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Freshwater withdrawal — Egypt

Freshwater withdrawal in Egypt in 2022 — 77.5 km³. Ranked 11 in the world out of 179. Since 1975, the indicator has risen by 60.8%.

2022 78 km³ +0% vs 2021
World rank 11of 179
Period maximum 78 km³2017
Period minimum 48 km³1975

Trend over time

1975–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Egypt, 1975–2022405060708019751980198519901995200020052010201520201975: 48.2 km³1976: 48.58 km³1977: 48.97 km³1978: 49.35 km³1979: 49.73 km³1980: 50.12 km³1981: 50.5 km³1982: 50.88 km³1983: 51.27 km³1984: 51.65 km³1985: 52.03 km³1986: 52.42 km³1987: 52.8 km³1988: 53.18 km³1989: 53.57 km³1990: 53.93 km³1991: 54.31 km³1992: 54.69 km³1993: 54.88 km³1994: 56.68 km³1995: 58.48 km³1996: 60.29 km³1997: 62.09 km³1998: 63.9 km³1999: 65.7 km³2000: 57.03 km³2001: 58.71 km³2002: 60.38 km³2003: 62.06 km³2004: 63.74 km³2005: 65.42 km³2006: 67.09 km³2007: 68.77 km³2008: 70.45 km³2009: 72.12 km³2010: 73.8 km³2011: 71.65 km³2012: 72.3 km³2013: 73 km³2014: 60.7 km³2015: 60.9 km³2016: 60.65 km³2017: 77.5 km³2018: 77.5 km³2019: 77.5 km³2020: 77.5 km³2021: 77.5 km³2022: 77.5 km³
Change over the period: +29 (+60.79%) Average annual rate: 1.02 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Egypt 78 km³
World 3,853 km³
Middle East & North Africa 492 km³
Northern Africa computed 135 km³
Lower-middle-income countries computed 1,401 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Egypt, by year Egypt All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 78 +0 +0%
2021 78 +0 +0%
2020 78 +0 +0%
2019 78 +0 +0%
2018 78 +0 +0%
2017 78 +17 +27.78%
2016 61 −0 −0.41%
2015 61 +0 +0.33%
2014 61 −12 −16.85%
2013 73 +1 +0.97%
2012 72 +1 +0.91%
2011 72 −2 −2.91%
2010 74 +2 +2.33%
2009 72 +2 +2.38%
2008 70 +2 +2.44%
2007 69 +2 +2.5%
2006 67 +2 +2.56%
2005 65 +2 +2.63%
2004 64 +2 +2.7%
2003 62 +2 +2.78%
2002 60 +2 +2.86%
2001 59 +2 +2.94%
2000 57 −9 −13.2%
1999 66 +2 +2.83%
1998 64 +2 +2.91%
1997 62 +2 +3%
1996 60 +2 +3.09%
1995 58 +2 +3.18%
1994 57 +2 +3.29%
1993 55 +0 +0.34%
1992 55 +0 +0.71%
1991 54 +0 +0.71%
1990 54 +0 +0.67%
1989 54 +0 +0.72%
1988 53 +0 +0.73%
1987 53 +0 +0.73%
1986 52 +0 +0.74%
1985 52 +0 +0.74%
1984 52 +0 +0.75%
1983 51 +0 +0.75%
1982 51 +0 +0.76%
1981 51 +0 +0.76%
1980 50 +0 +0.77%
1979 50 +0 +0.78%
1978 49 +0 +0.78%
1977 49 +0 +0.79%
1976 49 +0 +0.8%
1975 48 — —

Northern Africa, 2022

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

EG Egypt 78 SD Sudan 27 MA Morocco 11 DZ Algeria 10 LY Libya 6 TN Tunisia 4
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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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