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Water Resources and Freshwater Ecosystems — Water Withdrawals: Percent used for agricultural purposes Units: Percent (%)

		2000
World
World {1}		70
		2000
Region/Classification
Asia (excluding Middle East)		81
Central America & Caribbean		75
Europe		32
Middle East & North Africa		88
North America		39
Oceania		72
South America		68
Sub-Saharan Africa		86
Developed Countries		45
Developing Countries		81
High Income Countries		41
Low Income Countries		88
Middle Income Countries		70
	ISO	2000
Country
Afghanistan	AFG	98
Albania	ALB	62
Algeria	DZA	65
Angola	AGO	60
Antigua and Barbuda {2}	ATG	20
Argentina	ARG	74
Armenia	ARM	66
Australia	AUS	75
Austria	AUT	1
Azerbaijan	AZE	68
Bahrain	BHR	57
Bangladesh	BGD	96
Barbados	BRB	22
Belarus	BLR	30
Belgium {3}	BEL	4
Belgium/Luxembourg		1
Belize	BLZ	20
Benin	BEN	45
Bhutan	BTN	94
Bolivia	BOL	81
Botswana	BWA	41
Brazil	BRA	62
Bulgaria	BGR	19
Burkina Faso	BFA	86
Burundi	BDI	77
Cambodia	KHM	98
Cameroon	CMR	74
Canada	CAN	12
Cape Verde	CPV	91
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	65
Central African Rep	CAF	4
Chad	TCD	83
Chile	CHL	64
China	CHN	68
Colombia	COL	46
Comoros	COM	47
Congo	COG	9
Congo, Dem Rep	COD	31
Costa Rica	CRI	53
Cuba	CUB	69
Cyprus	CYP	71
Czech Rep	CZE	2
Denmark	DNK	43
Djibouti	DJI	16
Dominican Rep	DOM	66
Ecuador	ECU	82
Egypt	EGY	86
El Salvador	SLV	59
Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	1
Eritrea {4}	ERI	95
Estonia	EST	5
Ethiopia	ETH	94
Ethiopia PDR {5}		86
Fiji	FJI	71
Finland	FIN	3
France	FRA	10
Gabon	GAB	42
Gambia	GMB	65
Georgia	GEO	59
Germany	DEU	20
Ghana	GHA	66
Greece	GRC	80
Guatemala	GTM	80
Guinea	GIN	90
Guinea-Bissau	GNB	82
Guyana	GUY	98
Haiti	HTI	94
Honduras	HND	80
Hungary	HUN	32
Iceland	ISL	0
India	IND	86
Indonesia	IDN	91
Iran, Islamic Rep	IRN	91
Iraq	IRQ	92
Ireland	IRL	0
Israel	ISR	62
Italy	ITA	45
Jamaica	JAM	49
Japan	JPN	62
Jordan	JOR	75
Kazakhstan	KAZ	82
Kenya	KEN	64
Korea, Dem People's Rep	PRK	55
Korea, Rep	KOR	48
Kuwait	KWT	52
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	94
Lao People's Dem Rep	LAO	90
Latvia	LVA	13
Lebanon	LBN	67
Lesotho	LSO	20
Liberia	LBR	55
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	LBY	83
Lithuania	LTU	7
Madagascar	MDG	96
Malawi	MWI	80
Malaysia	MYS	62
Maldives {6}	MDV	0
Mali	MLI	90
Malta	MLT	20
Mauritania	MRT	88
Mauritius {7}	MUS	68
Mexico	MEX	77
Moldova, Rep	MDA	33
Mongolia	MNG	52
Morocco	MAR	87
Mozambique	MOZ	87
Myanmar	MMR	98
Namibia	NAM	71
Nepal	NPL	96
Netherlands	NLD	34
New Zealand	NZL	42
Nicaragua	NIC	83
Niger	NER	95
Nigeria	NGA	69
Norway	NOR	11
Oman	OMN	90
Pakistan	PAK	96
Panama	PAN	28
Papua New Guinea	PNG	1
Paraguay	PRY	71
Peru	PER	82
Philippines	PHL	74
Poland	POL	8
Portugal	PRT	78
Qatar	QAT	72
Romania	ROU	57
Russian Federation	RUS	18
Rwanda	RWA	68
Saudi Arabia	SAU	89
Senegal	SEN	93
Seychelles {8}	SYC	7
Sierra Leone	SLE	92
Singapore {9}	SGP	4
Somalia {10}	SOM	99
South Africa	ZAF	63
Spain	ESP	68
Sri Lanka	LKA	95
Sudan	SDN	97
Suriname	SUR	93
Swaziland	SWZ	97
Sweden	SWE	9
Switzerland	CHE	2
Syrian Arab Rep	SYR	95
Tajikistan	TJK	92
Tanzania	TZA	89
Thailand	THA	95
Togo	TGO	45
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	6
Tunisia	TUN	82
Turkey	TUR	74
Turkmenistan	TKM	98
Uganda	UGA	40
Ukraine	UKR	52
United Arab Emirates	ARE	68
United Kingdom	GBR	3
United States	USA	41
Uruguay	URY	96
Uzbekistan	UZB	93
Venezuela	VEN	47
Viet Nam	VNM	68
Yemen	YEM	95
Zambia	ZMB	76
Zimbabwe	ZWE	79

Footnotes

1 - World

Value calculated by WRI

2 - Antigua and Barbuda

1990 value

3 - Belgium

1980 value

4 - Eritrea

2005 value

5 - Ethiopia PDR

1985 value

6 - Maldives

1985 value

7 - Mauritius

2005 value

8 - Seychelles

2005 value

9 - Singapore

1975 value

10 - Somalia

2005 value

Source

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Land and Water Development Division. 2005. AQUASTAT Information System on Water and Agriculture: Online database. Rome: FAO. Available on-line at http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/agricult/agl/aglw/aquastat/dbase/index.stm.