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Freshwater withdrawal — Brazil

Freshwater withdrawal in Brazil in 2022 — 67.94 km³. Ranked 12 in the world out of 179. Since 1987, the indicator has risen by 93.9%.

2022 68 km³ +0.94% vs 2021
World rank 12of 179
Period maximum 75 km³2010
Period minimum 35 km³1987

Trend over time

1987–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Brazil, 1987–202230405060708019871991199519992003200720112015201920221987: 35.04 km³1988: 37.24 km³1989: 39.45 km³1990: 41.65 km³1991: 43.85 km³1992: 46.06 km³1993: 48.26 km³1994: 50.46 km³1995: 52.67 km³1996: 54.83 km³1997: 55.15 km³1998: 55.47 km³1999: 55.79 km³2000: 56.11 km³2001: 56.43 km³2002: 56.75 km³2003: 57.07 km³2004: 57.39 km³2005: 57.71 km³2006: 58.03 km³2007: 62.22 km³2008: 66.4 km³2009: 70.59 km³2010: 74.77 km³2011: 72.32 km³2012: 69.86 km³2013: 67.41 km³2014: 65.02 km³2015: 63.86 km³2016: 66.31 km³2017: 65.68 km³2018: 66.5 km³2019: 67.44 km³2020: 67.08 km³2021: 67.31 km³2022: 67.94 km³
Change over the period: +33 (+93.89%) Average annual rate: 1.91 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Brazil 68 km³
World 3,853 km³
Latin America & Caribbean 354 km³
South America computed 233 km³
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1,368 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Brazil, by year Brazil All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 68 +1 +0.94%
2021 67 +0 +0.34%
2020 67 −0 −0.53%
2019 67 +1 +1.41%
2018 67 +1 +1.25%
2017 66 −1 −0.95%
2016 66 +2 +3.84%
2015 64 −1 −1.79%
2014 65 −2 −3.54%
2013 67 −2 −3.51%
2012 70 −2 −3.4%
2011 72 −2 −3.28%
2010 75 +4 +5.93%
2009 71 +4 +6.3%
2008 66 +4 +6.72%
2007 62 +4 +7.22%
2006 58 +0 +0.55%
2005 58 +0 +0.56%
2004 57 +0 +0.56%
2003 57 +0 +0.56%
2002 57 +0 +0.57%
2001 56 +0 +0.57%
2000 56 +0 +0.57%
1999 56 +0 +0.58%
1998 55 +0 +0.58%
1997 55 +0 +0.58%
1996 55 +2 +4.11%
1995 53 +2 +4.37%
1994 50 +2 +4.57%
1993 48 +2 +4.78%
1992 46 +2 +5.02%
1991 44 +2 +5.29%
1990 42 +2 +5.59%
1989 39 +2 +5.92%
1988 37 +2 +6.29%
1987 35 — —

South America, 2022

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

BR Brazil 68 AR Argentina 38 CL Chile 35 PE Peru 26 CO Colombia 24 VE Venezuela 23 EC Ecuador 10 UY Uruguay 5 PY Paraguay 2 GY Guyana 1 SR Suriname 1 BO Bolivia 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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