Freshwater withdrawal — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal — NATO

Freshwater withdrawal in NATO in 2022 — 742.53 km³. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 2.6%.

2022 743 km³ +0.96% vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 821 km³1993
Period minimum 724 km³1990

Trend over time

1990–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — NATO, 1990–20227007257507758008251990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 723.79 km³1991: 778.53 km³1992: 817.76 km³1993: 821.1 km³1994: 817.86 km³1995: 817.7 km³1996: 814.14 km³1997: 810.94 km³1998: 811.91 km³1999: 813.38 km³2000: 817.71 km³2001: 814.31 km³2002: 814.27 km³2003: 812.36 km³2004: 811.83 km³2005: 811.55 km³2006: 794.38 km³2007: 767.26 km³2008: 777.5 km³2009: 749.65 km³2010: 726.99 km³2011: 736.07 km³2012: 738.95 km³2013: 730.94 km³2014: 737.94 km³2015: 740.85 km³2016: 739.74 km³2017: 741.32 km³2018: 742.16 km³2019: 740.59 km³2020: 737.73 km³2021: 735.43 km³2022: 742.53 km³
Change over the period: +19 (+2.59%) Average annual rate: 0.08 %

Comparison, 2022

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

NATO 743 km³
World 3,853 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — NATO, by year NATO All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 743 +7 +0.96%
2021 735 −2 −0.31%
2020 738 −3 −0.39%
2019 741 −2 −0.21%
2018 742 +1 +0.11%
2017 741 +2 +0.21%
2016 740 −1 −0.15%
2015 741 +3 +0.39%
2014 738 +7 +0.96%
2013 731 −8 −1.08%
2012 739 +3 +0.39%
2011 736 +9 +1.25%
2010 727 −23 −3.02%
2009 750 −28 −3.58%
2008 777 +10 +1.33%
2007 767 −27 −3.41%
2006 794 −17 −2.12%
2005 812 −0 −0.03%
2004 812 −1 −0.06%
2003 812 −2 −0.23%
2002 814 −0 −0.01%
2001 814 −3 −0.42%
2000 818 +4 +0.53%
1999 813 +1 +0.18%
1998 812 +1 +0.12%
1997 811 −3 −0.39%
1996 814 −4 −0.44%
1995 818 −0 −0.02%
1994 818 −3 −0.4%
1993 821 +3 +0.41%
1992 818 +39 +5.04%
1991 779 +55 +7.56%
1990 724

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.