GOAL 6: Clean Water and Sanitation in Greenland
Greenland: GOAL 6: Clean Water and Sanitation was 0.143 5 year moving average in 2023. ▼ Falling
GOAL 6: Clean Water and Sanitation in Greenland, 2004–2023
Source: Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators). Measured in 5 year moving average.
Analysis
Greenland recorded 0.143 5 year moving average for goal 6: clean water and sanitation in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 42.8% on the previous year and down 64.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goal 6: clean water and sanitation in Greenland peaked at 0.5 5 year moving average in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.143 5 year moving average, in 2023.
That places Greenland 197th out of 214 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5 5 year moving average | 0.5 5 year moving average | 0.5 5 year moving average | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.3866 5 year moving average | 0.333 5 year moving average | 0.4 5 year moving average | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.244 5 year moving average | 0.143 5 year moving average | 0.333 5 year moving average | 4 |
Countries ranked near Greenland
- 195 British Virgin Islands 0.286 5 year moving average compare
- 195 Kiribati 0.286 5 year moving average compare
- 197 Aruba 0.143 5 year moving average compare
- 197 Cayman Islands 0.143 5 year moving average compare
- 197 Curacao 0.143 5 year moving average compare
- 197 Faroe Islands 0.143 5 year moving average compare
- 197 French Polynesia 0.143 5 year moving average compare
- 197 Gibraltar 0.143 5 year moving average compare
- 197 Guam 0.143 5 year moving average compare
- 197 Hong Kong 0.143 5 year moving average compare
- 197 Isle of Man 0.143 5 year moving average compare
- 197 Macao 0.143 5 year moving average compare
- 197 New Caledonia 0.143 5 year moving average compare
- 197 Northern Mariana Islands 0.143 5 year moving average compare
- 197 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.143 5 year moving average compare
- 197 Saint Martin (French part) 0.143 5 year moving average compare
- 197 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.143 5 year moving average compare
- 197 United States Virgin Islands 0.143 5 year moving average compare
More reference data data for Greenland
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2128 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0004 (2019)
- Spring temperature anomalies -0.3783 (2026)
- Country level monthly temperature anomalies 5.41 (2026)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0986 (2019)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.7088 (2026)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0041 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1141 (2019)
- Official exchange rate, LCU per USD, period average 6.82 (2017)
- Global precipitation anomaly 46.03 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is goal 6: clean water and sanitation in Greenland?
- Goal 6: clean water and sanitation in Greenland was 0.143 5 year moving average in 2023, according to Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators).
- What is the highest goal 6: clean water and sanitation recorded in Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5 5 year moving average in 2004.
- What is the lowest goal 6: clean water and sanitation recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.143 5 year moving average in 2023.
- How does Greenland rank for goal 6: clean water and sanitation?
- Greenland ranks 197th out of 214 countries with data for 2023.
- Is goal 6: clean water and sanitation rising or falling in Greenland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greenland data come from?
- The figures come from Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators), published as part of GOAL 6: Clean Water and Sanitation (5 year moving average). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
SDG Goal 6 data availability. Source: UN Global SDG Indicators Database