Table 2.

Freshwater Withdrawal, by Country and Sector (2010 Update)

Region

Country

Year

Total
Freshwater
Withdrawal
(km^3/yr)

AFRICA

Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African
Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo, Democratic
Republic (formerly
Zaire)
Congo, Republic of
Cote D'Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Swaziland

2000
2000
2001
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000

6.07
0.35
0.13
0.19
0.80
0.29
0.99
0.02

171
18
14
96
49
34
50
39

22
23
32
41
13
17
18
7

13
17
23
18
1
6
8
2

2000
2000
1999

0.03
0.23
0.01

7
20
14

80
17
48

16
0
5

2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2004
2002
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2003
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2002
2000
2003
2000
2000
2000

0.36
0.03
0.93
0.02
68.30
0.11
0.58
5.56
0.12
0.03
0.98
1.51
0.18
2.74
0.05
0.11
4.27
14.96
1.01
6.55
1.70
0.61
12.60
0.63
0.3
2.18
8.01
0.15
2.22
0.38
3.30
12.50
37.32
1.04

5
8
43
23
809
159
111
65
80
17
40
146
109
67
24
27
652
743
64
492
505
470
389
27
136
137
51
15
173
65
352
248
864
865

53
59
24
84
8
83
5
6
50
23
24
8
13
17
40
27
14
3
15
9
9
25
10
11
24
4
21
24
4
5
0
31
3
2

17
29
12
0
6
16
0
0
8
12
10
2
5
4
40
18
3
2
5
1
3
14
3
2
5
0
10
8
3
3
0
6
1
1

Per Capita
Withdrawal
(m^3/p/yr)

Domestic
Use
(%)

Industrial
Use
(%)

NORTH AND
CENTRAL
AMERICA

SOUTH
AMERICA

ASIA

Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe

2000
2000
2000
2002
2000
2002

5.18
0.17
2.64
0.30
1.74
4.21

115
25
254
9
131
333

10
53
14
43
17
14

0
2
4
17
7
7

Antigua and Barbuda

Barbados
Belize
Canada
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador

1990
2000
2000
2006
2003
2000
1996
2000
2000

0.005
0.09
0.15
45.08
0.54
8.20
0.02
3.39
1.28

56
351
479
1,330
116
732
256
332
207

60
33
7
20

20
44
73
69

19
32
25

12
2
16

Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the
Grenadines

2000
2000
2000
2000
2008
2000
2000
1997

2.01
0.99
0.86
0.41
79.80
1.30
0.82
0.01

140
97
113
150
721
223
234
75

6
5
8
34
14
15
67
-

13
1
12
17
9
2
5
-

1995

0.01

92

Trinidad and Tobago

United States of
America

2000

0.31

231

68

26

2005

482.20

1,518

13

46

Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela

2000
2000
2006
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000

29.19
1.44
58.07
12.55
10.71
16.98
1.64
0.49
20.13
0.67
3.15
8.37

718
144
297
732
231
1,233
2,154
76
682
1,278
934
288

17
13
28
11
50
12
2
20
8
4
2
6

9
7
17
25
4
5
1
8
10
3
1
7

Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei

2000
2006
2005
2003
2008
2000
1994

23.26
2.83
12.21
0.36
35.87
0.43
0.09

799
915
1,367
442
253
607
221

2
30
4
50
10
5
nd

0
4
19
6
2
1
nd

EUROPE

Cambodia
China
Cyprus
Georgia
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Korea Democratic
People's Republic
Korea Rep
Kuwait
Kyrgyz Republic
Laos
Lebanon
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
Oman
Pakistan
Palestine (Occupied
Palestinian Territory)
Philippines
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Syria
Tajikistan
Thailand
Turkey
Turkmenistan

