List of countries by freshwater withdrawal
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This is a list of countries by freshwater withdrawal mostly based on The World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2202.html, accessed in June 2008.
The World Factbook
The World Factbook is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with almanac-style information about the countries of the world. The official paper copy version is available from the National Technical Information Service and the Government Printing Office...
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2202.html, accessed in June 2008.
Rank | Country | Total withdrawal (km³/year) | Per capita withdrawal (m³/year) | Domestic withdrawal (%) | Industrial withdrawal (%) | Agricultural withdrawal (%) | Date of Information |
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1 | India | 645.84 | 585 | 8 | 5 | 86 | 2000 |
2 | Mainland China | 549.76 | 415 | 7 | 26 | 68 | 2000 |
3 | United States | 477 | 1,600 | 13 | 46 | 41 | 2000 |
4 | Pakistan | 169.39 | 1,072 | 2 | 2 | 96 | 2000 |
5 | Japan | 88.43 | 690 | 20 | 18 | 62 | 2000 |
6 | Indonesia | 82.78 | 372 | 8 | 1 | 91 | 2000 |
7 | Thailand | 82.75 | 1,288 | 2 | 2 | 95 | 2000 |
8 | Bangladesh | 79.4 | 560 | 3 | 1 | 96 | 2000 |
9 | Mexico | 78.22 | 731 | 17 | 5 | 77 | 2000 |
10 | Russia | 76.68 | 535 | 19 | 63 | 18 | 2000 |
11 | Iran | 72.88 | 1,048 | 7 | 2 | 91 | 2000 |
12 | Vietnam | 71.39 | 847 | 8 | 24 | 68 | 2000 |
13 | Egypt | 68.3 | 923 | 8 | 6 | 86 | 2000 |
14 | Brazil | 59.3 | 318 | 20 | 18 | 62 | 2000 |
15 | Uzbekistan | 58.34 | 2,194 | 5 | 2 | 93 | 2000 |
16 | Canada | 44.72 | 1,386 | 20 | 69 | 12 | 1996 |
17 | Iraq | 42.7 | 1,482 | 3 | 5 | 92 | 2000 |
18 | Italy | 41.98 | 723 | 18 | 37 | 45 | 1998 |
19 | Turkey | 39.78 | 544 | 15 | 11 | 74 | 2001 |
20 | Germany | 38.01 | 460 | 12 | 68 | 20 | 2001 |
21 | Ukraine | 37.53 | 807 | 12 | 35 | 52 | 2000 |
22 | Sudan | 37.32 | 1,030 | 3 | 1 | 97 | 2000 |
23 | Spain | 37.22 | 864 | 13 | 19 | 68 | 2002 |
24 | Kazakhstan | 35 | 2,360 | 2 | 17 | 82 | 2000 |
25 | Myanmar | 33.23 | 658 | 1 | 1 | 98 | 2000 |
26 | Early Modern France | 33.16 | 548 | 16 | 74 | 10 | 2000 |
27 | Argentina | 29.19 | 753 | 17 | 9 | 74 | 2000 |
28 | Philippines | 28.52 | 343 | 17 | 9 | 74 | 2000 |
29 | Turkmenistan | 24.65 | 5,104 | 2 | 1 | 98 | 2000 |
30 | Australia | 24.06 | 1,193 | 15 | 10 | 75 | 2000 |
31 | Afghanistan | 23.26 | 779 | 2 | 0 | 98 | 2000 |
32 | Hungary | 21.03 | 2,082 | 9 | 59 | 32 | 2001 |
