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Water scarcity conditions as measured using the water exploitation index plus (WEI+), by country, 2017
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WEI+ illustrates the percentage of water use against renewable freshwater resources in a given time and place
Notes:
WEI+ illustrates the percentage of water use against renewable freshwater resources in a given time and place.
*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.
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Data sources
- E-OBS gridded dataset, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)
- Waterbase - Water Quantity, European Environment Agency (EEA)
- Aquastat water database, Faostat
- OECD water database, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Metadata
- Albania
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Kosovo
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
2017
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