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Many of the Central-European Member States with high population density and intensive agriculture, generally have less than half of their lake water bodies in good or better ecological status or potential (lower part of figure 4.10). The highest proportion of lake WBs with good ecological status or potential is reported in Austria, where close to all lake water bodies are reported to be in good or better status. Also in Northern Europe (Sweden, Finland, Ireland), and in two of the Baltic countries (Estonia and Lithuania), as well as in Cyprus the majority of lake water bodies are reported to be in good or better ecological status or potential. The large differences reported between some neighbouring member states, e.g. Lithuania and Latvia, or Hungary and Romania may partly be caused by different assessment approaches (see section 3.1.2), and need further analyses of population density and % arable land to be fully understood.