2000
2007
2000
2005
2010
2000
2004
2000
2004
2000
2005
2000

4.08
578.9
0.21
1.62
761.00
82.78
93.30
66.00
1.95
88.43
0.94
35.00

271
425
239
384
627
356
1,243
2,097
268
696
145
2,222

1
12
27
22
7
8
7
7
36
20
31
2

0
23
1
13
2
1
1
15
6
18
4
17

2000
2002
2002
2000
2000
2005
2000
1987
2000
2000
2000
2003
2008

9.02
25.47
0.91
10.08
3.00
1.31
9.02
0.003
0.44
33.23
10.18
1.32
183.50

376
525
299
1,816
466
308
323
10
163
658
341
455
993

20
26
44
3
4
29
17
98
20
1
3
10
5

25
12
2
3
6
11
21
2
27
1
1
1
1

2005

0.42

95

48

2006
2005
2006
1975
2000
2003
2000
2007
2003
2000

78.9
0.44
23.67
0.19
12.61
16.69
11.96
57.31
40.10
24.65

843
294
902
39
618
742
1,690
841
530
4,762

7
39
9
45
2
9
4
5
15
2

9
2
3
51
2
4
5
5
11
1

United Arab Emirates

Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen

2005
2000
2000
2000

4.00
58.34
71.39
3.40

849
2,099
802
140

15
5
8
8

2
2
24
2

Albania
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark

2000
1999
2000
1998

1.71
3.67
2.79
7.44

540
438
291
695

27
35
23
13

11
64
47
85

2003

6.92

923

78

2002
2002

1.91
0.67

183
122

41
32

57
26

OCEANIA

Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russian Federation
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom

2002
1999
2000
2001
1997
2001
2003
1994
1998
2003
2003
1999
2000
2000
2000
2001
1996
2002
1998
2003
2000
2003
2002
2002
2002
2002
2000
1994

Australia
Fiji
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands

2010
2000
2000
1987
1987

1.41
2.33
33.16
38.01
8.70
21.03
0.17
1.18
41.98
0.25
3.33
0.06
2.27
0.02
2.31
8.86
2.40
11.73
11.09
6.50
76.68
1.04
0.90
37.22
2.68
2.52
37.53
11.75
59.84
0.07
2.11
0.10

1,053
436
529
463
778
2,109
516
257
699
112
1,023
116
1,111
49
646
532
494
308
1,033
307
546
192
444
821
288
332
826
190

56
14
16
12
16
9
34
23
18
55
78
42

39
84
74
68
3
59
66
77
37
33
15
45

74
10
6
23
13
10
9
19

1
58
60
67
79
12
34
63

13
37
24
12
22

19
54
74
35
75

2,782
82
490
15

15
14
48
56
40

10
14
9
43
20

Notes:

Figures may not add to totals due to independent rounding.

Population data:
Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations S
US data include freshwater only; previous data included saline water
China data include Hong Kong
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Agricultural
Use
(%)

Domestic
Use
m3/p/yr

Industrial
Use
m3/p/yr

Agricultural
Use
m3/p/yr

Source

2010
Population
(millions)

65
60
45
41
86
77
74
91

38
4
5
39
6
6
9
3

23
3
3
17
0
2
4
1

111
11
6
39
42
26
37
36

l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l

35.42
18.99
9.21
1.98
16.29
8.52
19.96
0.51

4
83
47

5
3
7

1
0
1

0
17
7

l
l
l

4.51
11.51
0.69

31
12
65
16
86
1
95
94
42
65
66
90
82
79
20
55
83
96
80
90
88
60
87
87
71
95
69
68
93
92
99
63
97
97

3
5
10
19
62
132
6
4
40
4
10
11
14
11
10
7
91
21
9
44
45
120
39
3
33
5
11
4
7
3
2
77
23
17

1
2
5
0
49
25
0
0
6
2
4
3
5
2
10
5
20
12
3
5
14
67
12
1
6
0
5
1
5
2
0
15
6
9

2
1
28
4
695
2
105
61
34
11
27
132
90
53
5
15
541
710
51
442
446
284
339
23
96
130
35
10
161
60
351
156
835
839

l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
a
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l

67.83
3.76
21.57
0.88
84.47
0.69
5.22
84.98
1.50
1.75
24.33
10.32
1.65
40.86
2.08
4.10
6.55
20.15
15.69
13.32
3.37
1.30
32.38
23.41
2.212037
15.89
158.26
10.28
12.86
5.84
9.36
50.49
43.19
1.20

