Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources — Iceland

Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources in Iceland in 2022 — 0.17%. Ranked 10 in the world out of 175. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 0.11 pp.

2022 0.17% +0 pp vs 2021
World rank 10of 175
Period maximum 0.17%2012
Period minimum 0.06%1980

Trend over time

1980–2022 · % of internal resources

Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources — Iceland, 1980–20220.050.10.150.21980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 0.06%1981: 0.06%1982: 0.06%1983: 0.06%1984: 0.07%1985: 0.07%1986: 0.07%1987: 0.08%1988: 0.09%1989: 0.09%1990: 0.1%1991: 0.1%1992: 0.1%1993: 0.1%1994: 0.1%1995: 0.1%1996: 0.1%1997: 0.1%1998: 0.1%1999: 0.1%2000: 0.1%2001: 0.1%2002: 0.1%2003: 0.1%2004: 0.1%2005: 0.11%2006: 0.12%2007: 0.13%2008: 0.14%2009: 0.15%2010: 0.15%2011: 0.16%2012: 0.17%2013: 0.17%2014: 0.16%2015: 0.16%2016: 0.15%2017: 0.17%2018: 0.17%2019: 0.17%2020: 0.17%2021: 0.17%2022: 0.17%
Change over the period: +0.11 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

Iceland 0.17%
World 9.01%
Northern Europe computed 1.97%
Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources — Iceland, by year Iceland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 0.17 +0 pp
2021 0.17 +0 pp
2020 0.17 +0 pp
2019 0.17 +0 pp
2018 0.17 +0 pp
2017 0.17 +0.02 pp
2016 0.15 −0.01 pp
2015 0.16 +0 pp
2014 0.16 −0.01 pp
2013 0.17 −0 pp
2012 0.17 +0.01 pp
2011 0.16 +0.01 pp
2010 0.15 +0.01 pp
2009 0.15 +0.01 pp
2008 0.14 +0.01 pp
2007 0.13 +0.01 pp
2006 0.12 +0.01 pp
2005 0.11 +0.01 pp
2004 0.1 +0 pp
2003 0.1 +0 pp
2002 0.1 +0 pp
2001 0.1 +0 pp
2000 0.1 −0 pp
1999 0.1 −0 pp
1998 0.1 −0 pp
1997 0.1 −0 pp
1996 0.1 −0 pp
1995 0.1 −0 pp
1994 0.1 −0 pp
1993 0.1 −0 pp
1992 0.1 +0 pp
1991 0.1 +0 pp
1990 0.1 +0.01 pp
1989 0.09 +0.01 pp
1988 0.09 +0.01 pp
1987 0.08 +0.01 pp
1986 0.07 +0.01 pp
1985 0.07 +0 pp
1984 0.07 +0 pp
1983 0.06 +0 pp
1982 0.06 +0 pp
1981 0.06 +0 pp
1980 0.06

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.