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Freshwater withdrawal — Ethiopia

Freshwater withdrawal in Ethiopia in 2022 — 10.55 km³. Ranked 45 in the world out of 179. Since 2002, the indicator has risen by 89.8%.

2022 11 km³ +0% vs 2021
World rank 45of 179
Period maximum 11 km³2016
Period minimum 6 km³2002

Trend over time

2002–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Ethiopia, 2002–20224681012200220042006200820102012201420162018202020222002: 5.56 km³2003: 6.33 km³2004: 7.09 km³2005: 7.86 km³2006: 8.11 km³2007: 8.35 km³2008: 8.59 km³2009: 8.84 km³2010: 9.08 km³2011: 9.33 km³2012: 9.57 km³2013: 9.82 km³2014: 10.06 km³2015: 10.3 km³2016: 10.55 km³2017: 10.55 km³2018: 10.55 km³2019: 10.55 km³2020: 10.55 km³2021: 10.55 km³2022: 10.55 km³
Change over the period: +5 (+89.78%) Average annual rate: 3.26 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Ethiopia 11 km³
World 3,853 km³
Sub-Saharan Africa 133 km³
Eastern Africa computed 49 km³
Low-income countries computed 119 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Ethiopia, by year Ethiopia All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 11 +0 +0%
2021 11 +0 +0%
2020 11 +0 +0%
2019 11 +0 +0%
2018 11 +0 +0%
2017 11 −0 −0.02%
2016 11 +0 +2.39%
2015 10 +0 +2.43%
2014 10 +0 +2.49%
2013 10 +0 +2.55%
2012 10 +0 +2.62%
2011 9 +0 +2.69%
2010 9 +0 +2.76%
2009 9 +0 +2.84%
2008 9 +0 +2.93%
2007 8 +0 +3.02%
2006 8 +0 +3.11%
2005 8 +1 +10.82%
2004 7 +1 +12.14%
2003 6 +1 +13.81%
2002 6 — —

Eastern Africa, 2022

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

MG Madagascar 13 ET Ethiopia 11 TZ Tanzania 5 ZW Zimbabwe 5 KE Kenya 4 SO Somalia 3 ZM Zambia 2 MZ Mozambique 1 MW Malawi 1 SS South Sudan 1 UG Uganda 1 MU Mauritius 1 RW Rwanda 1 ER Eritrea 1 BI Burundi 0 DJ Djibouti 0 SC Seychelles 0 KM Comoros 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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