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Country Comparison :: Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)
This entry provides the annual quantity of water in cubic kilometers 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. Domestic sector use refers to water supplied by public distribution systems. Note that some of this total may be used for small industrial and/or limited agricultural purposes. Industrial sector use is the quantity of water used by self-supplied industries not connected to a public distribution system. Agricultural sector use includes water used for irrigation and livestock watering, and does not account for agriculture directly dependent on rainfall. Included are figures for total annual water withdrawal and per capita water withdrawal.
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country () Date of Information
1 Turkmenistan
5,104.00
2000
2 Kazakhstan
2,360.00
2000
3 Uzbekistan
2,194.00
2000
4 Guyana
2,187.00
2000
5 Hungary
2,082.00
2001
6 Azerbaijan
2,051.00
2000
7 Kyrgyzstan
1,916.00
2000
8 Tajikistan
1,837.00
2000
9 United States
1,600.00
2000
10 Suriname
1,489.00
2000
11 Iraq
1,482.00
2000
12 Canada
1,386.00
1996
13 Thailand
1,288.00
2000
14 Ecuador
1,283.00
2000
15 Australia
1,193.00
2000
16 Macedonia
1,118.00
2000
17 Pakistan
1,072.00
2000
18 Estonia
1,060.00
2002
19 Portugal
1,056.00
1998
20 Iran
1,048.00
2000
21 Syria
1,048.00
2000
22 Sudan
1,030.00
2000
23 Swaziland
1,010.00
2000
24 Armenia
977.00
2000
25 Lithuania
971.00
2003
26 Egypt
923.00
2000
27 Uruguay
910.00
2000
28 Bulgaria
895.00
2003
29 Spain
864.00
2002
30 Vietnam
847.00
2000
31 Georgia
808.00
2000
32 Ukraine
807.00
2000
33 Madagascar
804.00
2000
34 Greece
782.00
1997
35 Afghanistan
779.00
2000
36 Chile
770.00
2000
37 Argentina
753.00
2000
38 Mexico
731.00
2000
39 Libya
730.00
2000
40 Cuba
728.00
2000
41 Italy
723.00
1998
42 Peru
720.00
2000
43 Belgium
714.00
1998
44 Saudi Arabia
705.00
2000
45 Japan
690.00
2000
46 Burma
658.00
2000
47 India
645.84
2000
48 Costa Rica
619.00
2000
49 Sri Lanka
608.00
2000
50 Cameroon
601.00
2000
51 India
585.00
2000
52 Iceland
567.00
2003
53 Bangladesh
560.00
2000
54 Belize
556.00
2000
55 Mauritania
554.00
2000
56 China
549.76
2000
57 Moldova
549.00
2000
58 France
548.00
2000
59 Albania
546.00
2000
60 Netherlands
544.00
2001
61 Turkey
544.00
2001
62 Russia
535.00
2000
63 Oman
529.00
2000
64 New Zealand
524.00
2000
65 Norway
519.00
1996
66 United Arab Emirates
511.00
2000
67 Laos
507.00
2000
68 Mauritius
488.00
2000
69 Mali
484.00
2000
70 United States
477.00
2000
71 Germany
460.00
2001
72 Slovenia
457.00
2002
73 Austria
448.00
1999
74 Finland
444.00
1999
75 China
415.00
2000
76 Bahrain
411.00
2000
77 Korea, North
401.00
2000
78 Morocco
400.00
2000
79 Somalia
400.00
2000
80 Korea, South
389.00
2000
81 Lebanon
385.00
2000
82 Dominican Republic
381.00
2000
83 Nepal
375.00
2000
84 Indonesia
372.00
2000
85 Qatar
358.00
2000
86 Malaysia
356.00
2000
87 Switzerland
348.00
2002
88 Philippines
343.00
2000
89 Barbados
333.00
2000
90 Zimbabwe
324.00
