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Cyprus

Location

  • Geographical region: Western Asia, Asia
  • SDG region: SDG Northern Africa and Western Asia

Land

  • Total area: --- km2
  • Land area: 9,240 km(2020)
  • Land use by sector: 14% agriculture, 19% forest and 67% other (2018 - 2020)

People

  • Total population: 1,251,488 people (2022)
  • Population density: 131 people per km2 (2020)  
  • Urbanisation: 64% lives in urban areas and 32% lives in rural areas (2020)  

Economy

  • Total GDP: 34,705,470,007 USD per year (2020)
  • GDP per capita: 27,731 USD per year (2020)
  • Value added by sector: 2% from agriculture, 74% from services and 13% from industry (2020 - 2022)
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SDG 6 snapshot in Cyprus

  • Drinking water

    100 % of the population in Cyprus uses a safely managed drinking water service (SDG indicator 6.1.1, 2022)
  • Sanitation

    77 % of the population in Cyprus uses a safely managed sanitation service (SDG indicator 6.2.1a, 2022)
  • Hygiene

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

    73 % of domestic wastewater in Cyprus is safely treated (SDG indicator 6.3.1, 2022)
  • Water quality

    61 % of monitored water bodies in Cyprus has good ambient water quality (SDG indicator 6.3.2, 2020)
  • Efficiency

    75 $/m<sup>3</sup> is the value added from the use of water by people and the economy in Cyprus (SDG indicator 6.4.1, 2020)
  • Water stress

    38 % of the renewable water resources in Cyprus is being withdrawn, after taking into account environmental flow requirements (SDG indicator 6.4.2, 2020)
  • Water management

    93 % is the degree of implementation of integrated water resources management in Cyprus (SDG indicator 6.5.1, 2020) 
  • Transboundary

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

    0 % of the water basins in Cyprus 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 Cyprus 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 Cyprus (SDG indicator 6.b.1, 2021)

Drinking water

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

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

Sanitation and hygiene

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

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

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

Water quality and wastewater

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

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

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

Water use and scarcity

Water resources and withdrawal in Cyprus, total and per capita

Long-term average annual precipitation in depth: 498 (mm/year) (2020)

Renewable water resources: 661 m3 per capita (2017)

Water withdrawal: 269 m3 per capita (2016)

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

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

Community participation

6.b.1 Procedures in law or policy for participation by users/communities and level of participation in Cyprus

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