89
45
82
40
76
79

12
13
36
4
22
47

0
1
10
2
9
23

102
11
209
4
100
263

l
l
l
l
l
l

20
22
20
12

34
117
34
260
0
139

11
155
350
913
0
89

11
77
96
157
0
503

106
51

6
33

219
123

g
l
l
o
p
l
h
l
l

0.09
0.26
0.312928
33.89
4.64
11.20
0.07
10.23
6.19

9
4
9
51
101
33
157

19
1
14
25
67
4
12

112
92
90
73
553
185
66

l
l
l
l
l
l
l
g

14.38
10.19
7.62
2.73
110.65
5.82
3.51
0.17

0.11

69
66
59
80
94
80
49
77
83
28
-

45.04
6.78
10.37
33.80
13.26
12.64

157

60

13

1.34

41

193

699

626

317.64

74
81
55
64
46
82
98
71
82
93
96
47

122
19
83
83
116
154
36
15
57
57
22
17

68
10
52
184
9
65
19
6
69
37
11
20

531
116
162
465
106
1014
2111
54
557
1183
901
137

l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l

40.67
10.03
195.42
17.13
46.30
13.77
0.76
6.46
29.50
0.52
3.37
29.04

98
66
76
45
88
94
nd

14
274
55
221
25
30

0
40
260
27
5
7

785
601
1039
199
222
571

l
t
t
t
l
l
e

29.12
3.09
8.93
0.81
141.82
0.71
0.41

98
63
71
65
90
91
92
79
58
62
65
82

3
52
65
85
46
28
85
147
97
137
45
38

0
99
3
50
14
2
12
315
16
124
6
367

265
266
170
250
567
325
1143
1657
156
435
95
1817

l
r
m
t
l
l
t
t
t
l
t
l

15.05
1,361.76
0.88
4.22
1,214.46
232.52
75.08
31.47
7.29
127.00
6.47
15.75

55
62
54
94
90
60
62
0
52
98
96
88
94

75
136
132
57
20
89
54
9
33
8
10
45
52

95
63
6
56
26
34
68
0
44
4
2
5
8

207
326
162
1703
420
185
201
0
84
646
329
400
933

l
l
t
l
l
t
l
e
l
l
l
t
l

23.99
48.50
3.05
5.55
6.44
4.25
27.91
0.31
2.70
50.50
29.85
2.91
184.75

45

46

43

4.41

83
59
88
4
95
88
92
90
74
98

62
115
81
18
15
67
63
40
78
81

80
6
27
20
15
30
79
41
58
36

701
174
793
2
588
653
1549
760
393
4645

l
t
t
c
l
t
l
l
t
l

93.62
1.51
26.25
4.84
20.41
22.51
7.07
68.14
75.71
5.18

83
93
68
90

127
100
62
11

17
43
194
3

705
1956
546
126

t
l
l
t

4.71
27.79
89.03
24.26

62
1
30
1

144
154
68
93

60
280
137
594

335
4
88
9

l
m
l
k

3.17
8.39
9.59
10.70

19

28

722

173

2
42

75
39

105
31

4
52

m
m

3.76
7.50
4.41
10.41
5.48

5
3
10
20
81
32
0
0
45
12
7
13

586
59
83
57
127
195
176
58
127
61
798
49

415
365
394
314
25
1237
340
199
256
37
158
52

52
12
52
92
626
677
1
0
315
14
67
15

25
33
34
10
8
78
57
18

36
65
33
112
40
99
26
102

0
372
319
331
243
125
105
347

12
213
180
52
26
809
175
97

68
9
2
52
3

111
106
80
100
41

152
157
245
292
143

559
26
6
433
6

m
m
m
m
m
m
m
m
m
m
m
m
m
m
l
m
k
m
m
m
l
m
m
m
m
m
l
d

75
71
42
1
40

409
11
235
8
0

279
11
46
6
0

2093
58
206
0
0

q
l
l
c
c

1.34
5.35
62.64
82.06
11.18
9.97
0.33
4.59
60.10
2.24
3.26
0.49
2.04
0.41
3.58
16.65
4.86
38.04
10.73
21.19
140.37
5.41
2.02
45.32
9.29
7.59
45.43
61.90
0.00
21.51
0.85
4.30
6.89
0.54

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