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Italy

Location

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

Land

  • Total area: --- km2
  • Land area: 295,717 km(2020)
  • Land use by sector: 42% agriculture, 32% forest and 26% other (2018 - 2020)

People

  • Total population: 58,856,847 people (2022)
  • Population density: 200 people per km2 (2020)  
  • Urbanisation: 72% lives in urban areas and 29% lives in rural areas (2020)  

Economy

  • Total GDP: 2,322,896,051,831 USD per year (2020)
  • GDP per capita: 39,467 USD per year (2020)
  • Value added by sector: 2% from agriculture, 67% from services and 23% from industry (2020 - 2022)
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SDG 6 snapshot in Italy

  • Drinking water

    93 % of the population in Italy uses a safely managed drinking water service (SDG indicator 6.1.1, 2022)
  • Sanitation

    79 % of the population in Italy uses a safely managed sanitation service (SDG indicator 6.2.1a, 2022)
  • Hygiene

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

    70 % of domestic wastewater in Italy is safely treated (SDG indicator 6.3.1, 2022)
  • Water quality

    51 % of monitored water bodies in Italy has good ambient water quality (SDG indicator 6.3.2, 2023)
  • Efficiency

    49 $/m<sup>3</sup> is the value added from the use of water by people and the economy in Italy (SDG indicator 6.4.1, 2021)
  • Water stress

    30 % of the renewable water resources in Italy is being withdrawn, after taking into account environmental flow requirements (SDG indicator 6.4.2, 2021)
  • Water management

    78 % is the degree of implementation of integrated water resources management in Italy (SDG indicator 6.5.1, 2023) 
  • Transboundary

    97 % of transboundary basin area has an operational arrangement for water cooperation (SDG indicator 6.5.2, 2023)
  • Ecosystems

    8 % of the water basins in Italy 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 Italy in 2022 (SDG indicator 6.a.1)
  • Participation

    + is the number of sub-sectors (out of 6) with a high level of participation by communities in Italy (SDG indicator 6.b.1, 2021)

Drinking water

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

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

Sanitation and hygiene

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

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

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

Water quality and wastewater

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

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

6.3.2 Level 1 Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality in Italy (2023), compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

Water use and scarcity

Water resources and withdrawal in Italy, total and per capita

Long-term average annual precipitation in depth: 832 (mm/year) (2020)

Renewable water resources: 3,223 m3 per capita (2017)

Water withdrawal: 576 m3 per capita (2015)

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

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

Community participation

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

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