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Proportion of river water bodies with good ambient water quality (%)

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United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global DatabaseUN Terms of Use — non-commercial (SDG Global Database); redistribution deferred pending clearanceupdated 2023
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  1. 1Samoa100
  2. 1Angola100
  3. 1Burundi100
  4. 1Fiji100
  5. 1Zambia100
  6. 1Norway100
  7. 1Russian Federation100
  8. 1Sudan100
  9. 1South Sudan100
  10. 2Montenegro96.2
  11. 3Botswana96
  12. 4Latvia95.5
  13. 5Madagascar94.1
  14. 6Jamaica93.3
  15. 7Gabon91.3
  16. 8Slovenia91.3
  17. 9Australia91
  18. 10China90.2
  19. 11Croatia89.8
  20. 12Benin88.9
  21. 13Canada88
  22. 14Dominican Republic86.7
  23. 15Korea, Rep.86.3
  24. 16France86.2
  25. 17Ethiopia85.7
  26. 17Tanzania85.7
  27. 18Ghana83
  28. 18Tunisia83
  29. 19Uruguay82.3
  30. 20Austria82
  31. 21Zimbabwe81
  32. 22Turkmenistan80
  33. 22Lao PDR80
  34. 23Sierra Leone79.4
  35. 23Switzerland79.4
  36. 24Turkiye79
  37. 25Uganda78.1
  38. 26Liechtenstein78
  39. 27Mali77.8
  40. 28Iraq77.3
  41. 29Serbia76.5
  42. 30Morocco76.1
  43. 31Paraguay75.2
  44. 32Panama74.8
  45. 33Rwanda72.7
  46. 34North Macedonia72.2
  47. 35South Africa70
  48. 35Eswatini70
  49. 36Brazil68.3
  50. 37Poland68.1
  51. 38Andorra68
  52. 39Guyana67.8
  53. 40Chile67.6
  54. 41Malawi67
  55. 42Cote d'Ivoire66.7
  56. 42Senegal66.7
  57. 43Congo, Dem. Rep.66
  58. 44Lesotho64.7
  59. 45Costa Rica63.9
  60. 46Namibia63
  61. 47Portugal62.3
  62. 48Argentina62.2
  63. 49New Zealand61.4
  64. 50Belize60
  65. 50Japan60
  66. 51Belarus58
  67. 52Azerbaijan57.9
  68. 53Mexico56.9
  69. 54Bolivia55.6
  70. 55Colombia52.6
  71. 56Romania52.2
  72. 57Italy51.9
  73. 58El Salvador51
  74. 59Iceland50
  75. 59Ireland50
  76. 59Cameroon50
  77. 60Kazakhstan48.9
  78. 61Cyprus47.6
  79. 62Germany42.5
  80. 63Greece40.9
  81. 64Nigeria40
  82. 65United States40
  83. 66Peru39.4
  84. 67Thailand38.3
  85. 68Slovak Republic35.4
  86. 69Sweden34.6
  87. 70Kenya33.7
  88. 71Liberia33.3
  89. 72Moldova33
  90. 72United Kingdom33
  91. 73Hungary32.5
  92. 74Bulgaria31.8
  93. 75Lebanon30
  94. 76Finland29.3
  95. 77Bosnia and Herzegovina28.4
  96. 78Albania21.6
  97. 79Spain19.2
  98. 80Lithuania18.6
  99. 81Estonia18
  100. 82Netherlands16.4
  101. 83India10
  102. 84Belgium6.5
  103. 85Indonesia5
  104. 86Burkina Faso0
  105. 86Luxembourg0

Proportion of river water bodies with good ambient water quality (%)