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Greece

Location

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

Land

  • Total area: --- km2
  • Land area: 128,900 km(2020)
  • Land use by sector: 47% agriculture, 30% forest and 23% other (2018 - 2020)

People

  • Total population: 10,566,531 people (2022)
  • Population density: 83 people per km2 (2020)  
  • Urbanisation: 81% lives in urban areas and 21% lives in rural areas (2020)  

Economy

  • Total GDP: 289,692,071,878 USD per year (2020)
  • GDP per capita: 27,416 USD per year (2020)
  • Value added by sector: 4% from agriculture, 69% from services and 17% from industry (2020 - 2022)
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SDG 6 snapshot in Greece

  • Drinking water

    99 % of the population in Greece uses a safely managed drinking water service (SDG indicator 6.1.1, 2022)
  • Sanitation

    92 % of the population in Greece uses a safely managed sanitation service (SDG indicator 6.2.1a, 2022)
  • Hygiene

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

    90 % of domestic wastewater in Greece is safely treated (SDG indicator 6.3.1, 2022)
  • Water quality

    20 % of monitored water bodies in Greece has good ambient water quality (SDG indicator 6.3.2, 2023)
  • Efficiency

    17 $/m<sup>3</sup> is the value added from the use of water by people and the economy in Greece (SDG indicator 6.4.1, 2021)
  • Water stress

    21 % of the renewable water resources in Greece is being withdrawn, after taking into account environmental flow requirements (SDG indicator 6.4.2, 2021)
  • Water management

    85 % is the degree of implementation of integrated water resources management in Greece (SDG indicator 6.5.1, 2023) 
  • Transboundary

    53 % of transboundary basin area has an operational arrangement for water cooperation (SDG indicator 6.5.2, 2023)
  • Ecosystems

    14 % of the water basins in Greece 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 Greece in 2022 (SDG indicator 6.a.1)
  • Participation

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

Drinking water

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

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

Sanitation and hygiene

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

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Greece, by service level and location (2022)

6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home in Greece, by service level and location (2022)

Water quality and wastewater

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

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

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

Water use and scarcity

Water resources and withdrawal in Greece, total and per capita

Long-term average annual precipitation in depth: 652 (mm/year) (2020)

Renewable water resources: 6,129 m3 per capita (2017)

Water withdrawal: 846 m3 per capita (2007)

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 Greece, change over time, compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Greece, 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 Greece, 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 Greece, 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 Greece, 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 Greece, by funding source

Community participation

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

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