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.
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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