Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters)
Environment & EnergyWB WDIwb_wdi:ER.H2O.FWTL.K3•billion cubic meters•1962 → 2022•181 countries
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Environment & EnergyWB WDI
Coverage
181
Frequency
yearly
Range
1962 \u2192 2022
Latest
2022
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters) by country
Latest available value per country (as of 2022)
Low \u2192 High
Unit: billion cubic meters
≤ 143.96M
143.96M – 634.14M
634.14M – 1.36B
1.36B – 3.13B
3.13B – 8.56B
8.56B – 26.44B
> 26.44B
No data
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Highest 15 countries
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters)
50 countries with data
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Distribution across countries
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters)
Countries
50
Median
28B
Mean
72.2B
25th pctl
13.5B
75th pctl
64.8B
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Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters)
ItalyVenezuela, RBAlgeria
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| Country | Latest | Date | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| IndiaIND | 647.5B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| ChinaCHN | 568.48B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| United StatesUSA | 444.29B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| IndonesiaIDN | 222.64B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| PakistanPAK | 179.3B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| Iran, Islamic Rep.IRN | 92.95B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| PhilippinesPHL | 91.04B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| MexicoMEX | 89.8B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| Viet NamVNM | 81.86B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| JapanJPN | 79.7B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| Egypt, Arab Rep.EGY | 77.5B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| BrazilBRA | 67.94B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| Russian FederationRUS | 64.82B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| TurkiyeTUR | 64.47B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| ThailandTHA | 57.31B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| UzbekistanUZB | 42.9B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| IraqIRQ | 42.42B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| ArgentinaARG | 37.69B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| CanadaCAN | 36.13B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| BangladeshBGD | 35.87B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| ChileCHL | 35.37B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| ItalyITA | 33.78B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| MyanmarMMR | 33.23B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| Korea, Rep.KOR | 29.2B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| SpainESP | 29.02B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| SudanSDN | 26.94B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| TurkmenistanTKM | 26.25B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| PeruPER | 25.92B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| GermanyDEU | 25.79B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| KazakhstanKAZ | 24.97B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| FranceFRA | 24.43B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| ColombiaCOL | 24.26B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| Saudi ArabiaSAU | 23.38B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| Venezuela, RBVEN | 22.62B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| South AfricaZAF | 21.11B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| AfghanistanAFG | 20.28B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| Syrian Arab RepublicSYR | 13.96B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| MadagascarMDG | 13.46B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| AzerbaijanAZE | 13.03B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| Sri LankaLKA | 12.95B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| NigeriaNGA | 12.47B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| AustraliaAUS | 11.62B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| TajikistanTJK | 10.6B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| MoroccoMAR | 10.57B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| EthiopiaETH | 10.55B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| AlgeriaDZA | 10.29B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| GreeceGRC | 10.05B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| EcuadorECU | 9.92B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| New ZealandNZL | 9.88B billion cubic meters | 2022 | |
| NepalNPL | 9.5B billion cubic meters | 2022 |
Source: World Bank (WB WDI)