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Freshwater withdrawal — Greece

Freshwater withdrawal in Greece in 2022 — 10.05 km³. Ranked 47 in the world out of 179. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 136.2%.

2022 10 km³ −0.4% vs 2021
World rank 47of 179
Period maximum 10 km³2016
Period minimum 4 km³1970

Trend over time

1970–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Greece, 1970–2022468101219701976198219881994200020062012201820221970: 4.25 km³1971: 4.26 km³1972: 4.26 km³1973: 4.27 km³1974: 4.27 km³1975: 4.28 km³1976: 4.43 km³1977: 4.58 km³1978: 4.73 km³1979: 4.88 km³1980: 5.03 km³1981: 5.12 km³1982: 5.21 km³1983: 5.3 km³1984: 5.39 km³1985: 5.49 km³1986: 5.96 km³1987: 6.43 km³1988: 6.91 km³1989: 7.38 km³1990: 7.85 km³1991: 7.95 km³1992: 8.04 km³1993: 7.95 km³1994: 7.87 km³1995: 7.79 km³1996: 8.24 km³1997: 8.69 km³1998: 8.8 km³1999: 8.91 km³2000: 9.02 km³2001: 9.13 km³2002: 9.24 km³2003: 9.37 km³2004: 9.51 km³2005: 9.64 km³2006: 9.63 km³2007: 9.62 km³2008: 9.7 km³2009: 9.78 km³2010: 9.86 km³2011: 9.94 km³2012: 9.94 km³2013: 9.93 km³2014: 9.92 km³2015: 9.91 km³2016: 10.14 km³2017: 10.13 km³2018: 10.12 km³2019: 10.12 km³2020: 10.12 km³2021: 10.09 km³2022: 10.05 km³
Change over the period: +6 (+136.18%) Average annual rate: 1.67 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Greece 10 km³
World 3,853 km³
Europe & Central Asia 476 km³
Southern Europe computed 91 km³
High-income countries computed 942 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Greece, by year Greece All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 10 −0 −0.4%
2021 10 −0 −0.35%
2020 10 +0 +0.07%
2019 10 −0 −0.07%
2018 10 −0 −0.12%
2017 10 −0 −0.02%
2016 10 +0 +2.3%
2015 10 −0 −0.08%
2014 10 −0 −0.09%
2013 10 −0 −0.1%
2012 10 +0 +0%
2011 10 +0 +0.81%
2010 10 +0 +0.8%
2009 10 +0 +0.82%
2008 10 +0 +0.82%
2007 10 −0 −0.12%
2006 10 −0 −0.12%
2005 10 +0 +1.43%
2004 10 +0 +1.45%
2003 9 +0 +1.47%
2002 9 +0 +1.21%
2001 9 +0 +1.22%
2000 9 +0 +1.24%
1999 9 +0 +1.25%
1998 9 +0 +1.27%
1997 9 +0 +5.45%
1996 8 +0 +5.77%
1995 8 −0 −1.06%
1994 8 −0 −1.05%
1993 8 −0 −1.04%
1992 8 +0 +1.17%
1991 8 +0 +1.18%
1990 8 +0 +6.41%
1989 7 +0 +6.85%
1988 7 +0 +7.36%
1987 6 +0 +7.94%
1986 6 +0 +8.63%
1985 5 +0 +1.69%
1984 5 +0 +1.72%
1983 5 +0 +1.75%
1982 5 +0 +1.78%
1981 5 +0 +1.81%
1980 5 +0 +3.09%
1979 5 +0 +3.19%
1978 5 +0 +3.3%
1977 5 +0 +3.41%
1976 4 +0 +3.53%
1975 4 +0 +0.1%
1974 4 +0 +0.1%
1973 4 +0 +0.1%
1972 4 +0 +0.1%
1971 4 +0 +0.1%
1970 4 — —

Southern Europe, 2022

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

IT Italy 34 ES Spain 29 GR Greece 10 PT Portugal 6 RS Serbia 5 ME Montenegro 2 MK North Macedonia 2 SI Slovenia 1 AL Albania 1 HR Croatia 1 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 MT Malta 0 MC Monaco 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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