Water exploitation index, plus (WEI+)_superseded, (2000-2022)

An indicator comparing water use versus renewable freshwater resources as percentage in a given area and time resolution e.g. annual water scarcity at country level.

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Date (Creation)
2025-01-21
Date (Publication)
2025-01-16
Date (Revision)
2025-01-20
Edition

01.00
Citation identifier
eea_s_eu-sdg-06-60_p_2000-2022_v01_r00
Code
10.2909/351e78c8-28bb-4e89-a4bb-6f8988972840
Status
Superseded
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Website Role

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

http://www.eea.europa.eu Point of contact

Point of contact

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Maintenance and update frequency
Annually
Date of next update
2025-11
Keywords
    Keywords
      GEMET

      Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.

      • Bulgaria

      • Malta

      • Portugal

      • Lithuania

      • Belgium

      • North Macedonia

      • Kosovo (UNSCR 1244/99)

      • Spain

      • Slovenia

      • Austria

      • Poland

      • Iceland

      • Albania

      • Czechia

      • Croatia

      • Serbia

      • Netherlands

      • Slovakia

      • Ireland

      • Sweden

      • Denmark

      • Germany

      • Cyprus

      • Estonia

      • Romania

      • Bosnia and Herzegovina

      • Türkiye

      • Norway

      • Greece

      • Finland

      • Luxembourg

      • Switzerland

      • Hungary

      • Latvia

      • France
      Reporting obligations

      EEA Management Plan

      • 2024 1.2.2
      EEA topics

      Unit of measure

      • Percentage

      Available breakdowns

      • Country

      Reference period

      • Calendar year
      Use constraints
      Other restrictions
      Other constraints

      EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged ( http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).

      Language of dataset
      English
      Topic category
      • Environment
      • Inland waters
      Begin date
      2000-01-01
      End date
      2022-12-31
      Distribution format
      • Microsoft Excel (.xls, .xlsx) ( )

      • ascii (.csv, .txt, .sql) ( )

      OnLine resource
      Protocol Linkage Name

      EEA:FOLDERPATH

             		https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/webdav/datastore/public/eea_s_eu-sdg-06-60_p_2000-2022_v01_r00

      WWW:URL

             		https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/data/351e78c8-28bb-4e89-a4bb-6f8988972840

      Direct download

      WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

             		https://www.eea.europa.eu/ims/use-of-freshwater-resources-in-europe-1

      EEA Indicator: Water scarcity conditions in Europe (Water exploitation index plus)

      WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

             		https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/product/view/SDG_06_60?lang=en&category=sdg.sdg_06

      Eurostat indicator: Water exploitation index, plus (WEI+)

      OnLine resource

      No information provided.
      OnLine resource
      Protocol Linkage Name

      DOI

             		https://doi.org/10.2909/351e78c8-28bb-4e89-a4bb-6f8988972840
      Hierarchy level
      Dataset

      Accuracy of time measurement

      Name of measure

      Frequency of dissemination
      Measure description

      Data is disseminated annually.

      Quantitative result

      Value
      Every year

      Accuracy of time measurement

      Name of measure

      Timeliness
      Measure description

      New data points are disseminated within one year after the reference year.

      Quantitative result

      Value
      T+1 year

      Quantitative attribute accuracy

      Name of measure

      Reference area
      Measure description

      Data are presented for all EU Member States except Italy; plus Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Albania, Serbia, Türkiye, and Kosovo (under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244/99).

      Quantitative result

      Value
      > 75% EU MS and EU aggregate

      Domain consistency

      Name of measure

      Comparability - geographical
      Measure description

      Data are comparable between all EU Member States respectively other presented countries.

      Note:

      Flags "u: low reliability" should be consider for Kosovo (under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244/99) data.

      Flags "e: estimated" should be consider for EU27_2020 data.

      Quantitative result

      Value
      All EU MS

      Domain consistency

      Name of measure

      Time coverage
      Measure description

      Presented time series (including EU27_2020) starts in 2000.

      Quantitative result

      Value
      > 10 years

      Domain consistency

      Name of measure

      Comparability - over time
      Measure description

      Length of comparable time series without methodological break is longer than 4 data points.

      Breaks in series between the period of 1990-1999 and 2000-2022 due to changes in the underlying database.

      UK is not included in computing the WEI+ since the Brexit as no data is reported by UK to WISE SoE water quantity.

      Quantitative result

      Value
      > 4 data points
      Statement

      The original data is available in the EIONET Central Data Repository.

      The Waterbase contains data on freshwater resources availability, water abstraction and water use at national or regional scale.

      The data was delivered between 2002 and 2024 by EEA member countries and cooperating countries, in the scope of the current WISE SoE - Water Quantity (WISE-3) reporting obligation.

      The national data deliveries are compiled into a European-wide Waterbase. The data is used for EEA core set indicators that assess the state, trends in water related pressures and monitor the progress of European policy objectives.

      Data from Eurostat/OECD Joint Questionnaire on Inland Waters and Eurostat Regional Water Questionnaire is also used as complementary source.

      Source

      Metadata

      File identifier
      351e78c8-28bb-4e89-a4bb-6f8988972840 XML
      Metadata language
      English
      Character set
      UTF8
      Hierarchy level
      Tabular dataset
      Hierarchy level name

      Tabular dataset
      Date stamp
      2025-03-04T07:22:57.781866Z
      Metadata standard name

      ISO 19115/19139
      Metadata standard version

      1.0
      Metadata author
      Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Website Role

      European Environment Agency

      sdi@eea.europa.eu

      		Point of contact
       
       
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      Overviews

      overview

      Keywords

      Available breakdowns

      Country
      EEA Management Plan

      2024 1.2.2
      EEA topics

      Climate adaptation Sustainability Water
      GEMET

      freshwater renewable resource statistical data water abstraction water consumption water scarcity
      Reference period

      Calendar year
      Reporting obligations

      WISE SoE - Water Quantity (WISE-3)
      Unit of measure

      Percentage


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