Sanitation and Wastewater Atlas of Africa

Using MDG 7.C to benchmark progress towards achieving SDG 6

2015

2010

2000

2005

Indicator

Goal

Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services (%)

Drinking water

Proportion of population practising open defecation (%)

Sanitation and hygiene

16.0

22.0

35.9

28.7

Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services (%)

Proportion of population with basic handwashing facilities on premises (%)

6.6

6.5

6.3

Proportion of safely treated domestic wastewater flows (%)

Wastewater treatment

Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality (%)

Proportion of groundwater bodies with good ambient water quality (%)

Water-use efficiency (US$/cm 3 )

Water-use efficiency

2.3

Water stress

Freshwater withdrawals as a proportion of available freshwater resources (%)

0.6

Degree of integrated water resources management (IWRM) implementation (%)

Water resources management

2 209 Population growth Thousands Guinea Bissau

Source: UNSD 2019.

Population growth (thousands)

Institutional and legal framework

Response

Basic elements

1 737

Institutional framework

1 089 1 345

• Interministerial Committee on Water and Sanitation (CIMA) • Technical Water Committee (CTA)

Presence of an enabling institutional framework for sustainable water, wastewater and sanitation development and services

766 872

projections

1975 Source: UN-Desa 2019.

1985 1995 2005 2015 2025

• Ministry of Energy, Industry and Natural Resources

Presence of a functional water regulator

Wastewater management

• No dedicated public-private partnership unit • No dedicated public-private partnership law

Environment for private sector participation

Recent data on wastewater management are lacking.

Legal, policy and strategy frameworks

Water and sanitation provision

• National Water and Sanitation Action Plan • Framework Plan for Water and Sanitation

Current enabling policies

Guinea Bissau

Access to at least basic services

• Water Code, 1992

Current enabling laws

Percentage of population

Progress towards MDG target

Met target

Limited or no progress

Moderate progress Good progress

2015 1990

Inadequate data

Sources: FAO 2016; World Bank 2018b; World Bank 2016c.

Drinking water

Met target

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 %

0

National Rural Urban National Rural Urban

Sanitation

Limited or no progress

No data available

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 %

Source: WHO and UNICEF 2015.

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