Region
East Asia and Pacific
Europe and Central Asia
Latin America and the Caribbean
Middle East and North Africa
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sectors and Themes
Agriculture
Water
Scale
National
Expertise Level
Practitioner
Specialist
Resource Type
Platforms
Language
English
French
Spanish
Membership Requirement
No
Resources Provided
Peer-to-Peer Knowledge Sharing
Tools
Developer or Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
AQUASTAT is the FAO global information system on water resources and agricultural water management. It collects, analyses and provides free access to over 180 variables and indicators by country from 1960. AQUASTAT draws on national capacities and expertise with an emphasis on Africa, the Near East, countries of the former Soviet Union, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. AQUASTAT plays a key role in the monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goal 6 that sets out to "ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all", and in particular indicators of target 6.4 on water stress and water use efficiency.