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Latvia

Location

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

Land

  • Total area: --- km2
  • Land area: 62,230 km(2020)
  • Land use by sector: 31% agriculture, 55% forest and 14% other (2018 - 2020)

People

  • Total population: 1,883,379 people (2022)
  • Population density: 31 people per km2 (2020)  
  • Urbanisation: 69% lives in urban areas and 32% lives in rural areas (2020)  

Economy

  • Total GDP: 57,204,025,762 USD per year (2020)
  • GDP per capita: 30,373 USD per year (2020)
  • Value added by sector: 4% from agriculture, 64% from services and 21% from industry (2020 - 2022)
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SDG 6 snapshot in Latvia

  • Drinking water

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

    85 % of the population in Latvia uses a safely managed sanitation service (SDG indicator 6.2.1a, 2021)
  • Hygiene

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

    87 % of domestic wastewater in Latvia is safely treated (SDG indicator 6.3.1, 2022)
  • Water quality

    67 % of monitored water bodies in Latvia has good ambient water quality (SDG indicator 6.3.2, 2020)
  • Efficiency

    136 $/m<sup>3</sup> is the value added from the use of water by people and the economy in Latvia (SDG indicator 6.4.1, 2020)
  • Water stress

    1 % of the renewable water resources in Latvia is being withdrawn, after taking into account environmental flow requirements (SDG indicator 6.4.2, 2020)
  • Water management

    62 % is the degree of implementation of integrated water resources management in Latvia (SDG indicator 6.5.1, 2020) 
  • Transboundary

    97 % of transboundary basin area has an operational arrangement for water cooperation (SDG indicator 6.5.2, 2020)
  • Ecosystems

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

Drinking water

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

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

Sanitation and hygiene

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

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Latvia, by service level and location

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

Water quality and wastewater

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

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

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

Water use and scarcity

Water resources and withdrawal in Latvia, total and per capita

Long-term average annual precipitation in depth: 667 (mm/year) (2020)

Renewable water resources: 17,918 m3 per capita (2017)

Water withdrawal: 115 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 Latvia, change over time, compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

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

Community participation

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

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