.1-6.2.1) | World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) | Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP) |
National Statistical Office for household surveys and censuses, combined with institutional/utility records |
2020 |
| OLD Wastewater (SDG indicator 6.3.1) | World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) | National line ministries and institutions (e.g. for Water, Sanitation, Environment, Health, Public Services, Planning, Housing, Infrastructure, Production), utilities and on-site service providers, National Statistical Office for household surveys and registers of economic activities |
2020 | |
| OLD Water quality (SDG indicator 6.3.2) | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) | National line ministries and institutions (e.g. for Water, Environment, Natural Resources), universities and research institutions, NGOs and citizens’ science initiatives |
2020 | |
| OLD Water availability and use (SDG indicators 6.4.1-6.4.2) | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) | National line ministries and institutions (e.g. for Water, Agriculture and Environment), National Statistical Office |
2018 | |
| OLD Integrated water resources management (SDG indicator 6.5.1) | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) | National line ministries and institutions, NGOs, academia and business |
2020 | |
| OLD Transboundary water cooperation (SDG indicator 6.5.2) | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) | National line ministries and institutions (e.g. for Water, Environment, Natural Resources, Hydrology, Geology) |
2020 | |
| OLD Water-related ecosystems (SDG indicator 6.6.1) | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Ramsar | Line ministries and institutions (e.g. for Environment, Water, Natural Resources), universities and research institutions, NGOs and citizens’ science initiatives (ground-based surveys), space agencies (Earth observations) |
2018 | |
| OLD International cooperation and capacity-building, stakeholder participation (SDG indicators 6.a.1-6.b.1) | World Health Organization (WHO) and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-water (GLAAS) and OECD International Development Statistics (IDS) online databases |
National line ministries and institutions (e.g. for Water, Sanitation, Environment, Health, Public Services, Planning, Finance) |
2019 |
| OLD Other SDG data | United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) | 2019 | ||
| OLD Human Development Data | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | 2019 | ||
| OLD Other social, economic and environmental data | World Bank | 2019 |