33 | Peru | 20.13 | 720 | 8 | 10 | 82 | 2000 |
34 | Syria | 19.95 | 1,048 | 3 | 2 | 95 | 2000 |
35 | South Korea | 18.59 | 389 | 36 | 16 | 48 | 2000 |
36 | Saudi Arabia | 17.32 | 705 | 10 | 1 | 89 | 2000 |
37 | Azerbaijan | 17.25 | 2,051 | 5 | 28 | 68 | 2000 |
38 | Ecuador | 16.98 | 1,283 | 12 | 5 | 82 | 2000 |
39 | Madagascar | 14.96 | 804 | 3 | 2 | 96 | 2000 |
40 | Sri Lanka | 12.61 | 608 | 2 | 2 | 95 | 2000 |
41 | Morocco | 12.6 | 400 | 10 | 3 | 87 | 2000 |
42 | Chile | 12.55 | 770 | 11 | 25 | 64 | 2000 |
43 | South Africa | 12.5 | 264 | 31 | 6 | 63 | 2000 |
44 | Tajikistan | 11.96 | 1,837 | 4 | 5 | 92 | 2000 |
45 | United Kingdom | 11.75 | 197 | 22 | 75 | 3 | 1994 |
46 | Poland | 11.73 | 304 | 13 | 79 | 8 | 2002 |
47 | Portugal | 11.09 | 1,056 | 10 | 12 | 78 | 1998 |
48 | Colombia | 10.71 | 235 | 50 | 4 | 46 | 2000 |
49 | Nepal | 10.18 | 375 | 3 | 1 | 96 | 2000 |
50 | Kyrgyzstan | 10.08 | 1,916 | 3 | 3 | 94 | 2000 |
51 | Malaysia | 9.02 | 356 | 17 | 21 | 62 | 2000 |
52 | North Korea | 9.02 | 401 | 20 | 25 | 55 | 2000 |
53 | Netherlands | 8.86 | 544 | 6 | 60 | 34 | 2001 |
54 | Greece | 8.7 | 782 | 16 | 3 | 81 | 1997 |
55 | Venezuela | 8.37 | 313 | 6 | 7 | 47 | 2000 |
56 | Cuba | 8.2 | 728 | 19 | 12 | 69 | 2000 |
57 | Nigeria | 8.01 | 61 | 21 | 10 | 69 | 2000 |
58 | Belgium | 7.44 | 714 | 13 | 85 | 1 | 1998 |
59 | Kingdom of Bulgaria | 6.92 | 895 | 3 | 78 | 19 | 2003 |
60 | Yemen | 6.63 | 316 | 4 | 1 | 95 | 2000 |
61 | Mali | 6.55 | 484 | 9 | 1 | 90 | 2000 |
62 | Kingdom of Romania | 6.5 | 299 | 9 | 34 | 57 | 2003 |
63 | Algeria | 6.07 | 185 | 22 | 13 | 65 | 2000 |
64 | Ethiopia | 5.56 | 72 | 6 | 0 | 94 | 2002 |
65 | Tanzania | 5.18 | 135 | 10 | 0 | 89 | 2000 |
66 | Libya | 4.27 | 730 | 14 | 3 | 83 | 2000 |
67 | Zimbabwe | 4.21 | 324 | 14 | 7 | 79 | 2002 |
68 | Cambodia | 4.08 | 290 | 1 | 0 | 98 | 2000 |
69 | Austria | 3.67 | 448 | 35 | 64 | 1 | 1999 |
70 | Georgia (country) | 3.61 | 808 | 20 | 21 | 59 | 2000 |
71 | Dominican Republic | 3.39 | 381 | 32 | 2 | 66 | 2000 |
72 | Lithuania | 3.33 | 971 | 78 | 15 | 7 | 2003 |
73 | Somalia | 3.29 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2000 |
74 | Uruguay | 3.15 | 910 | 2 | 1 | 96 | 2000 |
75 | Laos | 3 | 507 | 4 | 6 | 90 | 2000 |
76 | Armenia | 2.95 | 977 | 30 | 4 | 66 | 2000 |
77 | Belarus | 2.79 | 286 | 23 | 47 | 30 | 2000 |
78 | Sweden | 2.68 | 296 | 37 | 54 | 9 | 2002 |
79 | Costa Rica | 2.68 | 619 | 29 | 17 | 53 | 2000 |
80 | Tunisia | 2.64 | 261 | 14 | 4 | 82 | 2000 |
