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Estonia

Location

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

Land

  • Total area: --- km2
  • Land area: 42,750 km(2020)
  • Land use by sector: 23% agriculture, 56% forest and 21% other (2018 - 2020)

People

  • Total population: 1,344,768 people (2022)
  • Population density: 31 people per km2 (2020)  
  • Urbanisation: 69% lives in urban areas and 30% lives in rural areas (2020)  

Economy

  • Total GDP: 46,873,656,514 USD per year (2020)
  • GDP per capita: 34,856 USD per year (2020)
  • Value added by sector: 2% from agriculture, 63% from services and 24% from industry (2020 - 2022)
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SDG 6 snapshot in Estonia

  • Drinking water

    97 % of the population in Estonia uses a safely managed drinking water service (SDG indicator 6.1.1, 2022)
  • Sanitation

    90 % of the population in Estonia uses a safely managed sanitation service (SDG indicator 6.2.1a, 2022)
  • Hygiene

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

    92 % of domestic wastewater in Estonia is safely treated (SDG indicator 6.3.1, 2022)
  • Water quality

    76 % of monitored water bodies in Estonia has good ambient water quality (SDG indicator 6.3.2, 2020)
  • Efficiency

    26 $/m<sup>3</sup> is the value added from the use of water by people and the economy in Estonia (SDG indicator 6.4.1, 2020)
  • Water stress

    9 % of the renewable water resources in Estonia is being withdrawn, after taking into account environmental flow requirements (SDG indicator 6.4.2, 2020)
  • Water management

    85 % is the degree of implementation of integrated water resources management in Estonia (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

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

Drinking water

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

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

Sanitation and hygiene

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

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

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

Water quality and wastewater

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

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

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

Water use and scarcity

Water resources and withdrawal in Estonia, total and per capita

Long-term average annual precipitation in depth: 626 (mm/year) (2020)

Renewable water resources: 9,779 m3 per capita (2017)

Water withdrawal: 1,313 m3 per capita (2014)

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

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

Community participation

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

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