Austria vs Netherlands: Average nitrate concentration in freshwater

Austria
17.17 milligrams per litre
in 2021
Netherlands
19.57 milligrams per litre
in 2021
Austria rank
16th
Netherlands rank
13th

Average nitrate concentration in freshwater over time

  • Austria
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 19.57 milligrams per litre against 17.17 milligrams per litre in Austria, a difference of 2.4 milligrams per litre.

That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.1 times Austria's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 18 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Netherlands ahead.

Austria ranks 16th and Netherlands ranks 13th of 34 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Average nitrate concentration in freshwater
Unit
milligrams per litre
Source
European Environment Agency (2023) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
34 places, 655 data points, 1992–2021
Last refreshed

Average annual concentration of nitrate in groundwater.