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Environment > Water Stats: compare key data on Germany & Switzerland

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  • Availability: Water availability per capita (1961-1990 (avg.))
    Units: Thousands Cubic Meters/Person
    Units: This variable measures internal renewable water (average annual surface runoff and groundwater recharge generated from endogenous precipitation)
  • Dissolved oxygen concentration: Dissolved oxygen concentration
    Units: Milligrams/Liter
    Units: The country values represent averages of the station-level values for the three year time period 1994-96, exceptwhere data were only available for an earlier time period (1988-1993). The number of stations per country varies depending on country size; number of bodies of water; and level of participation in the GEMS monitoring system. The data from "The Wellbeing of Nations" included a smaller subset of stations representing outfalls of major watersheds. An analysis of a sample of countries with numerous stations found that the data for stations in the subset is broadly comparable to the data for all GEMS stations in those countries.
  • Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Rural: Proportion of the population using improved drinking water sources, rural.
  • Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Urban: Proportion of the population using improved drinking water sources, urban.
  • Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Urban and rural: Proportion of the population using improved drinking water sources, total.
  • Freshwater internal flow: Internal flow of water: River run-off and groundwater produced during a year through perception minus evaporation.
  • Freshwater internal flow per capita: Internal flow of water: River run-off and groundwater produced during a year through perception minus evaporation. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Net freshwater supplied by water supply industry per capita: Water supplied annually, where losses during transportation have been subtracted. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Net freshwater supplied by water supply industry to households per capita: Water supplied annually to households, where losses during transportation have been subtracted. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Percent of water resources used: Proportion of total water resources used, percentage.
  • Population connected to wastewater collecting system: Population connected to wastewater collecting system.
  • Population connected to wastewater treatment: Population connected to wastewater treatment.
  • Salinisation: Electrical conductivity
    Units: Micro-Siemens/Centimeter
    Units: The country values represent averages of the station-level values for the three year time period 1994-96, except where data were only available for an earlier time period (1988-1993). The number of stations per country varies depending on country size; number of water bodies; and level of participation in the GEMS monitoring system.
  • Severe water stress: Percent of country's territory under severe water stress
    Units: Percent of Land Area
    Units: This data is derived from the WaterGap 2.1 gridded hydrological model developed by the Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, Germany. The modellers derived, for each country, grid cell by grid cell estimates of whether the water consumption exceeds 40 percent of the water available in that particular grid cell. These were then converted to land area equivalents in order to calculate the percentage of the territory under severe water stress.
  • Surface and Groundwater inflow: Inflow of surface and groundwaters for neighboring countries.
  • Net freshwater supplied by water supply industry: Water supplied annually, where losses during transportation have been subtracted.
  • Suspended solids: Suspended solids
    Units: Natural Log of Milligrams/Liter
    Units: The country values represent averages of the station-level values for the three year time period 1994-96, exceptwhere data were only available for an earlier time period (1988-1993). The number of stations per country varies depending on country size; number of bodies of water; and level of participation in the GEMS monitoring system. Data from "The Wellbeing of Nations" included a smaller subset of stations representing outfalls of majorwatersheds. An analysis of a sample of countries with numerous stations found that the data for stations in the subset is broadly comparable to the data for all GEMS stations in those countries. The data in this table was transformed using the natural logarithm.
  • Phosphorus concentration: Phosphorus concentration
    Units: Milligrams/Liter
    Units: The country values represent averages of the station-level values for the three year time period 1994-96, except where data were only available for an earlier time period (1988-1993). The number of stations per country varies depending on country size; number of bodies of water; and level of participation in the GEMS monitoring system. The data from "The Wellbeing of Nations" included a smaller subset of stations representing outfalls of major watersheds. An analysis of a sample of countries with numerous stations found that the data for stations in the subset is broadly comparable to the data for all GEMS stations in those countries.
  • Net freshwater supplied by water supply industry to households: Water supplied annually to households, where losses during transportation have been subtracted.
  • Drinking water > Population with improved sanitation > Rural: Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities, rural.
  • Surface and Groundwater inflow per capita: Inflow of surface and groundwaters for neighboring countries. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
STAT Germany Switzerland HISTORY
Availability 1.35 thousand cubic metres
Ranked 99th.
5.74 thousand cubic metres
Ranked 54th. 4 times more than Germany
Dissolved oxygen concentration 10.45 mls/litre
Ranked 13th.
10.85 mls/litre
Ranked 6th. 4% more than Germany
Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Rural 100
Ranked 1st. The same as Switzerland
100
Ranked 4th.

Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Urban 100
Ranked 4th. The same as Switzerland
100
Ranked 9th.

Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Urban and rural 100
Ranked 2nd. The same as Switzerland
100
Ranked 5th.

Freshwater internal flow 135 billion cubic metres
Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Switzerland
39.71 billion cubic metres
Ranked 17th.

Freshwater internal flow per capita 1,641.01 cubic metres
Ranked 27th.
5,258.96 cubic metres
Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Germany

Net freshwater supplied by water supply industry per capita 55.24 cubic metres
Ranked 35th.
131.08 cubic metres
Ranked 11th. 2 times more than Germany

Net freshwater supplied by water supply industry to households per capita 44.04 cubic metres
Ranked 22nd.
83.38 cubic metres
Ranked 7th. 89% more than Germany

Percent of water resources used 20.97%
Ranked 27th. 4 times more than Switzerland
4.89%
Ranked 77th.
Population connected to wastewater collecting system 96%
Ranked 7th.
97%
Ranked 10th. 1% more than Germany

Population connected to wastewater treatment 95%
Ranked 6th.
97%
Ranked 5th. 2% more than Germany

Salinisation 1,566.07
Ranked 22nd. 5 times more than Switzerland
301.06
Ranked 109th.
Severe water stress 1.1
Ranked 82nd.
0.0
Ranked 102nd.
Surface and Groundwater inflow 71 billion cubic metres
Ranked 6th. 6 times more than Switzerland
12.16 billion cubic metres
Ranked 17th.

Net freshwater supplied by water supply industry 4.54 billion cubic metres
Ranked 7th. 5 times more than Switzerland
981 million cubic metres
Ranked 16th.

Suspended solids 3.06 mls/litre
Ranked 127th.
3.98 mls/litre
Ranked 103th. 30% more than Germany
Phosphorus concentration 0.32 mls/litre
Ranked 77th. 5 times more than Switzerland
0.07 mls/litre
Ranked 130th.
Net freshwater supplied by water supply industry to households 3.62 billion cubic metres
Ranked 2nd. 6 times more than Switzerland
624 million cubic metres
Ranked 11th.

Drinking water > Population with improved sanitation > Rural 100
Ranked 2nd. The same as Switzerland
100
Ranked 6th.

Surface and Groundwater inflow per capita 863.05 cubic metres
Ranked 18th.
1,610.09 cubic metres
Ranked 16th. 87% more than Germany

SOURCES: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Global Environmental Monitoring System/Water Quality Monitoring System, with data for an additional 29 countries from Prescott-Allen,R. The Well being of Nations, Washington, DC: Island Press, 2001; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=ENV&f=variableID%3a5, Freshwater internal flow; http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=ENV&f=variableID%3a5, Freshwater internal flow. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=ENV&f=variableID%3a29, Net freshwater supplied by water supply industry. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=ENV&f=variableID%3a38, Net freshwater supplied by water supply industry to: Households. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGap 2.1, 2000 via ciesin.org; http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=ENV&f=variableID%3a8, Inflow of surface and groundwaters; http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=ENV&f=variableID%3a29, Net freshwater supplied by water supply industry; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Global Environmental Monitoring System/Water Quality Monitoring System, with data for an additional 29 countries from Prescott-Allen, R. The Well being of Nations, Washington, DC: Island Press, 2001; http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=ENV&f=variableID%3a38, Net freshwater supplied by water supply industry to: Households; United Nations Statistics Division Original html; http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=ENV&f=variableID%3a8, Inflow of surface and groundwaters. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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