Units: Percent (%)
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| Water Resources and Freshwater Ecosystems — Water Withdrawals: Percent used for industrial purposes Units: Percent (%) |
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| World | ||
| World {1} | 20 | |
| 2000 | ||
| Region/Classification | ||
| Asia (excluding Middle East) | 12 | |
| Central America & Caribbean | 7 | |
| Europe | 53 | |
| Middle East & North Africa | 4 | |
| North America | 48 | |
| Oceania | 10 | |
| South America | 13 | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 3 | |
| Developed Countries | 41 | |
| Developing Countries | 11 | |
| High Income Countries | 44 | |
| Low Income Countries | 5 | |
| Middle Income Countries | 20 | |
| ISO | 2000 | |
| Country | ||
| Afghanistan | AFG | 0 |
| Albania | ALB | 11 |
| Algeria | DZA | 13 |
| Angola | AGO | 17 |
| Antigua and Barbuda {2} | ATG | 20 |
| Argentina | ARG | 9 |
| Armenia | ARM | 4 |
| Australia | AUS | 10 |
| Austria | AUT | 64 |
| Azerbaijan | AZE | 28 |
| Bahrain | BHR | 3 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | 1 |
| Barbados | BRB | 44 |
| Belarus | BLR | 47 |
| Belgium {3} | BEL | 85 |
| Belgium/Luxembourg | 86 | |
| Belize | BLZ | 73 |
| Benin | BEN | 23 |
| Bhutan | BTN | 1 |
| Bolivia | BOL | 7 |
| Botswana | BWA | 18 |
| Brazil | BRA | 18 |
| Bulgaria | BGR | 78 |
| Burkina Faso | BFA | 1 |
| Burundi | BDI | 6 |
| Cambodia | KHM | 0 |
| Cameroon | CMR | 8 |
| Canada | CAN | 69 |
| Cape Verde | CPV | 2 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | CIV | 12 |
| Central African Rep | CAF | 16 |
| Chad | TCD | 0 |
| Chile | CHL | 25 |
| China | CHN | 26 |
| Colombia | COL | 4 |
| Comoros | COM | 5 |
| Congo | COG | 22 |
| Congo, Dem Rep | COD | 17 |
| Costa Rica | CRI | 17 |
| Cuba | CUB | 12 |
| Cyprus | CYP | 0 |
| Czech Rep | CZE | 57 |
| Denmark | DNK | 25 |
| Djibouti | DJI | 0 |
| Dominican Rep | DOM | 2 |
| Ecuador | ECU | 5 |
| Egypt | EGY | 6 |
| El Salvador | SLV | 16 |
| Equatorial Guinea | GNQ | 16 |
| Eritrea {4} | ERI | 0 |
| Estonia | EST | 38 |
| Ethiopia | ETH | 0 |
| Ethiopia PDR {5} | 3 | |
| Fiji | FJI | 14 |
| Finland | FIN | 84 |
| France | FRA | 74 |
| Gabon | GAB | 8 |
| Gambia | GMB | 12 |
| Georgia | GEO | 21 |
| Germany | DEU | 68 |
| Ghana | GHA | 10 |
| Greece | GRC | 3 |
| Guatemala | GTM | 13 |
| Guinea | GIN | 2 |
| Guinea-Bissau | GNB | 5 |
| Guyana | GUY | 1 |
| Haiti | HTI | 1 |
| Honduras | HND | 12 |
| Hungary | HUN | 59 |
| Iceland | ISL | 67 |
| India | IND | 5 |
| Indonesia | IDN | 1 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep | IRN | 2 |
| Iraq | IRQ | 5 |
| Ireland | IRL | 77 |
| Israel | ISR | 7 |
| Italy | ITA | 37 |
| Jamaica | JAM | 17 |
| Japan | JPN | 18 |
| Jordan | JOR | 4 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | 17 |
| Kenya | KEN | 6 |
| Korea, Dem People's Rep | PRK | 25 |
| Korea, Rep | KOR | 16 |
| Kuwait | KWT | 2 |
| Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | 3 |
| Lao People's Dem Rep | LAO | 6 |
| Latvia | LVA | 33 |
| Lebanon | LBN | 1 |
| Lesotho | LSO | 40 |
| Liberia | LBR | 18 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | LBY | 3 |
| Lithuania | LTU | 15 |
| Madagascar | MDG | 2 |
| Malawi | MWI | 5 |
| Malaysia | MYS | 21 |
| Maldives {6} | MDV | 2 |
| Mali | MLI | 1 |
| Malta | MLT | 1 |
| Mauritania | MRT | 3 |
| Mauritius {7} | MUS | 3 |
| Mexico | MEX | 5 |
| Moldova, Rep | MDA | 58 |
| Mongolia | MNG | 27 |
| Morocco | MAR | 3 |
| Mozambique | MOZ | 2 |
| Myanmar | MMR | 1 |
| Namibia | NAM | 5 |
| Nepal | NPL | 1 |
| Netherlands | NLD | 60 |
| New Zealand | NZL | 9 |
| Nicaragua | NIC | 2 |
| Niger | NER | 0 |
| Nigeria | NGA | 10 |
| Norway | NOR | 67 |
| Oman | OMN | 2 |
| Pakistan | PAK | 2 |
| Panama | PAN | 5 |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG | 42 |
| Paraguay | PRY | 8 |
| Peru | PER | 10 |
| Philippines | PHL | 9 |
| Poland | POL | 79 |
| Portugal | PRT | 12 |
| Qatar | QAT | 3 |
| Romania | ROU | 34 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | 63 |
| Rwanda | RWA | 8 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | 1 |
| Senegal | SEN | 3 |
| Seychelles {8} | SYC | 28 |
| Sierra Leone | SLE | 3 |
| Singapore {9} | SGP | 51 |
| Somalia {10} | SOM | 0 |
| South Africa | ZAF | 6 |
| Spain | ESP | 19 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | 2 |
| Sudan | SDN | 1 |
| Suriname | SUR | 3 |
| Swaziland | SWZ | 1 |
| Sweden | SWE | 54 |
| Switzerland | CHE | 74 |
| Syrian Arab Rep | SYR | 2 |
| Tajikistan | TJK | 5 |
| Tanzania | TZA | 0 |
| Thailand | THA | 2 |
| Togo | TGO | 2 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 26 |
| Tunisia | TUN | 4 |
| Turkey | TUR | 11 |
| Turkmenistan | TKM | 1 |
| Uganda | UGA | 17 |
| Ukraine | UKR | 35 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | 9 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | 75 |
| United States | USA | 46 |
| Uruguay | URY | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | UZB | 2 |
| Venezuela | VEN | 7 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | 24 |
| Yemen | YEM | 1 |
| Zambia | ZMB | 7 |
| Zimbabwe | ZWE | 7 |
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| 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 |
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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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