81 | Switzerland | 2.52 | 348 | 24 | 74 | 2 | 2002 |
82 | Norway | 2.4 | 519 | 23 | 67 | 10 | 1996 |
83 | Finland | 2.33 | 444 | 14 | 84 | 3 | 1999 |
84 | Moldova | 2.31 | 549 | 10 | 58 | 33 | 2000 |
85 | United Arab Emirates | 2.3 | 511 | 23 | 9 | 68 | 2000 |
86 | Republic of Macedonia | 2.27 | 1,118 | NA | NA | NA | cu |
87 | Senegal | 2.22 | 190 | 4 | 3 | 93 | 2002 |
88 | Niger | 2.18 | 156 | 4 | 0 | 95 | 2000 |
89 | New Zealand | 2.11 | 524 | 48 | 9 | 42 | 2000 |
90 | Israel | 2.05 | 305 | 31 | 7 | 62 | 2000 |
91 | Guatemala | 2.01 | 160 | 6 | 13 | 80 | 2000 |
92 | Czech Republic | 1.91 | 187 | 41 | 57 | 2 | 2002 |
93 | Zambia | 1.74 | 149 | 17 | 7 | 76 | 2000 |
94 | Albania | 1.71 | 546 | 27 | 11 | 62 | 2000 |
95 | Mauritania | 1.7 | 554 | 9 | 3 | 88 | 2000 |
96 | Guyana | 1.64 | 2,187 | 2 | 1 | 98 | 2000 |
97 | Kenya | 1.58 | 46 | 30 | 6 | 64 | 2000 |
98 | Guinea | 1.51 | 161 | 8 | 2 | 90 | 2000 |
99 | Bolivia | 1.44 | 157 | 13 | 7 | 81 | 2000 |
100 | Estonia | 1.41 | 1,060 | 56 | 39 | 5 | 2002 |
101 | Lebanon | 1.38 | 385 | 33 | 1 | 67 | 2000 |
102 | Oman | 1.36 | 529 | 7 | 2 | 90 | 2000 |
103 | Nicaragua | 1.3 | 237 | 15 | 2 | 83 | 2000 |
104 | El Salvador | 1.28 | 186 | 25 | 16 | 59 | 2000 |
105 | Republic of Ireland | 1.18 | 284 | 23 | 77 | 0 | 1994 |
106 | Swaziland | 1.04 | 1,010 | 2 | 1 | 97 | 2000 |
107 | Slovakia | 1.04 | 193 | NA | NA | NA | cu |
108 | Malawi | 1.01 | 78 | 15 | 5 | 80 | 2000 |
109 | Jordan | 1.01 | 177 | 21 | 4 | 75 | 2000 |
110 | Haiti | 0.99 | 116 | 5 | 1 | 94 | 2000 |
111 | Cameroon | 0.99 | 61 | 18 | 8 | 74 | 2000 |
112 | Ghana | 0.98 | 44 | 24 | 10 | 66 | 2000 |
113 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.93 | 51 | 24 | 12 | 65 | 2000 |
114 | Slovenia | 0.9 | 457 | NA | NA | NA | cu |
115 | Honduras | 0.86 | 119 | 8 | 12 | 80 | 2000 |
116 | Panama | 0.82 | 254 | 67 | 5 | 28 | 2000 |
117 | Burkina Faso | 0.8 | 60 | 13 | 1 | 86 | 2000 |
118 | Suriname | 0.67 | 1,489 | 4 | 3 | 93 | 2000 |
119 | Denmark | 0.67 | 123 | 32 | 26 | 42 | 2002 |
120 | Mozambique | 0.63 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 87 | 2000 |
121 | Mauritius | 0.61 | 488 | 25 | 14 | 60 | 2000 |
122 | Paraguay | 0.49 | 80 | 20 | 8 | 71 | 2000 |
123 | Mongolia | 0.44 | 166 | 20 | 27 | 52 | 2000 |
124 | Kuwait | 0.44 | 164 | 45 | 2 | 52 | 2000 |
125 | Bhutan | 0.43 | 199 | 5 | 1 | 94 | 2000 |
126 | Jamaica | 0.41 | 155 | 34 | 17 | 49 | 2000 |
127 | Sierra Leone | 0.38 | 69 | 5 | 3 | 92 | 2000 |
128 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.36 | 6 | 53 | 17 | 31 | 2000 |
