Freshwater withdrawal — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal — G7

Freshwater withdrawal in the G7 in 2022 — 652.54 km³. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 6.4%.

2022 653 km³ +0% vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 746 km³1992
Period minimum 641 km³2010

Trend over time

1980–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — G7, 1980–20226006507007501980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 697.19 km³1981: 692.04 km³1982: 686.88 km³1983: 681.73 km³1984: 676.58 km³1985: 671.42 km³1986: 708.74 km³1987: 704.39 km³1988: 700.07 km³1989: 695.75 km³1990: 691.43 km³1991: 740.62 km³1992: 746.05 km³1993: 743.82 km³1994: 741.65 km³1995: 739.41 km³1996: 737.59 km³1997: 736.96 km³1998: 737.92 km³1999: 739.46 km³2000: 741.01 km³2001: 737.03 km³2002: 732.95 km³2003: 730.8 km³2004: 728.75 km³2005: 726.85 km³2006: 711.09 km³2007: 683.92 km³2008: 694.2 km³2009: 660.81 km³2010: 640.54 km³2011: 648.35 km³2012: 649.65 km³2013: 645.84 km³2014: 655.69 km³2015: 660.01 km³2016: 653.15 km³2017: 656.73 km³2018: 655.59 km³2019: 653.21 km³2020: 652.94 km³2021: 652.51 km³2022: 652.54 km³
Change over the period: −45 (−6.4%) Average annual rate: -0.16 %

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7

G7 653 km³
World 3,853 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 653 +0 +0%
2021 653 −0 −0.07%
2020 653 −0 −0.04%
2019 653 −2 −0.36%
2018 656 −1 −0.17%
2017 657 +4 +0.55%
2016 653 −7 −1.04%
2015 660 +4 +0.66%
2014 656 +10 +1.53%
2013 646 −4 −0.59%
2012 650 +1 +0.2%
2011 648 +8 +1.22%
2010 641 −20 −3.07%
2009 661 −33 −4.81%
2008 694 +10 +1.5%
2007 684 −27 −3.82%
2006 711 −16 −2.17%
2005 727 −2 −0.26%
2004 729 −2 −0.28%
2003 731 −2 −0.29%
2002 733 −4 −0.55%
2001 737 −4 −0.54%
2000 741 +2 +0.21%
1999 739 +2 +0.21%
1998 738 +1 +0.13%
1997 737 −1 −0.09%
1996 738 −2 −0.25%
1995 739 −2 −0.3%
1994 742 −2 −0.29%
1993 744 −2 −0.3%
1992 746 +5 +0.73%
1991 741 +49 +7.11%
1990 691 −4 −0.62%
1989 696 −4 −0.62%
1988 700 −4 −0.61%
1987 704 −4 −0.61%
1986 709 +37 +5.56%
1985 671 −5 −0.76%
1984 677 −5 −0.76%
1983 682 −5 −0.75%
1982 687 −5 −0.74%
1981 692 −5 −0.74%
1980 697

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.