| Population | Connected to large public water supply | Groundwater based water supply | Non-compliance of large public supplies with EU nitrate or nitrite standard | Population exposed to groundwater based large public supply with >25 mg/L NO3 | Agricultural land | N-leaching to groundwater | Area with groundwater exceeding 25 mg/L NO3 | Population exposed to small or private groundwater wells with >25 mg/L NO3 |
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 | million | % | % | % | % | % | kg/ha/yr | % | % |
Austria | 7.8 | 60 | 95 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 41 | 4 | 18 | 6.8 |
Belgium | 10.2 | 90 | 53 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 46 | 37 | 58 | 3.1 |
Denmark | 5.3 | 74 | 99 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 62 | 24 | 50 | 12.9 |
Finland | 5.3 | 36 | 34 | 4.5 | 0.7 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 2.7 |
France | 59.7 | 73 | 64 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 54 | 13 | 40 | 7.0 |
Germany | 82.7 | 82 | 72 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 49 | 18 | 45 | 5.8 |
Greece | 10.7 | 69 | 50 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 66 | 4 | 19 | 3.0 |
Ireland | 3.6 | 75 | 25 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 23 | 11 | 36 | 2.3 |
Italy | 57.6 | 83 | 85 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 53 | 8 | 31 | 4.5 |
Netherlands | 15.9 | 100 | 66 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 58 | 49 | 63 | 0.0 |
Spain | 39.6 | 73 | 35 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 60 | 6 | 25 | 2.4 |
UK | 58.1 | 98 | 27 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 70 | 12 | 37 | 0.2 |
EU12 | 356 | 60 | 81 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 50 | 11 | 34 | 4.1 |