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Freshwater withdrawal — Libya

Freshwater withdrawal in Libya in 2022 — 5.72 km³. Ranked 62 in the world out of 179. Since 1975, the indicator has risen by 376.7%.

2022 6 km³ +0% vs 2021
World rank 62of 179
Period maximum 6 km³2012
Period minimum 1 km³1975

Trend over time

1975–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Libya, 1975–2022024619751980198519901995200020052010201520201975: 1.2 km³1976: 1.25 km³1977: 1.31 km³1978: 1.36 km³1979: 1.42 km³1980: 1.47 km³1981: 1.8 km³1982: 2.13 km³1983: 2.46 km³1984: 2.79 km³1985: 3.12 km³1986: 3.44 km³1987: 3.77 km³1988: 4.1 km³1989: 4.43 km³1990: 4.76 km³1991: 4.72 km³1992: 4.68 km³1993: 4.64 km³1994: 4.6 km³1995: 4.55 km³1996: 4.51 km³1997: 4.46 km³1998: 4.4 km³1999: 4.35 km³2000: 4.31 km³2001: 4.42 km³2002: 4.54 km³2003: 4.66 km³2004: 4.77 km³2005: 4.89 km³2006: 5.01 km³2007: 5.12 km³2008: 5.24 km³2009: 5.36 km³2010: 5.48 km³2011: 5.6 km³2012: 5.72 km³2013: 5.72 km³2014: 5.72 km³2015: 5.72 km³2016: 5.72 km³2017: 5.72 km³2018: 5.72 km³2019: 5.72 km³2020: 5.72 km³2021: 5.72 km³2022: 5.72 km³
Change over the period: +5 (+376.67%) Average annual rate: 3.38 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Libya 6 km³
World 3,853 km³
Middle East & North Africa 492 km³
Northern Africa computed 135 km³
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1,368 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Libya, by year Libya All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 6 +0 +0%
2021 6 +0 +0%
2020 6 +0 +0%
2019 6 +0 +0%
2018 6 +0 +0%
2017 6 +0 +0%
2016 6 +0 +0%
2015 6 +0 +0%
2014 6 +0 +0%
2013 6 +0 +0%
2012 6 +0 +2.13%
2011 6 +0 +2.17%
2010 5 +0 +2.22%
2009 5 +0 +2.27%
2008 5 +0 +2.32%
2007 5 +0 +2.38%
2006 5 +0 +2.44%
2005 5 +0 +2.43%
2004 5 +0 +2.49%
2003 5 +0 +2.55%
2002 5 +0 +2.62%
2001 4 +0 +2.69%
2000 4 −0 −1.04%
1999 4 −0 −1.04%
1998 4 −0 −1.43%
1997 4 −0 −1.01%
1996 5 −0 −1%
1995 5 −0 −0.99%
1994 5 −0 −0.86%
1993 5 −0 −0.85%
1992 5 −0 −0.85%
1991 5 −0 −0.84%
1990 5 +0 +7.42%
1989 4 +0 +8.02%
1988 4 +0 +8.72%
1987 4 +0 +9.55%
1986 3 +0 +10.56%
1985 3 +0 +11.81%
1984 3 +0 +13.39%
1983 2 +0 +15.46%
1982 2 +0 +18.29%
1981 2 +0 +22.38%
1980 1 +0 +3.81%
1979 1 +0 +3.96%
1978 1 +0 +4.13%
1977 1 +0 +4.31%
1976 1 +0 +4.5%
1975 1 — —

Northern Africa, 2022

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

EG Egypt 78 SD Sudan 27 MA Morocco 11 DZ Algeria 10 LY Libya 6 TN Tunisia 4
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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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