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Water Withdrawals: Annual per capita
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Water Resources and Freshwater Ecosystems — Water Withdrawals: Annual per capita
Units: Cubic meters (m^3) per person

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  2000
World
World {1} 632
 
  2000
Region/Classification
Asia (excluding Middle East) 632
Central America & Caribbean 600
Europe 586
Middle East & North Africa 797
North America 1,668
Oceania 903
South America 471
Sub-Saharan Africa 178
Developed Countries 948
Developing Countries 545
High Income Countries 970
Low Income Countries 556
Middle Income Countries 585
 
 ISO2000
Country
AfghanistanAFG980
AlbaniaALB558
AlgeriaDZA199
AngolaAGO25
Antigua and Barbuda {2}ATG79
ArgentinaARG791
ArmeniaARM957
Australia {3}AUS1,255
AustriaAUT261
AzerbaijanAZE2,118
BahrainBHR446
BangladeshBGD616
BarbadosBRB338
BelarusBLR278
Belgium {4}BEL916
BelizeBLZ620
BeninBEN18
BhutanBTN219
BoliviaBOL173
BotswanaBWA111
BrazilBRA341
Brunei Darussalam {5}BRN312
BulgariaBGR1,313
Burkina FasoBFA71
BurundiBDI44
CambodiaKHM320
CameroonCMR67
CanadaCAN1,498
Cape VerdeCPV49
Côte d'IvoireCIV56
Central African RepCAF7
ChadTCD28
ChileCHL814
China {6}CHN495
ColombiaCOL254
Comoros {7}COM14
CongoCOG13
Congo, Dem RepCOD7
Costa RicaCRI682
CubaCUB737
CyprusCYP305
Czech RepCZE251
DenmarkDNK238
DjiboutiDJI27
Dominica {8}DMA221
Dominican RepDOM410
EcuadorECU1,380
EgyptEGY1,015
El SalvadorSLV204
Equatorial GuineaGNQ241
Eritrea {9}ERI132
EstoniaEST116
EthiopiaETH81
FijiFJI86
Finland {10}FIN478
FranceFRA674
GabonGAB94
GambiaGMB23
GeorgiaGEO765
GermanyDEU571
GhanaGHA49
GreeceGRC708
GuatemalaGTM180
GuineaGIN179
Guinea-BissauGNB128
GuyanaGUY2,204
HaitiHTI125
HondurasHND134
HungaryHUN747
IcelandISL535
IndiaIND633
IndonesiaIDN396
Iran, Islamic RepIRN1,098
IraqIRQ1,703
IrelandIRL297
IsraelISR337
ItalyITA769
JamaicaJAM159
JapanJPN696
JordanJOR203
KazakhstanKAZ2,328
KenyaKEN51
Korea, Dem People's RepPRK413
Korea, RepKOR397
KuwaitKWT197
KyrgyzstanKGZ2,036
Lao People's Dem RepLAO568
LatviaLVA126
LebanonLBN406
LesothoLSO28
LiberiaLBR36
Libyan Arab JamahiriyaLBY804
LithuaniaLTU77
Luxembourg {11}LUX109
MadagascarMDG924
MalawiMWI88
MalaysiaMYS392
Maldives {12}MDV18
MaliMLI562
MaltaMLT129
MauritaniaMRT643
Mauritius {13}MUS582
MexicoMEX782
Moldova, RepMDA540
MongoliaMNG176
MoroccoMAR431
MozambiqueMOZ35
MyanmarMMR696
NamibiaNAM158
NepalNPL417
NetherlandsNLD499
New ZealandNZL553
NicaraguaNIC262
NigerNER185
NigeriaNGA68
Norway {14}NOR486
OmanOMN557
PakistanPAK1,187
PanamaPAN278
Papua New GuineaPNG13
ParaguayPRY90
PeruPER776
PhilippinesPHL376
PolandPOL419
PortugalPRT1,101
QatarQAT479
RomaniaROU1,048
Russian FederationRUS523
RwandaRWA19
Sao Tome & Principe {15}STP55
Saudi ArabiaSAU806
SenegalSEN215
Seychelles {16}SYC152
Sierra LeoneSLE84
Singapore {17}SGP84
Somalia {18}SOM401
South AfricaZAF274
SpainESP875
Sri LankaLKA635
St. Vincent & Grenadines {19}VCT88
SudanSDN1,134
SurinameSUR1,544
SwazilandSWZ1,019
SwedenSWE333
SwitzerlandCHE359
Syrian Arab RepSYR1,187
TajikistanTJK1,942
TanzaniaTZA149
ThailandTHA1,417
TogoTGO32
Trinidad and TobagoTTO241
TunisiaTUN276
TurkeyTUR550
TurkmenistanTKM5,475
UgandaUGA12
UkraineUKR764
United Arab EmiratesARE708
United KingdomGBR163
United StatesUSA1,687
UruguayURY943
UzbekistanUZB2,360
VenezuelaVEN343
Viet NamVNM907
YemenYEM370
ZambiaZMB163
ZimbabweZWE334

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Footnotes
1 - World
  Value calculated by WRI
2 - Antigua and Barbuda
  1990 value
3 - Australia
  Population data includes Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island.
4 - Belgium
  1980 value
5 - Brunei Darussalam
  1995 value
6 - China
  Population data do not include Hong Kong and Macao, Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of China.
7 - Comoros
  Population data includes the island of Mayotte.
8 - Dominica
  1995 value
9 - Eritrea
  2005 value
10 - Finland
  Population data includes Åland Islands.
11 - Luxembourg
  1985 value
12 - Maldives
  1985 value
13 - Mauritius
  2005 value; Population data includes Agalega, Rodrigues, and Saint Brandon.
14 - Norway
  Population data includes Svalbard and Jan Mayen Island.
15 - Sao Tome & Principe
  1995 value
16 - Seychelles
  2005 value
17 - Singapore
  1975 value
18 - Somalia
  2005 value
19 - St. Vincent & Grenadines
  1995 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.

Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, 2005. World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision. Dataset on CD-ROM. New York: United Nations. Available on-line at http://www.un.org/esa/population/ordering.htm.

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