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Freshwater withdrawal — Mauritius

Freshwater withdrawal in Mauritius in 2022 — 0.63 km³. Ranked 129 in the world out of 179. Since 1974, the indicator has risen by 75.6%.

2022 1 km³ +4.64% vs 2021
World rank 129of 179
Period maximum 1 km³2008
Period minimum 0 km³1974

Trend over time

1974–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Mauritius, 1974–20220011197419791984198919941999200420092014201920221974: 0.36 km³1975: 0.36 km³1976: 0.37 km³1977: 0.39 km³1978: 0.4 km³1979: 0.41 km³1980: 0.43 km³1981: 0.44 km³1982: 0.46 km³1983: 0.47 km³1984: 0.48 km³1985: 0.5 km³1986: 0.51 km³1987: 0.52 km³1988: 0.54 km³1989: 0.55 km³1990: 0.57 km³1991: 0.58 km³1992: 0.59 km³1993: 0.6 km³1994: 0.61 km³1995: 0.62 km³1996: 0.61 km³1997: 0.61 km³1998: 0.61 km³1999: 0.61 km³2000: 0.61 km³2001: 0.65 km³2002: 0.69 km³2003: 0.73 km³2004: 0.71 km³2005: 0.69 km³2006: 0.68 km³2007: 0.63 km³2008: 0.77 km³2009: 0.63 km³2010: 0.64 km³2011: 0.57 km³2012: 0.58 km³2013: 0.61 km³2014: 0.62 km³2015: 0.61 km³2016: 0.62 km³2017: 0.61 km³2018: 0.59 km³2019: 0.6 km³2020: 0.61 km³2021: 0.6 km³2022: 0.63 km³
Change over the period: +0 (+75.56%) Average annual rate: 1.18 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Mauritius 1 km³
World 3,853 km³
Sub-Saharan Africa 133 km³
Eastern Africa computed 49 km³
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1,368 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Mauritius, by year Mauritius All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 1 +0 +4.64%
2021 1 −0 −0.49%
2020 1 +0 +2.02%
2019 1 +0 +0.68%
2018 1 −0 −3.11%
2017 1 −0 −1.61%
2016 1 +0 +1.31%
2015 1 −0 −1.29%
2014 1 +0 +1.97%
2013 1 +0 +4.47%
2012 1 +0 +1.93%
2011 1 −0 −10.36%
2010 1 +0 +0.79%
2009 1 −0 −17.49%
2008 1 +0 +21.59%
2007 1 −0 −7.62%
2006 1 −0 −1.3%
2005 1 −0 −2.4%
2004 1 −0 −2.34%
2003 1 +0 +5.58%
2002 1 +0 +5.91%
2001 1 +0 +6.28%
2000 1 −0 −0.16%
1999 1 −0 −0.16%
1998 1 −0 −0.16%
1997 1 −0 −0.16%
1996 1 −0 −0.16%
1995 1 +0 +1.62%
1994 1 +0 +1.65%
1993 1 +0 +1.67%
1992 1 +0 +1.7%
1991 1 +0 +1.73%
1990 1 +0 +2.49%
1989 1 +0 +2.55%
1988 1 +0 +2.62%
1987 1 +0 +2.69%
1986 1 +0 +2.76%
1985 0 +0 +2.84%
1984 0 +0 +2.92%
1983 0 +0 +3.01%
1982 0 +0 +3.1%
1981 0 +0 +3.2%
1980 0 +0 +3.31%
1979 0 +0 +3.42%
1978 0 +0 +3.54%
1977 0 +0 +3.67%
1976 0 +0 +3.81%
1975 0 +0 +0%
1974 0 — —

Eastern Africa, 2022

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

MG Madagascar 13 ET Ethiopia 11 TZ Tanzania 5 ZW Zimbabwe 5 KE Kenya 4 SO Somalia 3 ZM Zambia 2 MZ Mozambique 1 MW Malawi 1 SS South Sudan 1 UG Uganda 1 MU Mauritius 1 RW Rwanda 1 ER Eritrea 1 BI Burundi 0 DJ Djibouti 0 SC Seychelles 0 KM Comoros 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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