Freshwater withdrawal — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal — Euro area

Freshwater withdrawal in the Euro area in 2022 — 159.05 km³. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 2.8%.

2022 159 km³ +0.4% vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 219 km³1992
Period minimum 157 km³1990

Trend over time

1980–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Euro area, 1980–20221401601802002201980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 163.62 km³1981: 165.07 km³1982: 166.53 km³1983: 167.99 km³1984: 169.45 km³1985: 170.9 km³1986: 170.82 km³1987: 168.29 km³1988: 165.79 km³1989: 163.29 km³1990: 156.97 km³1991: 211.18 km³1992: 219.42 km³1993: 219.37 km³1994: 217.72 km³1995: 219.13 km³1996: 215.23 km³1997: 212.79 km³1998: 212.44 km³1999: 213.01 km³2000: 214.21 km³2001: 211.79 km³2002: 212.16 km³2003: 210.87 km³2004: 209.65 km³2005: 208.59 km³2006: 203.47 km³2007: 190.98 km³2008: 214.17 km³2009: 195.48 km³2010: 186.76 km³2011: 189.99 km³2012: 185.87 km³2013: 171.58 km³2014: 175.74 km³2015: 171.79 km³2016: 164.02 km³2017: 164.39 km³2018: 162.82 km³2019: 160.99 km³2020: 158.73 km³2021: 158.41 km³2022: 159.05 km³
Change over the period: −5 (−2.79%) Average annual rate: -0.07 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Euro area 159 km³
World 3,853 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 159 +1 +0.4%
2021 158 −0 −0.2%
2020 159 −2 −1.4%
2019 161 −2 −1.12%
2018 163 −2 −0.96%
2017 164 +0 +0.23%
2016 164 −8 −4.52%
2015 172 −4 −2.25%
2014 176 +4 +2.43%
2013 172 −14 −7.69%
2012 186 −4 −2.17%
2011 190 +3 +1.73%
2010 187 −9 −4.46%
2009 195 −19 −8.73%
2008 214 +23 +12.14%
2007 191 −12 −6.14%
2006 203 −5 −2.45%
2005 209 −1 −0.51%
2004 210 −1 −0.58%
2003 211 −1 −0.61%
2002 212 +0 +0.17%
2001 212 −2 −1.13%
2000 214 +1 +0.56%
1999 213 +1 +0.27%
1998 212 −0 −0.16%
1997 213 −2 −1.13%
1996 215 −4 −1.78%
1995 219 +1 +0.64%
1994 218 −2 −0.75%
1993 219 −0 −0.02%
1992 219 +8 +3.9%
1991 211 +54 +34.53%
1990 157 −6 −3.87%
1989 163 −3 −1.51%
1988 166 −3 −1.49%
1987 168 −3 −1.48%
1986 171 −0 −0.04%
1985 171 +1 +0.86%
1984 169 +1 +0.87%
1983 168 +1 +0.87%
1982 167 +1 +0.88%
1981 165 +1 +0.89%
1980 164

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.