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Czechia

Location

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

Land

  • Total area: --- km2
  • Land area: 77,199 km(2020)
  • Land use by sector: 46% agriculture, 35% forest and 19% other (2018 - 2020)

People

  • Total population: 10,526,073 people (2022)
  • Population density: 139 people per km2 (2020)  
  • Urbanisation: 75% lives in urban areas and 26% lives in rural areas (2020)  

Economy

  • Total GDP: 411,988,086,976 USD per year (2020)
  • GDP per capita: 39,140 USD per year (2020)
  • Value added by sector: 2% from agriculture, 58% from services and 31% from industry (2020 - 2022)
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SDG 6 snapshot in Czechia

  • Drinking water

    98 % of the population in Czechia uses a safely managed drinking water service (SDG indicator 6.1.1, 2022)
  • Sanitation

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

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

    91 % of domestic wastewater in Czechia is safely treated (SDG indicator 6.3.1, 2022)
  • Water quality

    88 % of monitored water bodies in Czechia has good ambient water quality (SDG indicator 6.3.2, 2020)
  • Efficiency

    132 $/m<sup>3</sup> is the value added from the use of water by people and the economy in Czechia (SDG indicator 6.4.1, 2020)
  • Water stress

    21 % of the renewable water resources in Czechia is being withdrawn, after taking into account environmental flow requirements (SDG indicator 6.4.2, 2020)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 Czechia (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 Czechia 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 Czechia 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 Czechia (SDG indicator 6.b.1, 2021)

Drinking water

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

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

Sanitation and hygiene

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

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

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

Water quality and wastewater

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

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

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

Water use and scarcity

Water resources and withdrawal in Czechia, total and per capita

Long-term average annual precipitation in depth: 677 (mm/year) (2020)

Renewable water resources: 1,238 m3 per capita (2017)

Water withdrawal: 154 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 Czechia, change over time, compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

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

Community participation

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

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