List of countries by freshwater withdrawal

Last updated April 11, 2022

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	Nepal	645.84	1,606	8	29	36	2000
2	Russia	549.76	1,342	7	26	68	2000
3	China	477	1,254	13	76	41	2000
4	Pakistan	169.39	1,072	9	32	96	2000
5	Japan	88.43	690	20	18	62	2000
6	Indonesia	82.78	972	8	31	91	2000
7	Thailand	82.75	896	2	23	95	2000
8	Uzbekistan	79.4	803	3	12	96	2000
9	Mexico	78.22	731	17	35	77	2000
10	India	76.68	635	19	42	48	2000
11	Iran	72.88	628	7	32	61	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	Bangladesh	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	Turkmenistan	35	2,360	2	17	82	2000
25	Burma	33.23	658	1	1	98	2000
26	France	33.16	548	16	74	10	2000
27	Colombia	29.19	753	17	9	74	2000
28	Philippines	28.52	343	17	9	74	2000
29	South Korea	25.47	549	36	16	48	2003
30	Kazakhstan	24.65	5,104	2	1	98	2000
31	Australia	24.06	1,193	15	10	75	2000
32	Afghanistan	23.26	779	2	0	98	2000
33	Hungary	21.03	2,082	9	59	32	2001
34	Peru	20.13	720	8	10	82	2000
35	Syria	19.95	1,048	3	2	95	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	Argentina	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	Korea, North	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	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	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	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	Paraguay	3.15	910	2	1	96	2000
75	Laos	3	507	4	6	90	2000
76	Namibia	2.95	977	30	4	66	2000
77	Belarus	2.79	286	23	47	30	2000
78	Norway	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	Sweden	2.4	519	23	67	10	1996
83	Finland	2.33	444	14	84	3	1999
84	Mongolia	2.31	549	10	58	33	2000
85	United Arab Emirates	2.3	511	23	9	68	2000
86	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	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	Uruguay	0.49	80	20	8	71	2000
123	Moldova	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	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	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	Armenia	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^[2]
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	Northern Cyprus	0.125	399	19	0	81	2015^[3]
150	Gabon	0.12	87	50	8	42	2000
151	Liberia	0.11	34	27	18	55	2000
152	Equatorial Guinea	0.11	220	83	16	1	2000
153	Papua New Guinea	0.1	17	56	43	1	1987
154	Brunei	0.09	243	NA	NA	NA	cu
155	Barbados	0.09	333	33	44	22	2000
156	Fiji	0.07	82	14	14	71	2000
157	Luxembourg	0.06	121	42	45	13	1999
158	Lesotho	0.05	28	40	40	20	2000
159	Gambia, The	0.03	20	23	12	65	2000
160	Congo, Republic of the	0.03	8	59	29	12	2000
161	Central African Republic	0.03	7	80	16	4	2000
162	Malta	0.02	50	74	1	25	2000
163	Dominica	0.02	213	NA	NA	NA	cu
164	Djibouti	0.02	25	84	0	16	2000
165	Cape Verde	0.02	39	7	2	91	2000
166	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.01	83	NA	NA	NA	cu
167	Saint Lucia	0.01	81	NA	NA	NA	cu
168	Comoros	0.01	13	48	5	47	1999
169	Antigua and Barbuda	0.005	63	60	20	20	1990
170	Maldives	0.003	9	98	2	0	1987

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References

↑ "CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)". www.cia.gov. Archived from the original on 2008-02-13.
↑ Total Water Management, Development Bureau, estimated yearly average, excluding import of freshwater.
↑ Water consumption in Northern Cyprus

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[1] "CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)". www.cia.gov. Archived from the original on 2008-02-13.

[2] Total Water Management, Development Bureau, estimated yearly average, excluding import of freshwater.

[3] Water consumption in Northern Cyprus

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