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Freshwater withdrawal — Japan

Freshwater withdrawal in Japan in 2022 — 79.7 km³. Ranked 10 in the world out of 179. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 9.6%.

2022 80 km³ +0% vs 2021
World rank 10of 179
Period maximum 91 km³1992
Period minimum 78 km³2019

Trend over time

1980–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Japan, 1980–202275808590951980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 88.2 km³1981: 88.48 km³1982: 88.76 km³1983: 89.04 km³1984: 89.32 km³1985: 89.6 km³1986: 89.88 km³1987: 90.16 km³1988: 90.44 km³1989: 90.72 km³1990: 91 km³1991: 91.2 km³1992: 91.4 km³1993: 90.56 km³1994: 89.72 km³1995: 88.84 km³1996: 89.02 km³1997: 89.19 km³1998: 89.59 km³1999: 90 km³2000: 90.4 km³2001: 87.43 km³2002: 84.45 km³2003: 84.11 km³2004: 83.77 km³2005: 83.43 km³2006: 83.09 km³2007: 82.75 km³2008: 81.99 km³2009: 81.22 km³2010: 81 km³2011: 80.79 km³2012: 80.57 km³2013: 80.35 km³2014: 80.13 km³2015: 79.92 km³2016: 79.7 km³2017: 79.3 km³2018: 79.1 km³2019: 78.4 km³2020: 79.7 km³2021: 79.7 km³2022: 79.7 km³
Change over the period: −9 (−9.64%) Average annual rate: -0.24 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Japan 80 km³
World 3,853 km³
East Asia & Pacific 1,212 km³
Eastern Asia computed 686 km³
High-income countries computed 942 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Japan, by year Japan All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 80 +0 +0%
2021 80 +0 +0%
2020 80 +1 +1.66%
2019 78 −1 −0.88%
2018 79 −0 −0.25%
2017 79 −0 −0.5%
2016 80 −0 −0.27%
2015 80 −0 −0.27%
2014 80 −0 −0.27%
2013 80 −0 −0.27%
2012 81 −0 −0.27%
2011 81 −0 −0.27%
2010 81 −0 −0.27%
2009 81 −1 −0.93%
2008 82 −1 −0.92%
2007 83 −0 −0.41%
2006 83 −0 −0.41%
2005 83 −0 −0.41%
2004 84 −0 −0.4%
2003 84 −0 −0.4%
2002 84 −3 −3.4%
2001 87 −3 −3.29%
2000 90 +0 +0.45%
1999 90 +0 +0.45%
1998 90 +0 +0.45%
1997 89 +0 +0.2%
1996 89 +0 +0.2%
1995 89 −1 −0.98%
1994 90 −1 −0.93%
1993 91 −1 −0.92%
1992 91 +0 +0.22%
1991 91 +0 +0.22%
1990 91 +0 +0.31%
1989 91 +0 +0.31%
1988 90 +0 +0.31%
1987 90 +0 +0.31%
1986 90 +0 +0.31%
1985 90 +0 +0.31%
1984 89 +0 +0.31%
1983 89 +0 +0.32%
1982 89 +0 +0.32%
1981 88 +0 +0.32%
1980 88 — —

Eastern Asia, 2022

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

CN China 568 JP Japan 80 KR South Korea 29 KP North Korea 9 MN Mongolia 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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