Yearly Data Released in the New Dissemination System of AQUASTAT

AQUASTAT, FAO's Global Information System on Water and Agriculture, just released a new dissemination system that provides free access to over 180 variables and indicators by country and by year since 1960. It 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.

The new dissemination system allows publishing the data collected every year through the questionnaire sent to the AQUASTAT national correspondents, replacing the 5 year-period data of the previous dissemination system. It also allows the user to download a larger amount of data (up to 100 000 data points) compared to the previous system.

Visit the new AQUASTAT dissemination system