As of 2023, approximately 56 percent of water bodies around the world registered good water quality. During the same period, five countries reported only ten or less than ten percent of their water bodies with good ambient water quality, among them, India, Burkina Faso, Malta, Indonesia, and Bahrain.
Countries with the lowest proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality worldwide as of 2023
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