As of 2023, approximately 56 percent of water bodies around the world registered good water quality. During the same period, 11 countries reported all their water bodies with good ambient water quality, among them, Norway, Fiji, Samoa, Jordan, and Singapore.
Countries with the highest proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality worldwide as of 2023
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United Nations, & UN-Water. (August 13, 2024). Countries with the highest proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality worldwide as of 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1485248/proportion-water-bodies-good-ambient-water-quality-worldwide-by-leading-country/
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Countries with the highest proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality worldwide as of 2023 [Graph], United Nations, & UN-Water, August 13, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1485248/proportion-water-bodies-good-ambient-water-quality-worldwide-by-leading-country/
