Freshwater withdrawal — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal — Italy

Freshwater withdrawal in Italy in 2022 — 33.78 km³. Ranked 22 in the world out of 179. Since 1970, the indicator has fallen by 18.8%.

2022 34 km³ +0.09% vs 2021
World rank 22of 179
Period maximum 54 km³2008
Period minimum 33 km³2007

Trend over time

1970–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Italy, 1970–20223040506019701976198219881994200020062012201820221970: 41.6 km³1971: 42.14 km³1972: 42.67 km³1973: 43.21 km³1974: 43.74 km³1975: 44.28 km³1976: 44.81 km³1977: 45.35 km³1978: 45.88 km³1979: 46.41 km³1980: 46.95 km³1981: 46.38 km³1982: 45.81 km³1983: 45.23 km³1984: 44.66 km³1985: 44.09 km³1986: 43.52 km³1987: 42.89 km³1988: 42.3 km³1989: 41.71 km³1990: 41.12 km³1991: 41.62 km³1992: 42.12 km³1993: 42.62 km³1994: 43.12 km³1995: 43.63 km³1996: 44.13 km³1997: 44.63 km³1998: 45.13 km³1999: 45.06 km³2000: 45.05 km³2001: 43.39 km³2002: 41.72 km³2003: 40.06 km³2004: 38.39 km³2005: 36.68 km³2006: 35.05 km³2007: 33.42 km³2008: 53.56 km³2009: 33.59 km³2010: 33.7 km³2011: 33.81 km³2012: 33.92 km³2013: 33.98 km³2014: 33.97 km³2015: 33.96 km³2016: 33.87 km³2017: 33.78 km³2018: 33.69 km³2019: 33.85 km³2020: 33.82 km³2021: 33.75 km³2022: 33.78 km³
Change over the period: −8 (−18.79%) Average annual rate: -0.4 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Italy 34 km³
World 3,853 km³
Southern Europe computed 91 km³
High-income countries computed 942 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Italy, by year Italy All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 34 +0 +0.09%
2021 34 −0 −0.2%
2020 34 −0 −0.08%
2019 34 +0 +0.47%
2018 34 −0 −0.27%
2017 34 −0 −0.27%
2016 34 −0 −0.27%
2015 34 −0 −0.03%
2014 34 −0 −0.03%
2013 34 +0 +0.2%
2012 34 +0 +0.32%
2011 34 +0 +0.32%
2010 34 +0 +0.32%
2009 34 −20 −37.28%
2008 54 +20 +60.29%
2007 33 −2 −4.66%
2006 35 −2 −4.45%
2005 37 −2 −4.46%
2004 38 −2 −4.16%
2003 40 −2 −3.99%
2002 42 −2 −3.84%
2001 43 −2 −3.7%
2000 45 −0 −0.03%
1999 45 −0 −0.13%
1998 45 +1 +1.12%
1997 45 +1 +1.13%
1996 44 +1 +1.15%
1995 44 +1 +1.16%
1994 43 +1 +1.17%
1993 43 +1 +1.19%
1992 42 +1 +1.2%
1991 42 +1 +1.22%
1990 41 −1 −1.41%
1989 42 −1 −1.39%
1988 42 −1 −1.37%
1987 43 −1 −1.43%
1986 44 −1 −1.3%
1985 44 −1 −1.28%
1984 45 −1 −1.26%
1983 45 −1 −1.25%
1982 46 −1 −1.23%
1981 46 −1 −1.22%
1980 47 +1 +1.15%
1979 46 +1 +1.16%
1978 46 +1 +1.18%
1977 45 +1 +1.19%
1976 45 +1 +1.21%
1975 44 +1 +1.23%
1974 44 +1 +1.24%
1973 43 +1 +1.26%
1972 43 +1 +1.27%
1971 42 +1 +1.29%
1970 42

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.