List of countries by freshwater withdrawal

This is a list of countries by freshwater withdrawal mostly based on The World Factbook,[1] accessed in June 2008.

Rank Country Total
withdrawal
(km³/year)
Per capita
withdrawal
(m³/year)
Domestic
withdrawal
(%)
Industrial
withdrawal
(%)
Agricultural
withdrawal
(%)
Date of
Information
1 India645.8458585862000
2 China549.76415726682000
3 United States4771,6001346412000
4 Vietnam169.391,07222962000
5 Japan88.436902018622000
6 Indonesia82.7837281912000
7 Thailand82.751,28822952000
8 Uzbekistan79.456031962000
9 Mexico78.22731175772000
10 Russia76.685351963182000
11 Iran72.881,04872912000
12 Pakistan71.39847824682000
13 Egypt68.392386862000
14 Brazil59.33182018622000
15 Bangladesh58.342,19452932000
16 Canada44.721,3862069121996
17 Iraq42.71,48235922000
18 Italy41.987231837451998
19 Turkey39.785441511742001
20 Germany38.014601268202001
21 Ukraine37.538071235522000
22 Sudan37.321,03031972000
23 Spain37.228641319682002
24 Turkmenistan352,360217822000
25 Burma33.2365811982000
26 France33.165481674102000
27 Colombia29.19753179742000
28 Philippines28.52343179742000
29 South Korea25.475493616482003
30 Kazakhstan24.655,10421982000
31 Australia24.061,1931510752000
32 Afghanistan23.2677920982000
33 Hungary21.032,082959322001
34 Peru20.13720810822000
35 Syria19.951,04832952000
36 Saudi Arabia17.32705101892000
37 Azerbaijan17.252,051528682000
38 Ecuador16.981,283125822000
39 Madagascar14.9680432962000
40 Sri Lanka12.6160822952000
41 Morocco12.6400103872000
42 Chile12.557701125642000
43 South Africa12.5264316632000
44 Tajikistan11.961,83745922000
45 United Kingdom11.75197227531994
46 Poland11.73304137982002
47 Portugal11.091,0561012781998
48 Argentina10.71235504462000
49   Nepal10.1837531962000
50 Kyrgyzstan10.081,91633942000
51 Malaysia9.023561721622000
52 Korea, North9.024012025552000
53 Netherlands8.86544660342001
54 Greece8.7782163811997
55 Venezuela8.3731367472000
56 Cuba8.27281912692000
57 Nigeria8.01612110692000
58 Belgium7.44714138511998
59 Bulgaria6.92895378192003
60 Yemen6.6331641952000
61 Mali6.5548491902000
62 Romania6.5299934572003
63 Algeria6.071852213652000
64 Ethiopia5.567260942002
65 Tanzania5.18135100892000
66 Libya4.27730143832000
67 Zimbabwe4.21324147792002
68 Cambodia4.0829010982000
69 Austria3.67448356411999
70 Georgia3.618082021592000
71 Dominican Republic3.39381322662000
72 Lithuania3.33971781572003
73 Somalia3.29400001002000
74 Paraguay3.1591021962000
75 Laos350746902000
76 Namibia2.95977304662000
77 Belarus2.792862347302000
78 Norway2.68296375492002
79 Costa Rica2.686192917532000
80 Tunisia2.64261144822000
81  Switzerland2.52348247422002
82 Sweden2.45192367101996
83 Finland2.33444148431999
84 Mongolia2.315491058332000
85 United Arab Emirates2.3511239682000
86 Macedonia2.271,118NANANAcu
87 Senegal2.2219043932002
88 Niger2.1815640952000
89 New Zealand2.11524489422000
90 Israel2.05305317622000
91 Guatemala2.01160613802000
92 Czech Republic1.91187415722002
93 Zambia1.74149177762000
94 Albania1.715462711622000
95 Mauritania1.755493882000
96 Guyana1.642,18721982000
97 Kenya1.5846306642000
98 Guinea1.5116182902000
99 Bolivia1.44157137812000
100 Estonia1.411,060563952002
101 Lebanon1.38385331672000
102 Oman1.3652972902000
103 Nicaragua1.3237152832000
104 El Salvador1.281862516592000
105 Ireland1.18284237701994
106 Swaziland1.041,01021972000
107 Slovakia1.04193NANANAcu
108 Malawi1.0178155802000
109 Jordan1.01177214752000
110 Haiti0.9911651942000
111 Cameroon0.9961188742000
112 Ghana0.98442410662000
113 Côte d'Ivoire0.93512412652000
114 Slovenia0.9457NANANAcu
115 Honduras0.86119812802000
116 Panama0.82254675282000
117 Burkina Faso0.860131862000
118 Suriname0.671,48943932000
119 Denmark0.671233226422002
120 Mozambique0.6332112872000
121 Mauritius0.614882514602000
122 Uruguay0.4980208712000
123 Moldova0.441662027522000
124 Kuwait0.44164452522000
125 Bhutan0.4319951942000
126 Jamaica0.411553417492000
127 Sierra Leone0.386953922000
128 Congo, Democratic Republic of the0.3665317312000
129 Angola0.35222317602000
130 Trinidad and Tobago0.31237682662000
131 Uganda0.3104317402002
132 Armenia0.3148245712000
133 Eritrea0.36830972000
134 Bahrain0.3411403572000
135  Hong Kong 0.295 2008[2]
136 Qatar0.29358243722000
137 Burundi0.2938176772000
138 Latvia0.251085533122003
139 Chad0.2324170832000
140 Cyprus0.21250271712000
141 Singapore0.1944455141975
142 Botswana0.191074118412000
143 Guinea-Bissau0.18113135822000
144 Togo0.1728532452000
145 Iceland0.17567346602003
146 Rwanda0.1517248682000
147 Belize0.15556773202000
148 Benin0.13153223452001
149 Gabon0.1287508422000
150 Liberia0.11342718552000
151 Equatorial Guinea0.11220831612000
152 Papua New Guinea0.117564311987
153 Brunei0.09243NANANAcu
154 Barbados0.093333344222000
155 Fiji0.07821414712000
156 Luxembourg0.061214245131999
157 Lesotho0.05284040202000
158 Gambia, The0.03202312652000
159 Congo, Republic of the0.0385929122000
160 Central African Republic0.037801642000
161 Malta0.0250741252000
162 Dominica0.02213NANANAcu
163 Djibouti0.0225840162000
164 Cape Verde0.023972912000
165 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.0183NANANAcu
166 Saint Lucia0.0181NANANAcu
167 Comoros0.0113485471999
168 Antigua and Barbuda0.005636020201990
169 Maldives0.003998201987

References

  1. Total Water Management, Development Bureau, estimated yearly average, excluding import of freshwater.
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