Freshwater withdrawal — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal — Mercosur

Freshwater withdrawal in Mercosur in 2022 — 112.91 km³. Since 1987, the indicator has risen by 67.5%.

2022 113 km³ +0.64% vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 120 km³2010
Period minimum 67 km³1987

Trend over time

1987–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Mercosur, 1987–2022608010012014019871991199519992003200720112015201920221987: 67.42 km³1988: 69.82 km³1989: 72.23 km³1990: 74.63 km³1991: 77.04 km³1992: 79.44 km³1993: 81.85 km³1994: 84.25 km³1995: 86.66 km³1996: 89.33 km³1997: 90.16 km³1998: 90.98 km³1999: 91.81 km³2000: 92.59 km³2001: 93.8 km³2002: 95 km³2003: 96.2 km³2004: 97.4 km³2005: 98.61 km³2006: 99.81 km³2007: 104.88 km³2008: 109.94 km³2009: 114.98 km³2010: 120.03 km³2011: 118.41 km³2012: 116.16 km³2013: 113.75 km³2014: 111.41 km³2015: 110.3 km³2016: 112.79 km³2017: 112.21 km³2018: 113.08 km³2019: 114.06 km³2020: 111.9 km³2021: 112.19 km³2022: 112.91 km³
Change over the period: +45 (+67.48%) Average annual rate: 1.48 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Mercosur 113 km³
World 3,853 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 113 +1 +0.64%
2021 112 +0 +0.26%
2020 112 −2 −1.9%
2019 114 +1 +0.87%
2018 113 +1 +0.77%
2017 112 −1 −0.52%
2016 113 +2 +2.26%
2015 110 −1 −1%
2014 111 −2 −2.05%
2013 114 −2 −2.07%
2012 116 −2 −1.9%
2011 118 −2 −1.35%
2010 120 +5 +4.39%
2009 115 +5 +4.58%
2008 110 +5 +4.83%
2007 105 +5 +5.08%
2006 100 +1 +1.22%
2005 99 +1 +1.23%
2004 97 +1 +1.25%
2003 96 +1 +1.27%
2002 95 +1 +1.28%
2001 94 +1 +1.3%
2000 93 +1 +0.85%
1999 92 +1 +0.91%
1998 91 +1 +0.92%
1997 90 +1 +0.93%
1996 89 +3 +3.08%
1995 87 +2 +2.85%
1994 84 +2 +2.94%
1993 82 +2 +3.03%
1992 79 +2 +3.12%
1991 77 +2 +3.22%
1990 75 +2 +3.33%
1989 72 +2 +3.44%
1988 70 +2 +3.57%
1987 67

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.