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Croatia

Location

  • Geographical region: Southern Europe, Europe
  • SDG region: SDG Europe and Northern America

Land

  • Total area: --- km2
  • Land area: 55,960 km(2020)
  • Land use by sector: 26% agriculture, 34% forest and 40% other (2018 - 2020)

People

  • Total population: 3,854,000 people (2022)
  • Population density: 72 people per km2 (2020)  
  • Urbanisation: 60% lives in urban areas and 45% lives in rural areas (2020)  

Economy

  • Total GDP: 109,598,946,754 USD per year (2020)
  • GDP per capita: 28,438 USD per year (2020)
  • Value added by sector: 3% from agriculture, 59% from services and 20% from industry (2020 - 2022)
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SDG 6 snapshot in Croatia

  • Drinking water

    85 % of the population in Croatia uses a safely managed drinking water service (SDG indicator 6.1.1, 2007)
  • Sanitation

    78 % of the population in Croatia uses a safely managed sanitation service (SDG indicator 6.2.1a, 2021)
  • Hygiene

    --- % of the population in Croatia has a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home (SDG indicator 6.2.1b, 2022)
  • Wastewater

    34 % of domestic wastewater in Croatia is safely treated (SDG indicator 6.3.1, 2022)
  • Water quality

    91 % of monitored water bodies in Croatia has good ambient water quality (SDG indicator 6.3.2, 2023)
  • Efficiency

    47 $/m<sup>3</sup> is the value added from the use of water by people and the economy in Croatia (SDG indicator 6.4.1, 2021)
  • Water stress

    1 % of the renewable water resources in Croatia is being withdrawn, after taking into account environmental flow requirements (SDG indicator 6.4.2, 2021)
  • Water management

    90 % is the degree of implementation of integrated water resources management in Croatia (SDG indicator 6.5.1, 2023) 
  • Transboundary

    100 % of transboundary basin area has an operational arrangement for water cooperation (SDG indicator 6.5.2, 2023)
  • Ecosystems

    5 % of the water basins in Croatia is experiencing rapid changes in the area covered by surface waters (SDG 6 indicator 6.6.1, 2020)
  • Cooperation

    n/a is the amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance received by Croatia in 2010 (SDG indicator 6.a.1)
  • Participation

    + is the number of sub-sectors (out of 6) with a high level of participation by communities in Croatia (SDG indicator 6.b.1, 2021)

Drinking water

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Croatia, progress over time

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Croatia, by service level and location (2022)

Sanitation and hygiene

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Croatia, progress over time

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Croatia, by service level and location

6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home in Croatia, by service level and location

Water quality and wastewater

6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated > Domestic in Croatia (2022), compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated in Croatia, by source (2015 - 2022)

6.3.2 Level 1 Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality in Croatia (2023), compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

Water use and scarcity

Water resources and withdrawal in Croatia, total and per capita

Long-term average annual precipitation in depth: 1,113 (mm/year) (2020)

Renewable water resources: 25,185 m3 per capita (2017)

Water withdrawal: 151 m3 per capita (2013)

Environmental flow requirements: % of the renewable water resources ()

6.4.2 Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources in Croatia, change over time, compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Croatia, by sector (2020)

Water-use efficiency for ‘Agriculture, forestry and fishing’ only takes into account the proportion of gross value added that comes from irrigated agriculture, since that activity is associated with water withdrawal (other activities are rain-fed).

6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Croatia, progress over time, compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

Water resources management

6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100) in Croatia, progress over time, by dimension

Very low (0-10) – Low (11-30) – Medium-low (31-50) – Medium-high (51-70) – High (71-90) – Very high (91-100)

6.5.2 Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation in Croatia, progress over time, by component

Very low (0-10) – Low (11-30) – Medium-low (31-50) – Medium-high (51-70) – High (71-90) – Very high (91-100)

International cooperation and capacity-building

Annual expenditure for drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in Croatia, by funding source

Community participation

6.b.1 Procedures in law or policy for participation by users/communities and level of participation in Croatia (2021)

6.b.1 Level of participation by users/communities in Croatia, progress over time, by sub-sector