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Freshwater withdrawal — Malta

Freshwater withdrawal in Malta in 2022 — 0.04 km³. Ranked 168 in the world out of 179. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 83.3%.

2022 0 km³ −7.48% vs 2021
World rank 168of 179
Period maximum 0 km³2013
Period minimum 0 km³1980

Trend over time

1980–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Malta, 1980–202200001980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 0.02 km³1981: 0.02 km³1982: 0.02 km³1983: 0.03 km³1984: 0.03 km³1985: 0.03 km³1986: 0.03 km³1987: 0.03 km³1988: 0.03 km³1989: 0.03 km³1990: 0.03 km³1991: 0.02 km³1992: 0.02 km³1993: 0.02 km³1994: 0.02 km³1995: 0.02 km³1996: 0.02 km³1997: 0.03 km³1998: 0.03 km³1999: 0.03 km³2000: 0.03 km³2001: 0.03 km³2002: 0.03 km³2003: 0.03 km³2004: 0.03 km³2005: 0.04 km³2006: 0.04 km³2007: 0.04 km³2008: 0.04 km³2009: 0.03 km³2010: 0.04 km³2011: 0.04 km³2012: 0.04 km³2013: 0.05 km³2014: 0.05 km³2015: 0.04 km³2016: 0.04 km³2017: 0.05 km³2018: 0.04 km³2019: 0.04 km³2020: 0.04 km³2021: 0.04 km³2022: 0.04 km³
Change over the period: +0 (+83.32%) Average annual rate: 1.45 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Malta 0 km³
World 3,853 km³
Europe & Central Asia 476 km³
Southern Europe computed 91 km³
High-income countries computed 942 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Malta, by year Malta All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 0 −0 −7.48%
2021 0 −0 −4.05%
2020 0 +0 +1.38%
2019 0 −0 −4.68%
2018 0 −0 −7.1%
2017 0 +0 +9.79%
2016 0 +0 +0.24%
2015 0 −0 −7.11%
2014 0 −0 −2.39%
2013 0 +0 +14.96%
2012 0 +0 +5.25%
2011 0 −0 −6.85%
2010 0 +0 +29.02%
2009 0 −0 −11.45%
2008 0 −0 −2.72%
2007 0 +0 +1.55%
2006 0 +0 +1.57%
2005 0 +0 +3.12%
2004 0 +0 +0.12%
2003 0 +0 +1.65%
2002 0 +0 +4.71%
2001 0 +0 +4.94%
2000 0 +0 +5.2%
1999 0 +0 +5.48%
1998 0 +0 +5.8%
1997 0 +0 +6.16%
1996 0 +0 +6.56%
1995 0 −0 −1.52%
1994 0 −0 −1.5%
1993 0 −0 −1.48%
1992 0 −0 −1.46%
1991 0 −0 −1.43%
1990 0 −0 −1.41%
1989 0 −0 −1.39%
1988 0 −0 −1.38%
1987 0 −0 −1.36%
1986 0 −0 −1.34%
1985 0 −0 −9.12%
1984 0 +0 +8.82%
1983 0 +0 +9.68%
1982 0 +0 +10.71%
1981 0 +0 +12%
1980 0 — —

Southern Europe, 2022

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

IT Italy 34 ES Spain 29 GR Greece 10 PT Portugal 6 RS Serbia 5 ME Montenegro 2 MK North Macedonia 2 SI Slovenia 1 AL Albania 1 HR Croatia 1 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 MT Malta 0 MC Monaco 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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