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Progress on Wastewater Treatment (SDG target 6.3)

Wastewater collection and treatment help protect freshwater systems, the oceans and also human health, as detrimental pathogens, nutrients and other types of pollution are prevented from entering the environment.

  • 56 % of the world’s domestic wastewater is safely treated (SDG indicator 6.3.1, 2024)

Available time series: 2022-2024
Number of countries (and areas) reporting in the last five years: 147
Proportion of world population covered by reporting in the last five years: 90%

Proportion of world land area covered by reporting in the last five years: 87%
Learn more about the indicator here
Read the latest progress report here

SDG target 6.3 is: ‘By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally’.

To track progress towards the target, SDG indicator 6.3.1 monitors the proportion of total, industrial and domestic wastewater flows safely treated in compliance with national or local standards.

Global status of indicator 6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated > Domestic (2024)

Proportion of wastewater safely treated (%)

Progress over time of indicator 6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated > Domestic

Status in different countries (or areas) on indicator 6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated > Domestic (2024)

  • 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 6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated > Domestic (2024)

Status of different components of indicator 6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated

Source data indicator 6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated

Country (or area), regional and world data for the latest year of reporting: 2022 - 2024

Country (or area), region, worldYear 6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated
Total Domestic Industrial
Afghanistan20246.06
Albania2022-202448.9912.72
Algeria202476.2
American Samoa202479.06
Andorra2022-2024100100
Argentina2022-202435.7523.61
Armenia2022-202449.840.5621.81
Australia2022-202499.1395.77
Australia and New Zealand202492.24
Austria2022-202470.9995.82
Azerbaijan2022-202459.9137.43
Bahrain2022-202499.9694.12104.91
Bangladesh2022-20240.0216.34
Belarus2022-202459.6183.3142.22
Belgium2022-2024110.8885.37
Benin20246.69
Bermuda20241.5
Bhutan202448.76
Bosnia and Herzegovina2022-202436.8465.31
Brazil202243.41
Bulgaria2022-2024129.8774.6451.49
Burkina Faso20242.14
Cambodia202246.79
Canada2022-2024253.1468.370.36
Central and Southern Asia202427.88
Chad20242.35
Channel Islands202293.53
Chile2022-202449.9287.89
China202464.03
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region2022-202495.4193.2
China, Macao Special Administrative Region202485.19
Colombia2022-202445.317.2134.14
Costa Rica2022-202428.4324.0964.37
Croatia2022-202494.5234.28100
Cuba2022-202424.3632.61152.42
Cyprus2022-202410072.72
Czechia2022-202488.2991.4536.84
Côte d'Ivoire202418.47
Democratic Republic of the Congo202415.78
Denmark202498.97
Djibouti202411.07
Dominican Republic2022-202432.8434.63
Eastern and South-Eastern Asia202465.28
Ecuador202229.82
Egypt202462.61
Estonia2022-202495.291.6972.87
Eswatini202416.95
Ethiopia2022-202458.862.9643.16
Europe and Northern America202487.22
Fiji202439.88
Finland2022-202480.0589.53
France2022-2024129.5786.7591.34
French Guiana202472.52
Gambia202410.53
Georgia202450.24
Germany2022-2024147.6999.1258.59
Ghana2022-202487.6415.5483.61
Greece202492.11
Greenland20240
Guinea-Bissau202420
Guyana202433.41
Hungary2022-2024133.7372.24
Iceland20241.63
India2022-202437.1328.83
Iran (Islamic Republic of)2022-202436.3526.39
Iraq2022-202460.5341.81
Ireland202450.79
Isle of Man202484.82
Israel202494.95
Italy202470.68
Jamaica2022100.01
Japan202498.58
Jordan2022-202491.2477.42
Kazakhstan2022-202413.1430.31.99
Kenya2022-202475.9611.18
Kiribati202432.9
Kosovo20221.82
Kuwait2024100
Kyrgyzstan202421.86
Lao People's Democratic Republic202410.3
Latin America and the Caribbean202436.64
Latvia2022-202464.2296.4633.15
Lesotho20243.01
Libya202214.41
Lithuania2022-202457.5895.8416.03
Luxembourg2022-202498.398.82
Madagascar202410.95
Malawi2022-202432.526.44
Malaysia202490.61
Mali20246.27
Malta2022-202478.477.04
Mauritius202426.93
Mexico2022-202445.8364.1125.05
Monaco2022-202410093.89
Mongolia2022-202410053.16
Montenegro2022-202456.1631.08
Morocco202475.33
Mozambique202421.67
Myanmar2022-2024125.6315.19
Nauru202435.51
Nepal202429.58
Netherlands2022-2024154.3599.81
New Zealand202484.53
Nicaragua202231.8
Niger20246.84
Nigeria202440.67
North Macedonia2022-202437.54.86
Northern Africa and Western Asia202464.47
Norway202473.95
Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)202415.72
Oman202299.04
Pakistan202238.11
Panama202254.4
Papua New Guinea20247.29
Paraguay202427.36
Peru2022-202482.152.42
Philippines202468.05
Poland202479.25
Portugal202485.33
Puerto Rico202432.51
Qatar202499.95
Republic of Korea2022-202496.6299.43
Republic of Moldova2022-202418.0741.43
Romania2022-202472.8130.6838.04
Russian Federation202421.45
Réunion202474.9
Samoa2022-202499.7743.81
San Marino202490.19
Saudi Arabia2022-202487.6558.43
Senegal2022-202465.617.22
Serbia2022-20247.8334.0322.56
Sierra Leone202416.45
Singapore2022-2024100100
Slovakia2022-2024100.481.97
Slovenia202482.08
South Africa2022-2024298.4421.59
Spain2022-2024157.1181.24
State of Palestine2022-202452.1771.47
Sub-Saharan Africa202419.42
Suriname202423.83
Sweden202492.83
Switzerland202499.29
Thailand2022-2024124.3533.69
Togo202415.94
Tonga202430.16
Trinidad and Tobago202438.73
Tunisia202475.9
Turks and Caicos Islands202430.61
Tuvalu202442.73
Türkiye2022-202470.6763.45
Uganda2022-202442.063.91
Ukraine202452.43
United Arab Emirates202494.99
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland202497.19
United Republic of Tanzania2022-202414.3816.12
United States of America202498.06
Uzbekistan202297.15
Vanuatu202413.21
Viet Nam202440.76
World202455.78
Yemen202228.11
Zambia20221337.68
Zimbabwe2022-202453.955.25
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