Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources — OPEC

Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources in OPEC in 2022 — 17.62%. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 7.02 pp.

2022 17.62% +0.02 pp vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 18.81%2019
Period minimum 10.41%1987

Trend over time

1980–2022 · % of internal resources

Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources — OPEC, 1980–20221012.51517.5201980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 10.59%1981: 10.81%1982: 11.02%1983: 11.24%1984: 11.45%1985: 11.67%1986: 11.92%1987: 10.41%1988: 10.65%1989: 10.89%1990: 11.11%1991: 11.47%1992: 13.15%1993: 13.55%1994: 14.37%1995: 15.19%1996: 15.57%1997: 15.96%1998: 16.34%1999: 16.72%2000: 17.09%2001: 17.26%2002: 17.45%2003: 17.62%2004: 17.8%2005: 17.93%2006: 18.06%2007: 18.08%2008: 17.95%2009: 17.82%2010: 17.69%2011: 17.54%2012: 17.4%2013: 17.26%2014: 17.14%2015: 16.85%2016: 17.13%2017: 17.61%2018: 16.88%2019: 18.81%2020: 17.87%2021: 17.59%2022: 17.62%
Change over the period: +7.02 pp Annual average: 0.17 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

OPEC 17.62%
World 9.01%
Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 17.62 +0.02 pp
2021 17.59 −0.28 pp
2020 17.87 −0.94 pp
2019 18.81 +1.93 pp
2018 16.88 −0.72 pp
2017 17.61 +0.47 pp
2016 17.13 +0.28 pp
2015 16.85 −0.28 pp
2014 17.14 −0.12 pp
2013 17.26 −0.14 pp
2012 17.4 −0.15 pp
2011 17.54 −0.15 pp
2010 17.69 −0.13 pp
2009 17.82 −0.13 pp
2008 17.95 −0.13 pp
2007 18.08 +0.02 pp
2006 18.06 +0.13 pp
2005 17.93 +0.13 pp
2004 17.8 +0.19 pp
2003 17.62 +0.17 pp
2002 17.45 +0.18 pp
2001 17.26 +0.17 pp
2000 17.09 +0.37 pp
1999 16.72 +0.38 pp
1998 16.34 +0.38 pp
1997 15.96 +0.38 pp
1996 15.57 +0.38 pp
1995 15.19 +0.82 pp
1994 14.37 +0.82 pp
1993 13.55 +0.4 pp
1992 13.15 +1.68 pp
1991 11.47 +0.36 pp
1990 11.11 +0.22 pp
1989 10.89 +0.24 pp
1988 10.65 +0.24 pp
1987 10.41 −1.52 pp
1986 11.92 +0.26 pp
1985 11.67 +0.22 pp
1984 11.45 +0.22 pp
1983 11.24 +0.22 pp
1982 11.02 +0.22 pp
1981 10.81 +0.22 pp
1980 10.59

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.