Units: Cubic kilometers (km^3)
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| Water Resources and Freshwater Ecosystems — Water Withdrawals: Annual total Units: Cubic kilometers (km^3) |
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| World | ||
| World | 3,828.460 | |
| 2000 | ||
| Region/Classification | ||
| Asia (excluding Middle East) | 2,147.820 | |
| Central America & Caribbean | 100.742 | |
| Europe | 418.325 | |
| Middle East & North Africa | 323.518 | |
| North America | 525.260 | |
| Oceania | 26.181 | |
| South America | 164.619 | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 119.785 | |
| Developed Countries | 1,239.231 | |
| Developing Countries | 2,589.799 | |
| High Income Countries | 900.794 | |
| Low Income Countries | 1,349.831 | |
| Middle Income Countries | 1,575.625 | |
| ISO | 2000 | |
| Country | ||
| Afghanistan | AFG | 23.260 |
| Albania | ALB | 1.710 |
| Algeria | DZA | 6.070 |
| Angola | AGO | 0.350 |
| Antigua and Barbuda {1} | ATG | 0.005 |
| Argentina | ARG | 29.190 |
| Armenia | ARM | 2.950 |
| Australia | AUS | 23.930 |
| Austria | AUT | 2.110 |
| Azerbaijan | AZE | 17.250 |
| Bahrain | BHR | 0.300 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | 79.400 |
| Barbados | BRB | 0.090 |
| Belarus | BLR | 2.790 |
| Belgium {2} | BEL | 9.030 |
| Belgium/Luxembourg | 8.980 | |
| Belize | BLZ | 0.150 |
| Benin | BEN | 0.130 |
| Bhutan | BTN | 0.425 |
| Bolivia | BOL | 1.439 |
| Botswana | BWA | 0.194 |
| Brazil | BRA | 59.300 |
| Brunei Darussalam {3} | BRN | 0.092 |
| Bulgaria | BGR | 10.500 |
| Burkina Faso | BFA | 0.800 |
| Burundi | BDI | 0.288 |
| Cambodia | KHM | 4.080 |
| Cameroon | CMR | 0.990 |
| Canada | CAN | 45.970 |
| Cape Verde | CPV | 0.022 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | CIV | 0.930 |
| Central African Rep | CAF | 0.025 |
| Chad | TCD | 0.230 |
| Chile | CHL | 12.550 |
| China | CHN | 630.290 |
| Colombia | COL | 10.710 |
| Comoros | COM | 0.010 |
| Congo | COG | 0.046 |
| Congo, Dem Rep | COD | 0.360 |
| Costa Rica | CRI | 2.680 |
| Cuba | CUB | 8.200 |
| Cyprus | CYP | 0.240 |
| Czech Rep | CZE | 2.580 |
| Denmark | DNK | 1.270 |
| Djibouti | DJI | 0.019 |
| Dominica {4} | DMA | 0.017 |
| Dominican Rep | DOM | 3.390 |
| Ecuador | ECU | 16.980 |
| Egypt | EGY | 68.300 |
| El Salvador | SLV | 1.280 |
| Equatorial Guinea | GNQ | 0.108 |
| Eritrea {5} | ERI | 0.582 |
| Estonia | EST | 0.158 |
| Ethiopia | ETH | 5.558 |
| Ethiopia PDR {6} | 2.210 | |
| Fiji | FJI | 0.070 |
| Finland | FIN | 2.476 |
| France | FRA | 39.960 |
| Gabon | GAB | 0.120 |
| Gambia | GMB | 0.031 |
| Georgia | GEO | 3.610 |
| Germany | DEU | 47.050 |
| Ghana | GHA | 0.982 |
| Greece | GRC | 7.770 |
| Guatemala | GTM | 2.010 |
| Guinea | GIN | 1.510 |
| Guinea-Bissau | GNB | 0.175 |
| Guyana | GUY | 1.640 |
| Haiti | HTI | 0.990 |
| Honduras | HND | 0.860 |
| Hungary | HUN | 7.640 |
| Iceland | ISL | 0.150 |
| India | IND | 645.840 |
| Indonesia | IDN | 82.780 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep | IRN | 72.880 |
| Iraq | IRQ | 42.700 |
| Ireland | IRL | 1.130 |
| Israel | ISR | 2.050 |
| Italy | ITA | 44.370 |
| Jamaica | JAM | 0.410 |
| Japan | JPN | 88.430 |
| Jordan | JOR | 1.010 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | 35.000 |
| Kenya | KEN | 1.580 |
| Korea, Dem People's Rep | PRK | 9.020 |
| Korea, Rep | KOR | 18.590 |
| Kuwait | KWT | 0.440 |
| Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | 10.080 |
| Lao People's Dem Rep | LAO | 3.000 |
| Latvia | LVA | 0.300 |
| Lebanon | LBN | 1.380 |
| Lesotho | LSO | 0.050 |
| Liberia | LBR | 0.110 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | LBY | 4.268 |
| Lithuania | LTU | 0.270 |
| Luxembourg {7} | LUX | 0.040 |
| Madagascar | MDG | 14.960 |
| Malawi | MWI | 1.010 |
| Malaysia | MYS | 9.020 |
| Maldives {8} | MDV | 0.003 |
| Mali | MLI | 6.546 |
| Malta | MLT | 0.051 |
| Mauritania | MRT | 1.700 |
| Mauritius {9} | MUS | 0.725 |
| Mexico | MEX | 78.220 |
| Moldova, Rep | MDA | 2.310 |
| Mongolia | MNG | 0.440 |
| Morocco | MAR | 12.600 |
| Mozambique | MOZ | 0.630 |
| Myanmar | MMR | 33.230 |
| Namibia | NAM | 0.300 |
| Nepal | NPL | 10.180 |
| Netherlands | NLD | 7.940 |
| New Zealand | NZL | 2.110 |
| Nicaragua | NIC | 1.300 |
| Niger | NER | 2.180 |
| Nigeria | NGA | 8.010 |
| Norway | NOR | 2.190 |
| Oman | OMN | 1.360 |
| Pakistan | PAK | 169.390 |
| Panama | PAN | 0.820 |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG | 0.071 |
| Paraguay | PRY | 0.490 |
| Peru | PER | 20.130 |
| Philippines | PHL | 28.520 |
| Poland | POL | 16.200 |
| Portugal | PRT | 11.260 |
| Qatar | QAT | 0.290 |
| Romania | ROU | 23.180 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | 76.680 |
| Rwanda | RWA | 0.150 |
| Sao Tome & Principe {10} | STP | 0.007 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | 17.320 |
| Senegal | SEN | 2.221 |
| Seychelles {11} | SYC | 0.012 |
| Sierra Leone | SLE | 0.380 |
| Singapore {12} | SGP | 0.190 |
| Somalia {13} | SOM | 3.298 |
| South Africa | ZAF | 12.496 |
| Spain | ESP | 35.630 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | 12.610 |
| St. Vincent & Grenadines {14} | VCT | 0.010 |
| Sudan | SDN | 37.320 |
| Suriname | SUR | 0.670 |
| Swaziland | SWZ | 1.042 |
| Sweden | SWE | 2.960 |
| Switzerland | CHE | 2.570 |
| Syrian Arab Rep | SYR | 19.950 |
| Tajikistan | TJK | 11.960 |
| Tanzania | TZA | 5.184 |
| Thailand | THA | 87.060 |
| Togo | TGO | 0.169 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 0.310 |
| Tunisia | TUN | 2.640 |
| Turkey | TUR | 37.530 |
| Turkmenistan | TKM | 24.650 |
| Uganda | UGA | 0.300 |
| Ukraine | UKR | 37.530 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | 2.300 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | 9.540 |
| United States | USA | 479.290 |
| Uruguay | URY | 3.150 |
| Uzbekistan | UZB | 58.340 |
| Venezuela | VEN | 8.370 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | 71.390 |
| Yemen | YEM | 6.630 |
| Zambia | ZMB | 1.740 |
| Zimbabwe | ZWE | 4.205 |
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| Footnotes |
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| 1 - Antigua and Barbuda |
| 1990 value |
| 2 - Belgium |
| 1980 value |
| 3 - Brunei Darussalam |
| 1995 value |
| 4 - Dominica |
| 1995 value |
| 5 - Eritrea |
| 2005 value |
| 6 - Ethiopia PDR |
| 1985 value |
| 7 - Luxembourg |
| 1985 value |
| 8 - Maldives |
| 1985 value |
| 9 - Mauritius |
| 2005 value |
| 10 - Sao Tome & Principe |
| 1995 value |
| 11 - Seychelles |
| 2005 value |
| 12 - Singapore |
| 1975 value |
| 13 - Somalia |
| 2005 value |
| 14 - St. Vincent & Grenadines |
| 1995 value |
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| 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. |
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