Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources — OECD

Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources in the OECD in 2022 — 7.94%. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 6.98 pp.

2022 7.94% +0.05 pp vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 14.92%1980
Period minimum 7.75%2010

Trend over time

1980–2022 · % of internal resources

Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources — OECD, 1980–202268101214161980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 14.92%1981: 14.88%1982: 14.83%1983: 14.78%1984: 14.74%1985: 14.69%1986: 10.26%1987: 10.2%1988: 10.13%1989: 10.06%1990: 10.16%1991: 10.63%1992: 10.05%1993: 9.78%1994: 9.8%1995: 9.8%1996: 9.81%1997: 9.82%1998: 9.86%1999: 9.9%2000: 8.37%2001: 8.35%2002: 8.34%2003: 8.36%2004: 8.37%2005: 8.39%2006: 8.27%2007: 8.05%2008: 8.12%2009: 7.91%2010: 7.75%2011: 7.82%2012: 7.86%2013: 7.83%2014: 7.92%2015: 7.87%2016: 7.88%2017: 7.9%2018: 7.93%2019: 7.9%2020: 7.88%2021: 7.89%2022: 7.94%
Change over the period: −6.98 pp Annual average: -0.17 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

OECD 7.94%
World 9.01%
Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 7.94 +0.05 pp
2021 7.89 +0.01 pp
2020 7.88 −0.02 pp
2019 7.9 −0.03 pp
2018 7.93 +0.02 pp
2017 7.9 +0.03 pp
2016 7.88 +0 pp
2015 7.87 −0.04 pp
2014 7.92 +0.09 pp
2013 7.83 −0.03 pp
2012 7.86 +0.03 pp
2011 7.82 +0.08 pp
2010 7.75 −0.16 pp
2009 7.91 −0.21 pp
2008 8.12 +0.07 pp
2007 8.05 −0.22 pp
2006 8.27 −0.12 pp
2005 8.39 +0.02 pp
2004 8.37 +0.01 pp
2003 8.36 +0.02 pp
2002 8.34 −0.01 pp
2001 8.35 −0.02 pp
2000 8.37 −1.54 pp
1999 9.9 +0.04 pp
1998 9.86 +0.04 pp
1997 9.82 +0.01 pp
1996 9.81 +0.02 pp
1995 9.8 −0.01 pp
1994 9.8 +0.03 pp
1993 9.78 −0.27 pp
1992 10.05 −0.59 pp
1991 10.63 +0.48 pp
1990 10.16 +0.1 pp
1989 10.06 −0.07 pp
1988 10.13 −0.07 pp
1987 10.2 −0.07 pp
1986 10.26 −4.43 pp
1985 14.69 −0.05 pp
1984 14.74 −0.05 pp
1983 14.78 −0.05 pp
1982 14.83 −0.05 pp
1981 14.88 −0.05 pp
1980 14.92

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.