Agriculture > Livestock > Annual freshwater withdrawals, total > Billion cubic meters: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters). Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins. Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source. Withdrawals can exceed 100 percent of total renewable resources where extraction from nonrenewable aquifers or desalination plants is considerable or where there is significant water reuse. Withdrawals for agriculture and industry are total withdrawals for irrigation and livestock production and for direct industrial use (including withdrawals for cooling thermoelectric plants). Withdrawals for domestic uses include drinking water, municipal use or supply, and use for public services, commercial establishments, and homes. Data are for the most recent year available for 1987-2002.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	India	761	2011
2	China	554.1	2011
3	United States	478.4	2011
4	European Union	238.29	2011
	South Asia average (profile)	200.2	2011
5	Pakistan	183.5	2011
6	Indonesia	113.3	2011
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	105.25	2011
7	Iran	93.3	2011
8	Japan	90.04	2011
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	88.49	2011
	Emerging markets average (profile)	87.17	2011
9	Vietnam	82.03	2011
10	Philippines	81.56	2011
11	Mexico	79.8	2011
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	74.77	2011
12	Egypt	68.3	2011
13	Russia	66.2	2011
14	Iraq	66	2011
15	Brazil	58.07	2011
16	Thailand	57.31	2011
17	Uzbekistan	56	2011
	Religious countries average (profile)	54.88	2011
18	Canada	45.97	2011
19	Italy	45.41	2011
20	Turkey	40.1	2011
21	Ukraine	38.48	2011
22	Sudan	37.14	2011
	Former British colonies average (profile)	36.34	2011
23	Bangladesh	35.87	2011
	Cold countries average (profile)	35.02	2011
24	Burma	33.23	2011
25	Argentina	32.57	2011
26	Spain	32.46	2011
27	Germany	32.3	2011
28	France	31.62	2011
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	29.11	2011
29	Turkmenistan	27.95	2011
30	South Korea	25.47	2011
31	Saudi Arabia	23.67	2011
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	22.89	2011
32	Australia	22.58	2011
	failed states average (profile)	22.25	2011
33	Kazakhstan	21.14	2011
34	Afghanistan	20.28	2011
	Muslim countries average (profile)	20.02	2011
	OPEC countries average (profile)	19.89	2011
35	Peru	19.34	2011
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	17.27	2011
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	17.15	2011
36	Syria	16.76	2011
37	Ecuador	15.25	2011
38	Madagascar	14.68	2011
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	14.44	2011
	Catholic countries average (profile)	13.67	2011
39	Malaysia	13.21	2011
40	United Kingdom	12.99	2011
41	Sri Lanka	12.95	2011
	Christian countries average (profile)	12.91	2011
42	Colombia	12.65	2011
43	Morocco	12.61	2011
44	South Africa	12.5	2011
45	Azerbaijan	12.21	2011
46	Poland	11.96	2011
	NATO countries average (profile)	11.87	2011
47	Tajikistan	11.49	2011
48	Chile	11.34	2011
49	Netherlands	10.61	2011
	Eurozone average (profile)	10.38	2011
50	Nigeria	10.31	2011
51	Kyrgyzstan	10.08	2011
52	Nepal	9.79	2011
53	Greece	9.47	2011
	Europe average (profile)	9.32	2011
54	Venezuela	9.06	2011
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	8.88	2011
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	8.7	2011
55	North Korea	8.66	2011