2002
91 Brazil
318.00
2000
92 Yemen
316.00
2000
93 Venezuela
313.00
2000
94 Israel
305.00
2000
95 Poland
304.00
2002
96 Romania
299.00
2003
97 Sweden
296.00
2002
98 Cambodia
290.00
2000
99 Belarus
286.00
2000
100 Ireland
284.00
1994
101 South Africa
264.00
2000
102 Tunisia
261.00
2000
103 Panama
254.00
2000
104 Cyprus
250.00
2000
105 Brunei
243.00
1994
106 Trinidad and Tobago
237.00
2000
107 Nicaragua
237.00
2000
108 Colombia
235.00
2000
109 Equatorial Guinea
220.00
2000
110 Dominica
213.00
1996
111 Bhutan
199.00
2000
112 United Kingdom
197.00
1994
113 Slovakia
193.00
2003
114 Senegal
190.00
2002
115 Czech Republic
187.00
2002
116 El Salvador
186.00
2000
117 Algeria
185.00
2000
118 Jordan
177.00
2000
119 Pakistan
169.39
2000
120 Mongolia
166.00
2000
121 Kuwait
164.00
2000
122 Guinea
161.00
2000
123 Guatemala
160.00
2000
124 Bolivia
157.00
2000
125 Niger
156.00
2000
126 Jamaica
155.00
2000
127 Zambia
149.00
2000
128 Namibia
148.00
2000
129 Tanzania
135.00
2000
130 Denmark
123.00
2002
131 Luxembourg
121.00
1999
132 Honduras
119.00
2000
133 Haiti
116.00
2000
134 Guinea-Bissau
113.00
2000
135 Latvia
108.00
2003
136 Botswana
107.00
2000
137 Japan
88.43
2000
138 Gabon
87.00
2000
139 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
83.00
1995
140 Indonesia
82.78
2000
141 Thailand
82.75
2000
142 Fiji
82.00
2000
143 Saint Lucia
81.00
1997
144 Paraguay
80.00
2000
145 Bangladesh
79.40
2000
146 Mexico
78.22
2000
147 Malawi
78.00
2000
148 Russia
76.68
2000
149 Iran
72.88
2000
150 Ethiopia
72.00
2002
151 Vietnam
71.39
2000
152 Sierra Leone
69.00
2000
153 Egypt
68.30
2000
154 Eritrea
68.00
2000
155 Antigua and Barbuda
63.00
1990
156 Nigeria
61.00
2000
157 Burkina Faso
60.00
2000
158 Brazil
59.30
2000
159 Uzbekistan
58.34
2000
160 Cote d'Ivoire
51.00
2000
161 Malta
50.00
2000
162 Kenya
46.00
2000
163 Canada
44.72
1996
164 Ghana
44.00
2000
165 Singapore
44.00
1975
166 Iraq
42.70
2000
167 Italy
41.98
1998
168 Turkey
39.78
2001
169 Cape Verde
39.00
2000
170 Germany
38.01
2001
171 Burundi
38.00
2000
172 Ukraine
37.53
2000
173 Sudan
37.32
2000
174 Spain
37.22
2002
175 Kazakhstan
35.00
2000
176 Liberia
34.00
2000
177 Burma
33.23
2000
178 France
33.16
2000
179 Mozambique
32.00
2000
180 Argentina
29.19
2000
181 Philippines
28.52
2000
182 Togo
28.00
2000
183 Lesotho
28.00
2000
184 Djibouti
25.00
2000
185 Turkmenistan
24.65
2000
186 Australia
24.06
2000
187 Chad
24.00
2000
188 Afghanistan
23.26
2000
189 Angola
22.00
2000
190 Hungary
21.03
2001
191 Peru
20.13
2000
192 Gambia, The
20.00
2000
193 Syria
19.95
2000
194 Korea, South
18.59
2000
195 Saudi Arabia
17.32
2000
196 Azerbaijan
17.25
2000
197 Rwanda
17.00
2000
198 Papua New Guinea
17.00
1987
199 Ecuador
16.98
2000
200 Benin
15.00
2001
201 Madagascar
14.96
2000
202 Comoros
13.00
1999
203 Sri Lanka
12.61
2000
204 Morocco
12.60
2000
205 Chile
12.55
2000
206 South Africa
12.50
2000
207 Tajikistan
11.96
2000
208 United Kingdom
11.75
1994
209 Poland
11.73
2002
210 Portugal
11.09
1998
211 Colombia
10.71
2000
212 Nepal
10.18
2000
213 Kyrgyzstan
10.08
2000
214 Uganda
10.00
2002
