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Austria

Location

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

Land

  • Total area: --- km2
  • Land area: 82,520 km(2020)
  • Land use by sector: 32% agriculture, 47% forest and 21% other (2018 - 2020)

People

  • Total population: 9,042,528 people (2022)
  • Population density: 108 people per km2 (2020)  
  • Urbanisation: 58% lives in urban areas and 41% lives in rural areas (2020)  

Economy

  • Total GDP: 462,407,989,787 USD per year (2020)
  • GDP per capita: 51,137 USD per year (2020)
  • Value added by sector: 1% from agriculture, 63% from services and 26% from industry (2020 - 2022)
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SDG 6 snapshot in Austria

  • Drinking water

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

    100 % of the population in Austria uses a safely managed sanitation service (SDG indicator 6.2.1a, 2022)
  • Hygiene

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

    98 % of domestic wastewater in Austria is safely treated (SDG indicator 6.3.1, 2022)
  • Water quality

    82 % of monitored water bodies in Austria has good ambient water quality (SDG indicator 6.3.2, 2020)
  • Efficiency

    114 $/m<sup>3</sup> is the value added from the use of water by people and the economy in Austria (SDG indicator 6.4.1, 2021)
  • Water stress

    9 % of the renewable water resources in Austria is being withdrawn, after taking into account environmental flow requirements (SDG indicator 6.4.2, 2021)
  • Water management

    91 % is the degree of implementation of integrated water resources management in Austria (SDG indicator 6.5.1, 2020) 
  • Transboundary

    100 % of transboundary basin area has an operational arrangement for water cooperation (SDG indicator 6.5.2, 2020)
  • Ecosystems

    10 % of the water basins in Austria 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 Austria in 2021 (SDG indicator 6.a.1)
  • Participation

    + is the number of sub-sectors (out of 6) with a high level of participation by communities in Austria (SDG indicator 6.b.1, 2019)

Drinking water

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

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

Sanitation and hygiene

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

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

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

Water quality and wastewater

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

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

6.3.2 Level 1 Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality in Austria (2017-2020), compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

Water use and scarcity

Water resources and withdrawal in Austria, total and per capita

Long-term average annual precipitation in depth: 1,110 (mm/year) (2020)

Renewable water resources: 8,895 m3 per capita (2017)

Water withdrawal: 410 m3 per capita (2010)

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

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

Community participation

6.b.1 Procedures in law or policy for participation by users/communities and level of participation in Austria (2019)

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