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Environment > Water Stats: compare key data on Greece & Turkey

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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 pollution: Industrial organic pollutants per available freshwater
    Units: Metric Tons of BOD Emissions per Cubic Km of Water
    Units: Emissions of organic water pollutants are measured by biochemical oxygen demand, which refers to the amount of oxygen that bacteria in water will consume in breaking down waste. This is a standard water-treatment test for the presence of organic pollutants. The data from the World Bank, which represented BOD emissions (kilograms per day) were normalized by the combination of water availability per capita and water inflow availability per capita from the WaterGap2.1 model. In calculating the ESI, the base-10 logarithm of this variable was used.
  • 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.
  • Population supplied by water supply industry: Total population supplied by water supply industry.
  • Proportion of marine area under protection: Marine areas protected to territorial waters, percentage.
  • 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.
  • 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.
STAT Greece Turkey HISTORY
Availability 2.96 thousand cubic metres
Ranked 69th. 14% more than Turkey
2.59 thousand cubic metres
Ranked 74th.
Dissolved oxygen concentration 11.27 mls/litre
Ranked 1st. 45% more than Turkey
7.77 mls/litre
Ranked 70th.
Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Rural 99.42
Ranked 42nd. About the same as Turkey
99.08
Ranked 47th.

Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Urban 99.97
Ranked 48th.
100
Ranked 41st. The same as Greece

Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Urban and rural 99.76
Ranked 41st. The same as Turkey
99.74
Ranked 42nd.

Freshwater pollution 1.32 tons/cubic km
Ranked 25th. 20% more than Turkey
1.1 tons/cubic km
Ranked 31st.
Net freshwater supplied by water supply industry per capita 55.93 cubic metres
Ranked 34th. 43% more than Turkey
39.24 cubic metres
Ranked 38th.

Net freshwater supplied by water supply industry to households per capita 35.29 cubic metres
Ranked 29th. 15% more than Turkey
30.61 cubic metres
Ranked 30th.

Percent of water resources used 12.71%
Ranked 45th.
18.48%
Ranked 32nd. 45% more than Greece

Population connected to wastewater collecting system 87%
Ranked 7th. 19% more than Turkey
73%
Ranked 14th.

Population connected to wastewater treatment 87%
Ranked 5th. 89% more than Turkey
46%
Ranked 17th.

Population supplied by water supply industry 94%
Ranked 19th.
99%
Ranked 10th. 5% more than Greece

Proportion of marine area under protection 6.31%
Ranked 67th. 2 times more than Turkey
2.7%
Ranked 91st.

Salinisation 2,259.13
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Turkey
1,105.28
Ranked 36th.
Severe water stress 58
Ranked 31st.
61.7
Ranked 29th. 6% more than Greece
Net freshwater supplied by water supply industry 626 million cubic metres
Ranked 23th.
2.76 billion cubic metres
Ranked 9th. 4 times more than Greece

Suspended solids 3.57 mls/litre
Ranked 117th. 55% more than Turkey
2.3 mls/litre
Ranked 136th.
Phosphorus concentration 0.31 mls/litre
Ranked 81st.
0.35 mls/litre
Ranked 69th. 13% more than Greece
Net freshwater supplied by water supply industry to households 395 million cubic metres
Ranked 15th.
2.15 billion cubic metres
Ranked 4th. 5 times more than Greece

Drinking water > Population with improved sanitation > Rural 97.48
Ranked 52nd. 29% more than Turkey
75.49
Ranked 103th.

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; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001 (for BOD emissions)and Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGap 2.1, 2000 (for data on waterquantity). via ciesin.org; 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; 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%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

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