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Freshwater withdrawal — Gambia

Freshwater withdrawal in the Gambia in 2022 — 0.1 km³. Ranked 157 in the world out of 179. Since 1982, the indicator has risen by 408%.

2022 0 km³ +0% vs 2021
World rank 157of 179
Period maximum 0 km³2005
Period minimum 0 km³1982

Trend over time

1982–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Gambia, 1982–20220000198219861990199419982002200620102014201820221982: 0.02 km³1983: 0.02 km³1984: 0.03 km³1985: 0.03 km³1986: 0.04 km³1987: 0.04 km³1988: 0.04 km³1989: 0.05 km³1990: 0.05 km³1991: 0.06 km³1992: 0.06 km³1993: 0.06 km³1994: 0.07 km³1995: 0.07 km³1996: 0.08 km³1997: 0.08 km³1998: 0.08 km³1999: 0.09 km³2000: 0.09 km³2001: 0.09 km³2002: 0.09 km³2003: 0.1 km³2004: 0.1 km³2005: 0.1 km³2006: 0.1 km³2007: 0.1 km³2008: 0.1 km³2009: 0.1 km³2010: 0.1 km³2011: 0.1 km³2012: 0.1 km³2013: 0.1 km³2014: 0.1 km³2015: 0.1 km³2016: 0.1 km³2017: 0.1 km³2018: 0.1 km³2019: 0.1 km³2020: 0.1 km³2021: 0.1 km³2022: 0.1 km³
Change over the period: +0 (+408%) Average annual rate: 4.15 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Gambia 0 km³
World 3,853 km³
Sub-Saharan Africa 133 km³
Western Africa computed 30 km³
Low-income countries computed 119 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 0 +0 +0%
2021 0 +0 +0%
2020 0 +0 +0%
2019 0 +0 +0%
2018 0 +0 +0%
2017 0 +0 +0%
2016 0 +0 +0%
2015 0 +0 +0%
2014 0 +0 +0%
2013 0 +0 +0%
2012 0 +0 +0%
2011 0 +0 +0%
2010 0 +0 +0%
2009 0 +0 +0%
2008 0 +0 +0%
2007 0 +0 +0%
2006 0 +0 +0%
2005 0 +0 +2.23%
2004 0 +0 +2.28%
2003 0 +0 +2.34%
2002 0 +0 +2.39%
2001 0 +0 +2.45%
2000 0 +0 +3.13%
1999 0 +0 +4.76%
1998 0 +0 +5%
1997 0 +0 +5.26%
1996 0 +0 +5.55%
1995 0 +0 +5.88%
1994 0 +0 +6.24%
1993 0 +0 +6.66%
1992 0 +0 +7.13%
1991 0 +0 +7.68%
1990 0 +0 +8.32%
1989 0 +0 +9.08%
1988 0 +0 +9.98%
1987 0 +0 +11.09%
1986 0 +0 +12.47%
1985 0 +0 +14.25%
1984 0 +0 +16.62%
1983 0 +0 +19.93%
1982 0 — —

Western Africa, 2022

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

NG Nigeria 12 ML Mali 5 SN Senegal 3 NE Niger 3 GH Ghana 1 MR Mauritania 1 CI Côte d'Ivoire 1 GN Guinea 1 BF Burkina Faso 1 TG Togo 0 SL Sierra Leone 0 CV Cabo Verde 0 GW Guinea-Bissau 0 LR Liberia 0 BJ Benin 0 GM Gambia 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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