Europe and Northern America
Countries (and areas) in the region
Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Channel Islands, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of AmericaLand
- Total area: ---
- Land area: 40,656,985 km2 (2020)
- Land use by sector: 23% agriculture, 41% forest and 36% other (2018 - 2020)
People
- Total population: 1,109,956,009 people (2022)
- Population density: 628 people per km2 (2020)
- Urbanisation: 78 % lives in urban areas and 23 % lives in rural areas (2020)
Economy
- Total GDP: 48,937,259,790,835 USD per year (2019 - 2020)
- GDP per capita: 44,089 USD per year (2019 - 2020)
- Value added by sector: 2% from agriculture, 70% from services and 22% from industry (2017 - 2022)
SDG 6 snapshot Europe and Northern America
Drinking water
6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Europe and Northern America, progress over time
6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Europe and Northern America, by service level and location (2022)
Sanitation and hygiene
6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Europe and Northern America, progress over time
6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Europe and Northern America, by service level and location (2022)
6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home in Europe and Northern America, by service level and location (2022)
Water quality and wastewater
6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated > Domestic in Europe and Northern America (2023)
6.3.2 Level 1 Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality in Europe and Northern America (2023)
Water use and scarcity
Water resources and withdrawal in Europe and Northern America, total and per capita
Renewable water resources, regional average: 12,362 m3 per capita (2020)
Water withdrawal, regional average: 689 m3 per capita (2013 - 2020)
Renewable water resources, water withdrawal and environmental flow requirements for all reporting countries (and areas) in the region ( - 2020):
6.4.2 Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources in Europe and Northern America, change over time
6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Europe and Northern America, progress over time
Water-use efficiency and its components, by sector, for all reporting countries (and areas) in Europe and Northern America (2021)
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).
Water resources management
6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100) in Europe and Northern America, progress over time, by dimension
Degree of IWRM implementation (0-100): 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 Europe and Northern America, 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)