129 | Angola | 0.35 | 22 | 23 | 17 | 60 | 2000 |
130 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.31 | 237 | 68 | 26 | 6 | 2000 |
131 | Uganda | 0.3 | 10 | 43 | 17 | 40 | 2002 |
132 | Namibia | 0.3 | 148 | 24 | 5 | 71 | 2000 |
133 | Eritrea | 0.3 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 97 | 2000 |
134 | Bahrain | 0.3 | 411 | 40 | 3 | 57 | 2000 |
135 | Hong Kong | 0.295 | 2008 | ||||
136 | Qatar | 0.29 | 358 | 24 | 3 | 72 | 2000 |
137 | Burundi | 0.29 | 38 | 17 | 6 | 77 | 2000 |
138 | Latvia | 0.25 | 108 | 55 | 33 | 12 | 2003 |
139 | Chad | 0.23 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 83 | 2000 |
140 | Cyprus | 0.21 | 250 | 27 | 1 | 71 | 2000 |
141 | Singapore | 0.19 | 44 | 45 | 51 | 4 | 1975 |
142 | Botswana | 0.19 | 107 | 41 | 18 | 41 | 2000 |
143 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.18 | 113 | 13 | 5 | 82 | 2000 |
144 | Togo | 0.17 | 28 | 53 | 2 | 45 | 2000 |
145 | Iceland | 0.17 | 567 | 34 | 66 | 0 | 2003 |
146 | Rwanda | 0.15 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 68 | 2000 |
147 | Belize | 0.15 | 556 | 7 | 73 | 20 | 2000 |
148 | Benin | 0.13 | 15 | 32 | 23 | 45 | 2001 |
149 | Gabon | 0.12 | 87 | 50 | 8 | 42 | 2000 |
150 | Liberia | 0.11 | 34 | 27 | 18 | 55 | 2000 |
151 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.11 | 220 | 83 | 16 | 1 | 2000 |
152 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1 | 17 | 56 | 43 | 1 | 1987 |
153 | Brunei | 0.09 | 243 | NA | NA | NA | cu |
154 | Barbados | 0.09 | 333 | 33 | 44 | 22 | 2000 |
155 | Fiji | 0.07 | 82 | 14 | 14 | 71 | 2000 |
156 | Luxembourg | 0.06 | 121 | 42 | 45 | 13 | 1999 |
157 | Lesotho | 0.05 | 28 | 40 | 40 | 20 | 2000 |
158 | 0.03 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 65 | 2000 | |
159 | Republic of the Congo | 0.03 | 8 | 59 | 29 | 12 | 2000 |
160 | Central African Republic | 0.03 | 7 | 80 | 16 | 4 | 2000 |
161 | Malta | 0.02 | 50 | 74 | 1 | 25 | 2000 |
162 | Dominica | 0.02 | 213 | NA | NA | NA | cu |
163 | Djibouti | 0.02 | 25 | 84 | 0 | 16 | 2000 |
164 | Cape Verde | 0.02 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 91 | 2000 |
165 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.01 | 83 | NA | NA | NA | cu |
166 | Saint Lucia | 0.01 | 81 | NA | NA | NA | cu |
167 | Comoros | 0.01 | 13 | 48 | 5 | 47 | 1999 |
168 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.005 | 63 | 60 | 20 | 20 | 1990 |
169 | Maldives | 0.003 | 9 | 98 | 2 | 0 | 1987 |