Water bodies with good ambient water quality
Compare water bodies with good ambient water quality across 124 ISO-mapped countries or territories using the fixed 2023 UN SDG Global Database slice.
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Key Insights
- •124 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite 2023 observation in the selected slice.
- •Burundi has the highest published value (100 %).
- •Luxembourg has the lowest published value (0 %).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 62.9%)
About This Statistic
Proportion of assessed bodies of water classified as having good ambient water quality under SDG indicator 6.3.2.
MapTheory retains one fixed year, unit and dimension slice. Only finite ISO-mapped observations are included; aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicates and other dimensions are excluded. No values are estimated or imputed by MapTheory.
Methodology
Proportion of assessed bodies of water classified as having good ambient water quality under SDG indicator 6.3.2.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 100.0% |
| 2 | Fiji | 100.0% |
| 3 | Norway | 100.0% |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 100.0% |
| 5 | Singapore | 100.0% |
| 6 | South Sudan | 100.0% |
| 7 | Sudan | 100.0% |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% |
| 9 | Samoa | 100.0% |
| 10 | Montenegro | 95.4% |
| 11 | South Korea | 93.6% |
| 12 | Gabon | 93.6% |
| 13 | Georgia | 92.0% |
| 14 | Croatia | 90.9% |
| 15 | Madagascar | 90.7% |
| 16 | Benin | 89.4% |
| 17 | Cape Verde | 89.0% |
| 18 | United Republic of Tanzania | 88.9% |
| 19 | People's Republic of China | 88.5% |
| 20 | Dominican Republic | 88.2% |
| 21 | Canada | 88.0% |
| 22 | Trinidad and Tobago | 87.5% |
| 23 | Marshall Islands | 87.0% |
| 24 | Slovenia | 86.8% |
| 25 | Zambia | 85.7% |
| 26 | France | 85.3% |
| 27 | Tunisia | 84.9% |
| 28 | Uganda | 84.1% |
| 29 | Botswana | 83.8% |
| 30 | Latvia | 83.8% |
| 31 | Australia | 83.8% |
| 32 | Ghana | 83.0% |
| 33 | Austria | 82.3% |
| 34 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 82.0% |
| 35 | Uruguay | 81.8% |
| 36 | Zimbabwe | 81.0% |
| 37 | Guinea | 80.9% |
| 38 | Liechtenstein | 80.2% |
| 39 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 80.0% |
| 40 | Switzerland | 79.4% |
| 41 | Morocco | 79.2% |
| 42 | Belize | 79.0% |
| 43 | Türkiye | 78.5% |
| 44 | Rwanda | 77.8% |
| 45 | Cote d'Ivoire | 76.9% |
| 46 | Germany | 76.7% |
| 47 | Malawi | 75.3% |
| 48 | Angola | 75.3% |
| 49 | Panama | 75.2% |
| 50 | Turkmenistan | 75.1% |
| 51 | Cyprus | 75.0% |
| 52 | Oman | 74.0% |
| 53 | Chile | 73.1% |
| 54 | Ethiopia | 72.7% |
| 55 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 72.2% |
| 56 | Paraguay | 71.6% |
| 57 | South Africa | 70.7% |
| 58 | Mali | 70.0% |
| 59 | Sierra Leone | 70.0% |
| 60 | Eswatini | 70.0% |
| 61 | Belarus | 69.2% |
| 62 | Brazil | 68.2% |
| 63 | Andorra | 68.0% |
| 64 | Guyana | 67.8% |
| 65 | Poland | 67.6% |
| 66 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 66.0% |
| 67 | Lesotho | 64.7% |
| 68 | Bahamas | 64.7% |
| 69 | Costa Rica | 63.9% |
| 70 | Namibia | 63.0% |
| 71 | Jamaica | 63.0% |
| 72 | Argentina | 62.2% |
| 73 | Slovakia | 61.4% |
| 74 | Finland | 59.7% |
| 75 | Ireland | 58.2% |
| 76 | Republic of The Gambia | 58.0% |
| 77 | New Zealand | 57.9% |
| 78 | Iraq | 57.1% |
| 79 | Japan | 57.1% |
| 80 | Mexico | 56.9% |
| 81 | Azerbaijan | 56.6% |
| 82 | Bolivia | 55.6% |
| 83 | Portugal | 52.9% |
| 84 | Colombia | 52.6% |
| 85 | Moldova, Republic of | 51.1% |
| 86 | El Salvador | 51.0% |
| 87 | Romania | 50.9% |
| 88 | Serbia | 50.8% |
| 89 | Nigeria | 50.8% |
| 90 | Italy | 50.7% |
| 91 | Iceland | 50.0% |
| 92 | Liberia | 50.0% |
| 93 | Qatar | 50.0% |
| 94 | Kazakhstan | 48.9% |
| 95 | Sweden | 48.4% |
| 96 | Senegal | 44.4% |
| 97 | United States of America | 42.0% |
| 98 | Cameroon | 40.0% |
| 99 | Israel | 40.0% |
| 100 | Albania | 39.1% |
| 101 | Yemen | 37.8% |
| 102 | Peru | 37.4% |
| 103 | Kenya | 37.1% |
| 104 | Thailand | 36.8% |
| 105 | Hungary | 33.3% |
| 106 | United Kingdom | 32.9% |
| 107 | Bulgaria | 32.7% |
| 108 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30.6% |
| 109 | Denmark | 29.3% |
| 110 | Lebanon | 29.1% |
| 111 | Belgium | 26.3% |
| 112 | Lithuania | 22.4% |
| 113 | Spain | 21.6% |
| 114 | Greece | 20.4% |
| 115 | Estonia | 18.5% |
| 116 | Czech Republic | 15.5% |
| 117 | Netherlands | 12.7% |
| 118 | India | 10.0% |
| 119 | Burkina Faso | 9.0% |
| 120 | Malta | 6.7% |
| 121 | Indonesia | 5.0% |
| 122 | Bahrain | 4.5% |
| 123 | Luxembourg | 0.0% |
| 124 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% |
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Data Source
This data comes from United Nations SDG Global Database (2023).
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