Freshwater withdrawal — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal — Ecuador

Freshwater withdrawal in Ecuador in 2022 — 9.92 km³. Ranked 48 in the world out of 179. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 5.9%.

2022 10 km³ +0% vs 2021
World rank 48of 179
Period maximum 10 km³2005
Period minimum 9 km³2000

Trend over time

2000–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Ecuador, 2000–202299101010200020032006200920122015201820212000: 9.37 km³2001: 9.48 km³2002: 9.59 km³2003: 9.7 km³2004: 9.81 km³2005: 9.92 km³2006: 9.92 km³2007: 9.92 km³2008: 9.92 km³2009: 9.92 km³2010: 9.92 km³2011: 9.92 km³2012: 9.92 km³2013: 9.92 km³2014: 9.92 km³2015: 9.92 km³2016: 9.92 km³2017: 9.92 km³2018: 9.92 km³2019: 9.92 km³2020: 9.92 km³2021: 9.92 km³2022: 9.92 km³
Change over the period: +1 (+5.87%) Average annual rate: 0.26 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Ecuador 10 km³
World 3,853 km³
South America computed 233 km³
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1,368 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Ecuador, by year Ecuador All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 10 +0 +0%
2021 10 +0 +0%
2020 10 +0 +0%
2019 10 +0 +0%
2018 10 +0 +0%
2017 10 +0 +0%
2016 10 +0 +0%
2015 10 +0 +0%
2014 10 +0 +0%
2013 10 +0 +0%
2012 10 +0 +0%
2011 10 +0 +0%
2010 10 +0 +0%
2009 10 +0 +0%
2008 10 +0 +0%
2007 10 +0 +0%
2006 10 +0 +0%
2005 10 +0 +1.12%
2004 10 +0 +1.13%
2003 10 +0 +1.15%
2002 10 +0 +1.16%
2001 9 +0 +1.17%
2000 9

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.