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DEFINITION:
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.".
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | India | 645.84 | 2000 | ||
2 | China | 630.29 | 2000 | ||
3 | United States | 479.29 | 2000 | ||
4 | European Union | 274.59 | 2000 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 183.66 | 2000 | |||
5 | Pakistan | 169.39 | 2000 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 107.8 | 2000 | |||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 90.09 | 2000 | |||
6 | Japan | 88.43 | 2000 | ||
7 | Thailand | 87.06 | 2000 | ||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 87.05 | 2000 | |||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 83.93 | 2000 | |||
8 | Indonesia | 82.78 | 2000 | ||
9 | Bangladesh | 79.4 | 2000 | ||
10 | Mexico | 78.22 | 2000 | ||
11 | Russia | 76.68 | 2000 | ||
12 | Vietnam | 71.39 | 2000 | ||
13 | Iraq | 66 | 2000 | ||
14 | Brazil | 59.3 | 2000 | ||
15 | Uzbekistan | 58.34 | 2000 | ||
16 | Germany | 47.05 | 2000 | ||
17 | Canada | 45.97 | 2000 | ||
18 | Italy | 44.37 | 2000 | ||
19 | Turkey | 40.1 | 2003 | ||
20 | France | 39.96 | 2000 | ||
21 | Ukraine | 37.53 | 2000 | ||
22 | Sudan | 37.32 | 2000 | ||
23 | Spain | 35.63 | 2000 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 35.58 | 2000 | |||
24 | Kazakhstan | 35 | 2000 | ||
25 | Burma | 33.23 | 2000 | ||
26 | Argentina | 29.19 | 2000 | ||
27 | Philippines | 28.52 | 2000 | ||
28 | Turkmenistan | 24.65 | 2000 | ||
failed states average (profile) | 23.96 | 2000 | |||
29 | Australia | 23.93 | 2000 | ||
30 | Saudi Arabia | 23.67 | 2006 | ||
31 | Afghanistan | 23.26 | 2000 | ||
32 | Romania | 23.18 | 2000 | ||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 20.23 | 2000 | |||
33 | Peru | 20.13 | 2000 | ||
34 | Ecuador | 16.98 | 2000 | ||
35 | Syria | 16.69 | 2003 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 16.26 | 2000 | |||
36 | Poland | 16.2 | 2000 | ||
37 | Madagascar | 14.96 | 2000 | ||
38 | Sri Lanka | 12.61 | 2000 | ||
39 | Morocco | 12.6 | 2000 | ||
40 | Chile | 12.55 | 2000 | ||
41 | South Africa | 12.5 | 2000 | ||
42 | Azerbaijan | 12.21 | 2005 | ||
43 | Tajikistan | 11.96 | 2000 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 11.94 | 2000 | |||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 11.52 | 2000 | |||
44 | Portugal | 11.26 | 2000 | ||
45 | Colombia | 10.71 | 2000 | ||
46 | Bulgaria | 10.5 | 2000 | ||
47 | Nepal | 10.18 | 2000 | ||
48 | Kyrgyzstan | 10.08 | 2000 | ||
49 | United Kingdom | 9.54 | 2000 | ||
50 | Belgium | 9.03 | 1980 | ||
51 | Malaysia | 9.02 | 2000 | ||
52 | Venezuela | 8.37 | 2000 | ||
53 | Cuba | 8.2 | 2000 | ||
54 | Nigeria | 8.01 | 2000 | ||
55 | Netherlands | 7.94 | 2000 | ||
56 | Greece | 7.77 | 2000 | ||
57 | Hungary | 7.64 | 2000 | ||
58 | Mali | 6.55 | 2000 | ||
59 | Algeria | 6.07 | 2000 | ||
60 | Ethiopia | 5.56 | 2002 | ||
61 | Tanzania | 5.18 | 2002 | ||
62 | Libya | 4.33 | 2000 | ||
63 | Zimbabwe | 4.21 | 2002 | ||
64 | Cambodia | 4.08 | 2000 | ||
65 | United Arab Emirates | 4 | 2005 | ||
66 | Dominican Republic | 3.39 | 2000 | ||
67 | Somalia | 3.3 | 2003 | ||
