Freshwater withdrawal — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal — Malawi

Freshwater withdrawal in Malawi in 2022 — 1.36 km³. Ranked 103 in the world out of 179. Since 1994, the indicator has risen by 45%.

2022 1 km³ +0% vs 2021
World rank 103of 179
Period maximum 1 km³2005
Period minimum 1 km³1994

Trend over time

1994–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Malawi, 1994–2022111119941997200020032006200920122015201820211994: 0.94 km³1995: 0.99 km³1996: 1.04 km³1997: 1.09 km³1998: 1.14 km³1999: 1.19 km³2000: 1.24 km³2001: 1.29 km³2002: 1.34 km³2003: 1.34 km³2004: 1.35 km³2005: 1.36 km³2006: 1.36 km³2007: 1.36 km³2008: 1.36 km³2009: 1.36 km³2010: 1.36 km³2011: 1.36 km³2012: 1.36 km³2013: 1.36 km³2014: 1.36 km³2015: 1.36 km³2016: 1.36 km³2017: 1.36 km³2018: 1.36 km³2019: 1.36 km³2020: 1.36 km³2021: 1.36 km³2022: 1.36 km³
Change over the period: +0 (+44.96%) Average annual rate: 1.33 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Malawi 1 km³
World 3,853 km³
Eastern Africa computed 49 km³
Low-income countries computed 119 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 1 +0 +0%
2021 1 +0 +0%
2020 1 +0 +0%
2019 1 +0 +0%
2018 1 +0 +0%
2017 1 +0 +0%
2016 1 +0 +0%
2015 1 +0 +0%
2014 1 +0 +0%
2013 1 +0 +0%
2012 1 +0 +0%
2011 1 +0 +0%
2010 1 +0 +0%
2009 1 +0 +0%
2008 1 +0 +0%
2007 1 +0 +0%
2006 1 +0 +0%
2005 1 +0 +0.46%
2004 1 +0 +0.47%
2003 1 +0 +0.47%
2002 1 +0 +3.95%
2001 1 +0 +4.12%
2000 1 +0 +4.22%
1999 1 +0 +4.4%
1998 1 +0 +4.61%
1997 1 +0 +4.83%
1996 1 +0 +5.08%
1995 1 +0 +5.35%
1994 1

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.