215 Malaysia
9.02
2000
216 Korea, North
9.02
2000
217 Maldives
9.00
1987
218 Netherlands
8.86
2001
219 Greece
8.70
1997
220 Venezuela
8.37
2000
221 Cuba
8.20
2000
222 Nigeria
8.01
2000
223 Congo, Republic of the
8.00
2000
224 Belgium
7.44
1998
225 Central African Republic
7.00
2000
226 Bulgaria
6.92
2003
227 Yemen
6.63
2000
228 Mali
6.55
2000
229 Romania
6.50
2003
230 Algeria
6.07
2000
231 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
6.00
2000
232 Ethiopia
5.56
2002
233 Tanzania
5.18
2000
234 Libya
4.27
2000
235 Zimbabwe
4.21
2002
236 Cambodia
4.08
2000
237 Austria
3.67
1999
238 Georgia
3.61
2000
239 Dominican Republic
3.39
2000
240 Lithuania
3.33
2003
241 Somalia
3.29
2000
242 Uruguay
3.15
2000
243 Laos
3.00
2000
244 Armenia
2.95
2000
245 Belarus
2.79
2000
246 Costa Rica
2.68
2000
247 Sweden
2.68
2002
248 Tunisia
2.64
2000
249 Switzerland
2.52
2002
250 Norway
2.40
1996
251 Finland
2.33
1999
252 Moldova
2.31
2000
253 United Arab Emirates
2.30
2000
254 Macedonia
2.27
2000
255 Senegal
2.22
2002
256 Niger
2.18
2000
257 New Zealand
2.11
2000
258 Israel
2.05
2000
259 Guatemala
2.01
2000
260 Czech Republic
1.91
2002
261 Zambia
1.74
2000
262 Albania
1.71
2000
263 Mauritania
1.70
2000
264 Guyana
1.64
2000
265 Kenya
1.58
2000
266 Guinea
1.51
2000
267 Bolivia
1.44
2000
268 Estonia
1.41
2002
269 Lebanon
1.38
2000
270 Oman
1.36
2000
271 Nicaragua
1.30
2000
272 El Salvador
1.28
2000
273 Ireland
1.18
1994
274 Cameroon
1.18
2000
275 Swaziland
1.04
2000
276 Slovakia
1.04
2003
277 Malawi
1.01
2000
278 Jordan
1.01
2000
279 Haiti
0.99
2000
280 Ghana
0.98
2000
281 Cote d'Ivoire
0.93
2000
282 Slovenia
0.90
2002
283 Honduras
0.86
2000
284 Panama
0.82
2000
285 Burkina Faso
0.80
2000
286 Suriname
0.67
2000
287 Denmark
0.67
2002
288 Mozambique
0.63
2000
289 Mauritius
0.61
2000
290 Paraguay
0.49
2000
291 Mongolia
0.44
2000
292 Kuwait
0.44
2000
293 Bhutan
0.43
2000
294 Jamaica
0.41
2000
295 Sierra Leone
0.38
2000
296 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
0.36
2000
297 Angola
0.35
2000
298 Trinidad and Tobago
0.31
2000
299 Uganda
0.30
2002
300 Bahrain
0.30
2000
301 Namibia
0.30
2000
302 Eritrea
0.30
2000
303 Burundi
0.29
2000
304 Qatar
0.29
2000
305 Latvia
0.25
2003
306 Chad
0.23
2000
307 Cyprus
0.21
2000
308 Botswana
0.19
2000
309 Singapore
0.19
1975
310 Guinea-Bissau
0.18
2000
311 Togo
0.17
2000
312 Iceland
0.17
2003
313 Belize
0.15
2000
314 Rwanda
0.15
2000
315 Benin
0.13
2001
316 Gabon
0.12
2000
317 Equatorial Guinea
0.11
2000
318 Liberia
0.11
2000
319 Papua New Guinea
0.10
1987
320 Barbados
0.09
2000
321 Brunei
0.09
1994
322 Fiji
0.07
2000
323 Luxembourg
0.06
1999
324 Lesotho
0.05
2000
325 Central African Republic
0.03
2000
326 Congo, Republic of the
0.03
2000
327 Gambia, The
0.03
2000
328 Cape Verde
0.02
2000
329 Malta
0.02
2000
330 Djibouti
0.02
2000
331 Dominica
0.02
1996
332 Saint Lucia
0.01
1997
333 Comoros
0.01
1999
334 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
0.01
1995
335 Antigua and Barbuda
0.01
1990
336 Maldives
0.00
1987
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