Datasets for EU Member State Contribution to Reducing Agricultural Nutrient Losses under the European Green Deal

During the progress period, the differentiation of Member States was based on two indicators: (1) the share of groundwater monitoring stations with nitrate concentrations exceeding 50 mg/l, averaged over 2016–2019 (%); and (2) the change in this share, expressed in percentage points (pp), compared with the baseline period (i.e. 2016–2019 versus 2012–2015).

During the target period, the differentiation of Member States was based on two indicators: (1) the magnitude of change required to achieve the target value by the average period 2024–2027, in order to characterise the future development direction and the intensity of the changes needed (pp); and (2) the CAP Strategic Plan result indicator R.22, which reflects the future development projected in policy planning documents (%).The region examined by the research covers 27 EU Member States: Austria (AT), Belgium (BE), Bulgaria (BG), Croatia (HR), Czech Republic (CZ), Cyprus (CY), Denmark (DK), Estonia (EE), Finland (FI), France (FR), Germany (DE), Greece (EL), Hungary (HU), Ireland (IE), Italy (IT), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Malta (MT), the Netherlands (NL), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT), Romania (RO), Slovakia (SK), Slovenia (SI), Spain (ES) and Sweden (SE).