Istat water statistics - Years 2020-2023

Still too high total water losses in public supply network

In 2022, water lost in public supply networks would have met the water needs of 43.4 million people for a whole year.

In 2022, Italy ranked third in Europe for freshwater withdrawal for public water supply per inhabitant.

In 2022, 214 liters per inhabitant per day supplied in the public water supply network (-36 liters on 1999).

In 2021, 21.8% of total national environmental expenditure spent for wastewater services.

In 2020, 19.0% of the utilized agricultural area was irrigated.

Note: On 11 june 2024 at 11.45 a.m. the full text was replaced due to a typo in the layout.