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Total Water Use by Country

Total Water Use by Country

This map shows total water withdrawal for agricultural, industrial and municipal purposes by country. Water withdrawal is the quantity of water removed from available sources for use in any purpose. Water drawn-off is not necessarily entirely consumed and some portion may be returned for further use downstream.

World total water withdrawal: ~3905.86 km³/year

Calculation

[Total water withdrawal (summed by sector)] = [Municipal water withdrawal] + [Industrial water withdrawal] + [Agricultural water withdrawal]

Note:

  • It includes renewable freshwater resources as well as potential over-abstraction of renewable groundwater or withdrawal of fossil groundwater and eventual use of desalinated water or treated wastewater.
  • It does not include other categories of water use, such as for cooling of power plants, mining, recreation, navigation, fisheries, etc., which are sectors that are characterized by a very low net consumption rate.
13 years ago
Environment
Country NameTotal water withdrawal (sum of sectors) (km^3/yr)Source YearNote
Afghanistan23.122000Modelled data
Albania1.842000Modelled data
Algeria6.162000Modelled data
Angola0.642000Modelled data
Antigua and Barbuda0.01990
Argentina32.572000Modelled data
Armenia2.832006FAO estimate
Australia22.582000Modelled data
Austria3.662000
Azerbaijan12.212005FAO estimate
Bahrain0.362003
Bangladesh35.872008
Barbados0.12000Modelled data
Belarus4.342000Modelled data
Belgium6.222007
Belize0.152000Modelled data
Benin0.132001FAO estimate
Bhutan0.342008
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)2.02000Modelled data
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.342009
Botswana0.192000
Brazil58.12006
Brunei Darussalam0.11994
Bulgaria6.122009
Burkina Faso0.992000Modelled data
Burundi0.292000FAO estimate
C�te d'Ivoire1.412000Modelled data
Cambodia2.182006
Cameroon0.962000Modelled data
Canada45.972000Modelled data
Cape Verde0.02001
Central African Republic0.12000Modelled data
Chad0.372000Modelled data
Chile11.342000Modelled data
China554.12005
Colombia12.652000Modelled data
Comoros0.01999
Congo0.12002FAO estimate
Costa Rica2.682000Modelled data
Croatia0.632009
Cuba7.562000Modelled data
Cyprus0.182009
Czech Republic1.952009
Democratic People's Republic of Korea6.912000Modelled data
Democratic Republic of the Congo0.622000Modelled data
Denmark0.662009
Djibouti0.02000
Dominica0.02004
Dominican Republic3.492000Modelled data
Ecuador15.252000Modelled data
Egypt68.32000
El Salvador1.382000Modelled data
Equatorial Guinea0.02000Modelled data
Eritrea0.582004
Estonia1.82007
Ethiopia5.562002FAO estimate
Fiji0.12000FAO estimate
Finland1.632005
France31.622007
Gabon0.132000Modelled data
Gambia0.12000Modelled data
Georgia1.622005
Germany32.32007
Ghana0.982000FAO estimate
Greece9.472007
Grenada0.02005
Guatemala2.932000Modelled data
Guinea1.622000Modelled data
Guinea-Bissau0.182000
Guyana1.642000Modelled data
Haiti1.22000Modelled data
Honduras1.192000Modelled data
Hungary5.592007
Iceland0.172005
India7612010
Indonesia113.32000
Iran (Islamic Republic of)93.32004
Iraq662000
Ireland0.791979FAO estimate
Israel1.952004
Italy45.412000Modelled data
Jamaica0.582000Modelled data
Japan90.02001Modelled data
Jordan0.942005
Kazakhstan33.12000Modelled data
Kenya2.742003FAO estimate
Kuwait0.912002
Kyrgyzstan10.12000Modelled data
Lao People's Democratic Republic32000Modelled data
Latvia0.412000
Lebanon1.312005
Lesotho0.12000Modelled data
Liberia0.182000Modelled data
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya4.332000
Lithuania2.382007
Luxembourg0.11999
Madagascar14.682000Modelled data
Malawi0.972000Modelled data
Malaysia12.42000Modelled data
Maldives0.02008FAO estimate
Mali6.552000
Malta0.12002FAO estimate
Mauritania1.62000Modelled data
Mauritius0.732003
Mexico79.82008
Mongolia0.52000Modelled data
Morocco12.62000
Mozambique0.742000Modelled data
Myanmar33.232000
Namibia0.32000
Nepal10.12000Modelled data
Netherlands10.612008
New Zealand4.752002Modelled data
Nicaragua1.292000
Niger2.362000Modelled data
Nigeria10.312000Modelled data
Norway2.942006
Occupied Palestinian Territory0.422005
Oman1.322003
Pakistan183.52008
Panama0.452000Modelled data
Papua New Guinea0.272000Modelled data
Paraguay0.492000Modelled data
Peru19.342000Modelled data
Philippines81.562009
Poland11.962009
Portugal8.462002
Puerto Rico12005
Qatar0.442005
Republic of Korea25.472002FAO estimate
Republic of Moldova1.922000Modelled data
Romania6.882009
Russian Federation66.22001
Rwanda0.152000
Saint Lucia0.02005
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.01995
Sao Tome and Principe0.01993
Saudi Arabia23.672006
Senegal2.222002FAO estimate
Serbia4.122009
Seychelles0.02005FAO estimate
Sierra Leone0.492000Modelled data
Singapore0.191975
Slovakia0.692007
Slovenia0.942009
Somalia3.32003FAO estimate
South Africa12.52000
Spain32.462008
Sri Lanka12.952005
Sudan37.142000Modelled data
Suriname0.672000Modelled data
Swaziland1.02000FAO estimate
Sweden2.622007
Switzerland2.612000
Syrian Arab Republic16.762005Modelled data
Tajikistan11.962000Modelled data
Thailand57.312007
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia1.02007
Timor-Leste1.172004
Togo0.172002
Trinidad and Tobago0.232000Modelled data
Tunisia2.852001FAO estimate
Turkey40.12003
Turkmenistan24.912000Modelled data
Uganda0.332002Modelled data
Ukraine38.482000Modelled data
United Arab Emirates42005FAO estimate
United Kingdom12.992006
United Republic of Tanzania5.182002FAO estimate
United States of America478.42005
Uruguay3.662000
Uzbekistan59.612000Modelled data
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)9.12000Modelled data
Viet Nam82.02005
Yemen3.572005
Zambia1.742000Modelled data
Zimbabwe4.212002
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Source

  • FAO of the United Nations 2010, AQUASTAT online database, Water use, by sector and by source, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153 Rome, Italy, viewed 15th May, 2011, <http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/main/index.stm>.

Citation

ChartsBin statistics collector team 2011, Total Water Use by Country, ChartsBin.com, viewed 25th April, 2024, <http://chartsbin.com/view/1472>.
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