Freshwater withdrawal — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal — Colombia

Freshwater withdrawal in Colombia in 2022 — 24.26 km³. Ranked 32 in the world out of 179. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 213.2%.

2022 24 km³ +3.06% vs 2021
World rank 32of 179
Period maximum 24 km³2022
Period minimum 8 km³2000

Trend over time

2000–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Colombia, 2000–20220102030200020032006200920122015201820212000: 7.75 km³2001: 8.25 km³2002: 8.75 km³2003: 9.25 km³2004: 9.76 km³2005: 10.26 km³2006: 10.76 km³2007: 11.26 km³2008: 11.77 km³2009: 14.25 km³2010: 16.74 km³2011: 17.43 km³2012: 17.72 km³2013: 18.54 km³2014: 19.03 km³2015: 19.75 km³2016: 20.06 km³2017: 21.07 km³2018: 21.41 km³2019: 21.86 km³2020: 22.66 km³2021: 23.54 km³2022: 24.26 km³
Change over the period: +17 (+213.24%) Average annual rate: 5.33 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Colombia 24 km³
World 3,853 km³
South America computed 233 km³
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1,368 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Colombia, by year Colombia All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 24 +1 +3.06%
2021 24 +1 +3.88%
2020 23 +1 +3.68%
2019 22 +0 +2.1%
2018 21 +0 +1.59%
2017 21 +1 +5.05%
2016 20 +0 +1.55%
2015 20 +1 +3.82%
2014 19 +0 +2.63%
2013 19 +1 +4.63%
2012 18 +0 +1.62%
2011 17 +1 +4.15%
2010 17 +2 +17.46%
2009 14 +2 +21.08%
2008 12 +1 +4.49%
2007 11 +1 +4.67%
2006 11 +1 +4.9%
2005 10 +1 +5.15%
2004 10 +1 +5.43%
2003 9 +1 +5.74%
2002 9 +1 +6.09%
2001 8 +1 +6.49%
2000 8

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.