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Desired direction: No assessment

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Headline data

Water consumption (volume of water extracted)
Year Value Units
2018 179965484.0 M3
2022 178506380.0 M3
2023 180064405.0 M3
2020 163675651.0 M3
2013 177555343.0 M3
2021 176421751.0 M3
2017 180334331.0 M3
2016 180637435.0 M3
2019 178194264.0 M3

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Footnote:

Methodological sheet of the indicator available for the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country.

Available indicator

Water consumption (volume of water extracted)
Target

6.4 By 2030, substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity
Goal

6- Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
Definition

Volume of water supplied to final consumers through urban supply systems
Theoretical formula \[VOL_{water}^{t}\]
Available disaggregations

Type of use

Province
Frequency

Annual
Observations

Public use includes the supplier entities’ own consumption and free supplies.

Agricultural use does not include consumption by Irrigation Communities and agricultural uses in general in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country.
Data last updated 2025/06/18
Metadata last updated 2025/06/18

Source 1

Department of Industry, Energy Transition and Sustainability
Organisation Department of Industry, Energy Transition and Sustainability
Periodicity Annual
Link to data source Water Consumption Statistics

This section provides more information about the United Nations indicator or the European Union Sustainable Development Indicator, such as its rationale, international results, metadata, and other relevant statistics.

Rationale

The purpose of this indicator is to show the degree to which water resources are being exploited to meet the country’s water demand. It measures a country’s pressure on its water resources and therefore the challenge on the sustainability of its water use. It tracks progress regarding “withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity”, i.e. the environmental component of target 6.4.

The indicator shows to what extent water resources are already used, and signals the importance of effective supply and demand management policies. It indicates the likelihood of increasing competition and conflict between different water uses and users in a situation of increasing water scarcity. Increased water stress, shown by an increase in the value of the indicator, has potentially negative effects on the sustainability of the natural resources and on economic development. On the other hand, low values of the indicator indicate that water does not represent a particular challenge for economic development and sustainability.

Source: United Nations Statistics Division
Comparability between the available indicator and the UN indicator

The available indicator does not comply with the United Nations metadata requirements. The available indicator measures water resource extraction but not water stress.
International results

Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources (%) ER_H2O_STRESS UNSTATS
Link to UN metadata

Metadata 6-4-2.pdf
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