UN-Water SDG 6 Data Portal
Flagship UN-Water portal with data on all SDG 6 global indicators including drinking water, sanitation, water quality, water-use efficiency, and water resources management with API access
sdg6data.org
At a glance
- Region
- Global
- Coverage
- Global (country-level, all SDG 6 indicators)
- Access
- Free
- Category
- International
What's inside
- Drinking Water Access
- Sanitation Coverage
- Water Quality
- Water-Use Efficiency
- Water Stress
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Coverage gaps
Find who lacks safe water or sanitation.
Because it has: Drinking Water Access
- 02
Benchmarking
Compare utilities on service and losses.
- 03
Hotspots and trends
Find where contamination is high and whether it is getting worse.
Because it has: Water Quality
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Failure prediction
Predict pipe bursts and plant failures before they happen.
- 02
Demand forecasts
Forecast daily demand for pumping and storage.
- 03
Risk maps
Predict contamination where no samples exist, from geology, land use and climate.
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