68 | Uruguay | 3.15 | 2000 | ||
69 | Laos | 3 | 2000 | ||
70 | Sweden | 2.96 | 2000 | ||
71 | Armenia | 2.95 | 2000 | ||
72 | Belarus | 2.79 | 2000 | ||
73 | Kenya | 2.73 | 2003 | ||
74 | Costa Rica | 2.68 | 2000 | ||
75 | Tunisia | 2.64 | 2000 | ||
76 | Czech Republic | 2.58 | 2000 | ||
77 | Switzerland | 2.57 | 2000 | ||
78 | Finland | 2.48 | 2000 | ||
79 | Moldova | 2.31 | 2000 | ||
80 | Senegal | 2.22 | 2002 | ||
81 | Norway | 2.19 | 2000 | ||
82 | Niger | 2.18 | 2000 | ||
=83 | New Zealand | 2.11 | 2000 | ||
=83 | Austria | 2.11 | 2000 | ||
85 | Guatemala | 2.01 | 2000 | ||
86 | Israel | 1.95 | 2004 | ||
87 | Zambia | 1.74 | 2000 | ||
88 | Albania | 1.71 | 2000 | ||
89 | Mauritania | 1.7 | 2000 | ||
90 | Guyana | 1.64 | 2000 | ||
91 | Georgia | 1.62 | 2005 | ||
92 | Guinea | 1.51 | 2000 | ||
93 | Bolivia | 1.44 | 2000 | ||
94 | Oman | 1.32 | 2003 | ||
95 | Lebanon | 1.31 | 2005 | ||
96 | Nicaragua | 1.3 | 2000 | ||
97 | El Salvador | 1.28 | 2000 | ||
98 | Denmark | 1.27 | 2000 | ||
99 | Ireland | 1.13 | 2000 | ||
100 | Swaziland | 1.04 | 2000 | ||
101 | Malawi | 1.01 | 2000 | ||
=102 | Cameroon | 0.99 | 2000 | ||
=102 | Haiti | 0.99 | 2000 | ||
104 | Ghana | 0.98 | 2000 | ||
105 | Jordan | 0.94 | 2005 | ||
106 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.93 | 2000 | ||
107 | Kuwait | 0.91 | 2002 | ||
108 | Honduras | 0.86 | 2000 | ||
109 | Panama | 0.82 | 2000 | ||
110 | Burkina Faso | 0.8 | 2000 | ||
111 | Mauritius | 0.72 | 2003 | ||
112 | Suriname | 0.67 | 2000 | ||
113 | Mozambique | 0.63 | 2000 | ||
114 | Eritrea | 0.58 | 2004 | ||
115 | Paraguay | 0.49 | 2000 | ||
=116 | Qatar | 0.44 | 2005 | ||
=116 | Mongolia | 0.44 | 2000 | ||
118 | Bhutan | 0.43 | 2000 | ||
119 | Jamaica | 0.41 | 2000 | ||
120 | Sierra Leone | 0.38 | 2000 | ||
=121 | Bahrain | 0.36 | 2003 | ||
=121 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.36 | 2000 | ||
123 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.31 | 2000 | ||
=124 | Latvia | 0.3 | 2000 | ||
=124 | Namibia | 0.3 | 2000 | ||
126 | Burundi | 0.29 | 2000 | ||
127 | Lithuania | 0.27 | 2000 | ||
128 | Cyprus | 0.25 | 2000 | ||
129 | Chad | 0.23 | 2000 | ||
130 | Uganda | 0.2 | 1970 | ||
=131 | Botswana | 0.19 | 2000 | ||
=131 | Singapore | 0.19 | 1975 | ||
=133 | Togo | 0.17 | 2002 | ||
=133 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.17 | 2000 | ||
135 | Estonia | 0.16 | 2000 | ||
=136 | Rwanda | 0.15 | 2000 | ||
=136 | Belize | 0.15 | 2000 | ||
=136 | Iceland | 0.15 | 2000 | ||
139 | Benin | 0.13 | 2001 | ||
140 | Gabon | 0.12 | 2000 | ||
=141 | Liberia | 0.11 | 2000 | ||
=141 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.11 | 2000 | ||
143 | Barbados | 0.09 | 2000 | ||
=144 | Fiji | 0.07 | 2000 | ||
=144 | Papua New Guinea | 0.07 | 2000 | ||
=146 | Congo, Republic of the | 0.05 | 2002 | ||
=146 | Lesotho | 0.05 | 2000 | ||
=146 | Malta | 0.05 | 2000 | ||
=149 | Central African Republic | 0.03 | 2000 | ||
=149 | The Gambia | 0.03 | 2000 | ||
151 | Djibouti | 0.02 | 2000 | ||
=152 | Seychelles | 0.01 | 2003 | ||
=152 | Comoros | 0.01 | 1999 | ||
=152 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.01 | 1990 | ||
155 | Maldives | 0.0 | 1987 |