Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources — G20

Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources in the G20 in 2022 — 10.2%. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 0.23 pp.

2022 10.2% +0.03 pp vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 10.31%1991
Period minimum 9.06%1993

Trend over time

1990–2022 · % of internal resources

Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources — G20, 1990–202299.51010.51990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 9.97%1991: 10.31%1992: 9.11%1993: 9.06%1994: 9.11%1995: 9.18%1996: 9.27%1997: 9.35%1998: 9.44%1999: 9.53%2000: 9.67%2001: 9.71%2002: 9.8%2003: 9.89%2004: 9.79%2005: 9.86%2006: 9.89%2007: 9.84%2008: 9.98%2009: 9.94%2010: 9.97%2011: 10.03%2012: 10.11%2013: 10.12%2014: 10.2%2015: 10.19%2016: 10.29%2017: 10.28%2018: 10.29%2019: 10.28%2020: 10.17%2021: 10.17%2022: 10.2%
Change over the period: +0.23 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20

G20 10.2%
World 9.01%
Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 10.2 +0.03 pp
2021 10.17 −0 pp
2020 10.17 −0.1 pp
2019 10.28 −0.01 pp
2018 10.29 +0 pp
2017 10.28 −0.01 pp
2016 10.29 +0.1 pp
2015 10.19 −0.01 pp
2014 10.2 +0.08 pp
2013 10.12 +0.01 pp
2012 10.11 +0.08 pp
2011 10.03 +0.06 pp
2010 9.97 +0.03 pp
2009 9.94 −0.04 pp
2008 9.98 +0.14 pp
2007 9.84 −0.04 pp
2006 9.89 +0.02 pp
2005 9.86 +0.07 pp
2004 9.79 −0.1 pp
2003 9.89 +0.09 pp
2002 9.8 +0.09 pp
2001 9.71 +0.04 pp
2000 9.67 +0.14 pp
1999 9.53 +0.09 pp
1998 9.44 +0.09 pp
1997 9.35 +0.08 pp
1996 9.27 +0.09 pp
1995 9.18 +0.07 pp
1994 9.11 +0.05 pp
1993 9.06 −0.05 pp
1992 9.11 −1.2 pp
1991 10.31 +0.34 pp
1990 9.97

About the indicator

Annual freshwater withdrawal for all uses (agriculture, industry, municipal supply) as a percent of internal renewable water resources. Values above 25 percent are taken as a sign of water stress, and values above 70 percent as a sign of critical scarcity. The indicator can exceed 100 percent where a country draws on transboundary flow or on non-renewable groundwater.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by water resources: it is the entire withdrawal of the group divided by all of its resources. Values above one hundred percent are not an error — they mean withdrawal from non-renewable stocks or desalination.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.