Freshwater withdrawal — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal — Afghanistan

Freshwater withdrawal in Afghanistan in 2022 — 20.28 km³. Ranked 36 in the world out of 179. Since 1975, the indicator has risen by 89.6%.

2022 20 km³ +0% vs 2021
World rank 36of 179
Period maximum 26 km³1987
Period minimum 11 km³1975

Trend over time

1975–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Afghanistan, 1975–2022101520253019751980198519901995200020052010201520201975: 10.7 km³1976: 11.98 km³1977: 13.27 km³1978: 14.55 km³1979: 15.84 km³1980: 17.12 km³1981: 18.41 km³1982: 19.69 km³1983: 20.97 km³1984: 22.26 km³1985: 23.54 km³1986: 24.83 km³1987: 26.11 km³1988: 25.58 km³1989: 25.05 km³1990: 24.52 km³1991: 23.99 km³1992: 23.46 km³1993: 22.93 km³1994: 22.4 km³1995: 21.87 km³1996: 21.34 km³1997: 20.81 km³1998: 20.28 km³1999: 20.28 km³2000: 20.28 km³2001: 20.28 km³2002: 20.28 km³2003: 20.28 km³2004: 20.28 km³2005: 20.28 km³2006: 20.28 km³2007: 20.28 km³2008: 20.28 km³2009: 20.28 km³2010: 20.28 km³2011: 20.28 km³2012: 20.28 km³2013: 20.28 km³2014: 20.28 km³2015: 20.28 km³2016: 20.28 km³2017: 20.28 km³2018: 20.28 km³2019: 20.28 km³2020: 20.28 km³2021: 20.28 km³2022: 20.28 km³
Change over the period: +10 (+89.55%) Average annual rate: 1.37 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Afghanistan 20 km³
World 3,853 km³
South Asia 706 km³
Southern Asia computed 999 km³
Low-income countries computed 119 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Afghanistan, by year Afghanistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 20 +0 +0%
2021 20 +0 +0%
2020 20 +0 +0%
2019 20 +0 +0%
2018 20 +0 +0%
2017 20 +0 +0%
2016 20 +0 +0%
2015 20 +0 +0%
2014 20 +0 +0%
2013 20 +0 +0%
2012 20 +0 +0%
2011 20 +0 +0%
2010 20 +0 +0%
2009 20 +0 +0%
2008 20 +0 +0%
2007 20 +0 +0%
2006 20 +0 +0%
2005 20 +0 +0%
2004 20 +0 +0%
2003 20 +0 +0%
2002 20 +0 +0%
2001 20 +0 +0%
2000 20 +0 +0%
1999 20 +0 +0%
1998 20 −1 −2.54%
1997 21 −1 −2.48%
1996 21 −1 −2.42%
1995 22 −1 −2.37%
1994 22 −1 −2.31%
1993 23 −1 −2.26%
1992 23 −1 −2.21%
1991 24 −1 −2.16%
1990 25 −1 −2.12%
1989 25 −1 −2.07%
1988 26 −1 −2.03%
1987 26 +1 +5.17%
1986 25 +1 +5.46%
1985 24 +1 +5.77%
1984 22 +1 +6.12%
1983 21 +1 +6.52%
1982 20 +1 +6.98%
1981 18 +1 +7.5%
1980 17 +1 +8.11%
1979 16 +1 +8.82%
1978 15 +1 +9.68%
1977 13 +1 +10.72%
1976 12 +1 +12%
1975 11

Southern Asia, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Annual freshwater withdrawal for all uses: irrigation, industry, municipal supply. More than two-thirds of global withdrawal goes to agriculture, so the volume is tied more closely to the area under irrigation than to the number of residents or the size of industry. Withdrawal is not consumption: part of the water returns to water bodies, though usually in worse condition.

Important: Withdrawal, not consumptive use. It can exceed a country's own renewable resources: the country then takes water from across the border, from non-renewable groundwater, or desalinates it.

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