Tool // Funding a Water-Secure Future Dashboard
The Funding a Water-Secure Future Dashboard is an interactive tool that visualizes the key findings from the recent World Bank report "Funding a Water-Secure Future: An Assessment of Global Public Spending".
Purpose
The Funding a Water-Secure Future Dashboard is an interactive, publicly accessible online tool developed by the World Bank. It visually presents key data derived from the report Funding a Water-Secure Future: An Assessment of Public Spending, offering a clear window into how governments worldwide invest in the water sector—and where funding gaps remain.
The dashboard visualizes critical data, including annual spending, spending needs, spending gaps, budget execution rates, inefficiencies, highlighting where weaknesses are most pressing in the water sector. Through its interactive features, users can explore how governments allocate resources to the water sector and track progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Intended Users
Policymakers and government officials looking to evaluate and improve their country’s water investments.
Development practitioners and researchers seeking reliable, comparable global data on water spending.
Funding bodies and advocacy organizations aiming to identify underfunded regions or subsectors and advocate for targeted investments.
Key Features
The dashboard enables users to:
Compare public expenditure on water and sanitation services (WSS) with funding in other sectors like health, education, and defense.
Track progress toward Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 6.1 and 6.2) - ensuring universal access to safe water and sanitation - and uncover where the largest spending shortfalls lie.
Drill into metrics such as budget execution (on average, only ~72% of allocated water budget is spent), the size of financing gaps, and indicators of inefficiency in public spending.
Developers
Global Water Security & Sanitation Partnership (GWSP)
Access
You can access the dashoard here.