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Finland

Location

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

Land

  • Total area: --- km2
  • Land area: 303,940 km(2020)
  • Land use by sector: 7% agriculture, 74% forest and 19% other (2018 - 2020)

People

  • Total population: 5,556,880 people (2022)
  • Population density: 18 people per km2 (2020)  
  • Urbanisation: 85% lives in urban areas and 14% lives in rural areas (2020)  

Economy

  • Total GDP: 260,742,433,192 USD per year (2020)
  • GDP per capita: 46,922 USD per year (2020)
  • Value added by sector: 2% from agriculture, 60% from services and 25% from industry (2020 - 2022)
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SDG 6 snapshot in Finland

  • Drinking water

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

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

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

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

    97 % of monitored water bodies in Finland has good ambient water quality (SDG indicator 6.3.2, 2020)
  • Efficiency

    59 $/m<sup>3</sup> is the value added from the use of water by people and the economy in Finland (SDG indicator 6.4.1, 2020)
  • Water stress

    7 % of the renewable water resources in Finland is being withdrawn, after taking into account environmental flow requirements (SDG indicator 6.4.2, 2020)
  • Water management

    80 % is the degree of implementation of integrated water resources management in Finland (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

    8 % of the water basins in Finland 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 Finland 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 Finland (SDG indicator 6.b.1, 2021)

Drinking water

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

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

Sanitation and hygiene

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

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

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

Water quality and wastewater

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

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

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

Water use and scarcity

Water resources and withdrawal in Finland, total and per capita

Long-term average annual precipitation in depth: 536 (mm/year) (2020)

Renewable water resources: 19,917 m3 per capita (2017)

Water withdrawal: 1,239 m3 per capita (2006)

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

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

Community participation

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

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