Sector Insights

The water sector, in numbers

Spend and project counts across the aggregated dataset. Budget figures cover only records that report a USD value, so totals understate real activity.

Total tracked funding
$12.9T
across 55,151 projects with a budget
Projects mapped
89,289
from all aggregated sources
Budget coverage
62%
of projects report a USD budget
Leading funder
World Bank
$258.9B tracked

Project volume over time

Projects by publication year. Hover a year for its count.

1961197319851997200920212027

Spend by country

  • France 15,744 projects $12T
  • Italy 3,417 projects $86.6B
  • United States 13,186 projects $83.5B
  • Philippines 72 projects $83.4B
  • Spain 3,972 projects $45B
  • Croatia 2,547 projects $40.8B

Spend by donor

  • World Bank 2,883 projects $258.9B
  • Asian Development Bank 445 projects $107.6B
  • Environmental Protection Agency 3,185 projects $76.2B
  • Inter-American Development Bank 1,552 projects $42.1B
  • European Investment Bank 143 projects $8.3B
  • Islamic Development Bank 186 projects $8.1B

Top technologies

  • Sewer, sewage & drainage works $182.2B 23,035
  • Sewage & sanitation services $12T 19,219
  • Water & sewage pipeline construction $111.1B 10,784
  • Water/sewage treatment plant construction $95.7B 8,081
  • Water-distribution pipeline works $86.3B 7,000
  • Water distribution services $109.5B 5,919

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Project

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  • World Bank · TED · IDB data
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