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Freshwater withdrawal — Iraq

Freshwater withdrawal in Iraq in 2022 — 42.42 km³. Ranked 17 in the world out of 179. Since 1975, the indicator has risen by 4.6%.

2022 42 km³ +0% vs 2021
World rank 17of 179
Period maximum 66 km³2000
Period minimum 34 km³2018

Trend over time

1975–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Iraq, 1975–2022304050607019751980198519901995200020052010201520201975: 40.56 km³1976: 40.61 km³1977: 40.65 km³1978: 40.7 km³1979: 40.75 km³1980: 40.8 km³1981: 40.84 km³1982: 40.89 km³1983: 40.93 km³1984: 40.98 km³1985: 41.02 km³1986: 41.38 km³1987: 41.73 km³1988: 42.09 km³1989: 42.44 km³1990: 42.8 km³1991: 45.12 km³1992: 47.44 km³1993: 49.76 km³1994: 52.08 km³1995: 54.4 km³1996: 56.72 km³1997: 59.03 km³1998: 61.35 km³1999: 63.67 km³2000: 65.99 km³2001: 64.14 km³2002: 62.28 km³2003: 60.42 km³2004: 58.56 km³2005: 56.71 km³2006: 54.85 km³2007: 52.99 km³2008: 51.13 km³2009: 49.28 km³2010: 47.42 km³2011: 45.56 km³2012: 43.7 km³2013: 41.84 km³2014: 39.98 km³2015: 34.9 km³2016: 38.51 km³2017: 43.06 km³2018: 33.56 km³2019: 56.62 km³2020: 45.04 km³2021: 42.42 km³2022: 42.42 km³
Change over the period: +2 (+4.59%) Average annual rate: 0.1 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Iraq 42 km³
World 3,853 km³
Middle East & North Africa 492 km³
Western Asia computed 173 km³
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1,368 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 42 +0 +0%
2021 42 −3 −5.81%
2020 45 −12 −20.45%
2019 57 +23 +68.69%
2018 34 −9 −22.06%
2017 43 +5 +11.82%
2016 39 +4 +10.33%
2015 35 −5 −12.7%
2014 40 −2 −4.44%
2013 42 −2 −4.25%
2012 44 −2 −4.09%
2011 46 −2 −3.92%
2010 47 −2 −3.77%
2009 49 −2 −3.63%
2008 51 −2 −3.51%
2007 53 −2 −3.39%
2006 55 −2 −3.28%
2005 57 −2 −3.17%
2004 59 −2 −3.07%
2003 60 −2 −2.98%
2002 62 −2 −2.9%
2001 64 −2 −2.81%
2000 66 +2 +3.64%
1999 64 +2 +3.78%
1998 61 +2 +3.93%
1997 59 +2 +4.08%
1996 57 +2 +4.26%
1995 54 +2 +4.45%
1994 52 +2 +4.66%
1993 50 +2 +4.89%
1992 47 +2 +5.14%
1991 45 +2 +5.42%
1990 43 +0 +0.84%
1989 42 +0 +0.85%
1988 42 +0 +0.85%
1987 42 +0 +0.86%
1986 41 +0 +0.87%
1985 41 +0 +0.11%
1984 41 +0 +0.11%
1983 41 +0 +0.11%
1982 41 +0 +0.11%
1981 41 +0 +0.11%
1980 41 +0 +0.12%
1979 41 +0 +0.12%
1978 41 +0 +0.12%
1977 41 +0 +0.12%
1976 41 +0 +0.12%
1975 41 — —

Western Asia, 2022

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

TR Türkiye 64 IQ Iraq 42 SA Saudi Arabia 23 SY Syria 14 AZ Azerbaijan 13 YE Yemen 4 AM Armenia 3 AE United Arab Emirates 2 LB Lebanon 2 OM Oman 2 GE Georgia 1 JO Jordan 1 KW Kuwait 1 QA Qatar 0 CY Cyprus 0 BH Bahrain 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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