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Freshwater withdrawal — Bhutan

Freshwater withdrawal in Bhutan in 2022 — 0.34 km³. Ranked 137 in the world out of 179. Since 2008, the indicator has risen by 0%.

2022 0 km³ +0% vs 2021
World rank 137of 179
Period maximum 0 km³2008
Period minimum 0 km³2008

Trend over time

2008–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Bhutan, 2008–2022-1012200820102012201420162018202020222008: 0.34 km³2009: 0.34 km³2010: 0.34 km³2011: 0.34 km³2012: 0.34 km³2013: 0.34 km³2014: 0.34 km³2015: 0.34 km³2016: 0.34 km³2017: 0.34 km³2018: 0.34 km³2019: 0.34 km³2020: 0.34 km³2021: 0.34 km³2022: 0.34 km³
Change over the period: +0 (+0%) Average annual rate: 0 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Bhutan 0 km³
World 3,853 km³
South Asia 706 km³
Southern Asia computed 999 km³
Lower-middle-income countries computed 1,401 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Bhutan, by year Bhutan All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 0 +0 +0%
2021 0 +0 +0%
2020 0 +0 +0%
2019 0 +0 +0%
2018 0 +0 +0%
2017 0 +0 +0%
2016 0 +0 +0%
2015 0 +0 +0%
2014 0 +0 +0%
2013 0 +0 +0%
2012 0 +0 +0%
2011 0 +0 +0%
2010 0 +0 +0%
2009 0 +0 +0%
2008 0 — —

Southern Asia, 2022

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

IN India 648 PK Pakistan 179 IR Iran 93 BD Bangladesh 36 AF Afghanistan 20 LK Sri Lanka 13 NP Nepal 9 BT Bhutan 0 MV Maldives 0
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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.

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