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Lithuania

Location

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

Land

  • Total area: --- km2
  • Land area: 62,620 km(2020)
  • Land use by sector: 47% agriculture, 35% forest and 18% other (2018 - 2020)

People

  • Total population: 2,833,000 people (2022)
  • Population density: 45 people per km2 (2020)  
  • Urbanisation: 67% lives in urban areas and 32% lives in rural areas (2020)  

Economy

  • Total GDP: 103,709,956,000 USD per year (2020)
  • GDP per capita: 36,608 USD per year (2020)
  • Value added by sector: 3% from agriculture, 62% from services and 27% from industry (2020 - 2022)
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SDG 6 snapshot in Lithuania

  • Drinking water

    95 % of the population in Lithuania uses a safely managed drinking water service (SDG indicator 6.1.1, 2022)
  • Sanitation

    95 % of the population in Lithuania uses a safely managed sanitation service (SDG indicator 6.2.1a, 2022)
  • Hygiene

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

    97 % of domestic wastewater in Lithuania is safely treated (SDG indicator 6.3.1, 2022)
  • Water quality

    99 % of monitored water bodies in Lithuania has good ambient water quality (SDG indicator 6.3.2, 2020)
  • Efficiency

    164 $/m<sup>3</sup> is the value added from the use of water by people and the economy in Lithuania (SDG indicator 6.4.1, 2020)
  • Water stress

    2 % of the renewable water resources in Lithuania is being withdrawn, after taking into account environmental flow requirements (SDG indicator 6.4.2, 2020)
  • Water management

    61 % is the degree of implementation of integrated water resources management in Lithuania (SDG indicator 6.5.1, 2020) 
  • Transboundary

    34 % of transboundary basin area has an operational arrangement for water cooperation (SDG indicator 6.5.2, 2020)
  • Ecosystems

    0 % of the water basins in Lithuania 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 Lithuania 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 Lithuania (SDG indicator 6.b.1, 2019)

Drinking water

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

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

Sanitation and hygiene

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

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

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

Water quality and wastewater

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

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

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

Water use and scarcity

Water resources and withdrawal in Lithuania, total and per capita

Long-term average annual precipitation in depth: 656 (mm/year) (2020)

Renewable water resources: 8,478 m3 per capita (2017)

Water withdrawal: 958 m3 per capita (2017)

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

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

Community participation

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

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