	European Union average (profile)	8.51	2011
56	Portugal	8.46	2011
57	Cuba	7.55	2011
58	Romania	6.88	2011
	Potential Future EU Members average (profile)	6.82	2011
59	Mali	6.55	2011
	Former French colonies average (profile)	6.29	2011
60	Belgium	6.22	2011
61	Algeria	6.16	2011
62	Bulgaria	6.12	2011
	Landlocked countries average (profile)	6.02	2011
63	Hungary	5.59	2011
64	Ethiopia	5.56	2011
65	Tanzania	5.18	2011
66	New Zealand	4.75	2011
67	Belarus	4.34	2011
68	Libya	4.33	2011
69	Laos	4.26	2011
70	Zimbabwe	4.21	2011
71	Serbia	4.12	2011
72	United Arab Emirates	4	2011
73	Uruguay	3.66	2011
74	Austria	3.66	2011
75	Yemen	3.56	2011
76	Dominican Republic	3.48	2011
77	Somalia	3.3	2011
78	Norway	2.94	2011
79	Guatemala	2.93	2011
80	Tunisia	2.85	2011
81	Armenia	2.83	2011
82	Kenya	2.73	2011
83	Costa Rica	2.68	2011
84	Sweden	2.62	2011
85	Switzerland	2.61	2011
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	2.6	2011
86	Lithuania	2.38	2011
87	Niger	2.36	2011
88	Senegal	2.22	2011
89	Cambodia	2.18	2011
90	Bolivia	2.03	2011
91	Israel	1.95	2011
92	Moldova	1.92	2011
93	Albania	1.84	2011
94	Georgia	1.81	2011
95	Estonia	1.8	2011
96	Zambia	1.74	2011
97	Czech Republic	1.7	2011
98	Guyana	1.64	2011
99	Finland	1.63	2011
100	Guinea	1.62	2011
101	Mauritania	1.6	2011
102	Cote d'Ivoire	1.41	2011
103	El Salvador	1.38	2011
104	Oman	1.32	2011
105	Lebanon	1.31	2011
106	Nicaragua	1.29	2011
107	Haiti	1.2	2011
108	Honduras	1.19	2011
109	East Timor	1.17	2011
110	Swaziland	1.04	2011
111	Republic of Macedonia	1.03	2011
112	Puerto Rico	0.995	2011
113	Burkina Faso	0.985	2011
114	Ghana	0.982	2011
115	Malawi	0.97	2011
116	Cameroon	0.959	2011
117	Slovenia	0.942	2011
118	Jordan	0.941	2011
119	Kuwait	0.913	2011
120	Ireland	0.79	2011
121	Mozambique	0.744	2011
122	Mauritius	0.725	2011
123	Slovakia	0.688	2011
124	Suriname	0.67	2011
125	Denmark	0.66	2011
126	Angola	0.64	2011
127	Croatia	0.631	2011
128	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.622	2011
129	Jamaica	0.585	2011
130	Eritrea	0.582	2011
131	Sierra Leone	0.493	2011
132	Paraguay	0.49	2011
133	Panama	0.452	2011
134	Qatar	0.444	2011
135	Mongolia	0.428	2011
136	Latvia	0.413	2011
137	Papua New Guinea	0.392	2011
138	Chad	0.367	2011
139	Bahrain	0.357	2011
140	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.339	2011
141	Bhutan	0.338	2011
142	Uganda	0.317	2011
143	Namibia	0.3	2011
144	Burundi	0.288	2011
145	Trinidad and Tobago	0.232	2011
146	Botswana	0.194	2011
147	Singapore	0.19	2011
148	Cyprus	0.184	2011
149	Liberia	0.178	2011
150	Guinea-Bissau	0.175	2011
151	Togo	0.169	2011
152	Iceland	0.165	2011
153	Montenegro	0.161	2011
=154	Belize	0.15	2011
=154	Rwanda	0.15	2011
=156	Benin	0.13	2011
=156	Gabon	0.13	2011
158	Brunei	0.092	2011
159	Fiji	0.0817	2011
160	The Gambia	0.0713	2011
161	Central African Republic	0.0668	2011
162	Barbados	0.0609	2011
163	Luxembourg	0.0602	2011
164	Malta	0.0539	2011
165	Lesotho	0.05	2011
166	Republic of the Congo	0.046	2011
167	Cape Verde	0.022	2011
168	Djibouti	0.019	2011
169	Equatorial Guinea	0.0174	2011
=170	Saint Lucia	0.0166	2011
=170	Dominica	0.0166	2011
172	Seychelles	0.0137	2011
=173	Comoros	0.01	2011
=173	Grenada	0.01	2011
=173	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.01	2011
176	Sao Tome and Principe	0.007	2011
177	Maldives	0.0059	2011
=178	Antigua and Barbuda	0.005	2011
=178	Monaco	0.005	2011

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