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

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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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Identification info

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

Identifier

Code
10.2909/351e78c8-28bb-4e89-a4bb-6f8988972840
Status
Superseded
Point of contact
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

http://www.eea.europa.eu

Point of contact
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Inland waters

Extent

Temporal extent

Time period
2000-01-01 2022-12-31
Maintenance and update frequency
Annually
Date
2025-11
Date type
Next Update
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

Resource constraints

Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

License CC-BY 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).

Language
English

Distribution Information

Distribution format

  • Microsoft Excel (.xls, .xlsx)

  • ascii (.csv, .txt, .sql)

OnLine resource

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

OnLine resource

Direct download

OnLine resource

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

OnLine resource

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

OnLine resource

Data quality info

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Report

Name of measure

Frequency of dissemination

Measure description

Data is disseminated annually.

Result

Value
Every year

Report

Name of measure

Timeliness

Measure description

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

Result

Value
T+1 year

Report

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).

Result

Value
> 75% EU MS and EU aggregate

Report

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.

Result

Value
All EU MS

Report

Name of measure

Time coverage

Measure description

Presented time series (including EU27_2020) starts in 2000.

Result

Value
> 10 years

Report

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.

Result

Value
> 4 data points

Resource lineage

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.

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Source

Metadata

Metadata identifier
351e78c8-28bb-4e89-a4bb-6f8988972840

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Contact
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

Point of contact

Type of resource

Resource type
Non geographic dataset
Name

Tabular dataset

Metadata linkage

https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/351e78c8-28bb-4e89-a4bb-6f8988972840

Date info (Creation)
2024-12-12T07:29:08.864527Z
Date info (Revision)
2025-10-09T10:44:45.221327Z

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115/19139

Edition

1.0

 
 
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Overviews

Spatial extent

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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