Freshwater withdrawal — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal — Nepal

Freshwater withdrawal in Nepal in 2022 — 9.5 km³. Ranked 50 in the world out of 179. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.7%.

2022 9 km³ +0% vs 2021
World rank 50of 179
Period maximum 10 km³2000
Period minimum 9 km³2005

Trend over time

2000–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Nepal, 2000–202291010101010200020032006200920122015201820212000: 9.56 km³2001: 9.55 km³2002: 9.54 km³2003: 9.52 km³2004: 9.51 km³2005: 9.5 km³2006: 9.5 km³2007: 9.5 km³2008: 9.5 km³2009: 9.5 km³2010: 9.5 km³2011: 9.5 km³2012: 9.5 km³2013: 9.5 km³2014: 9.5 km³2015: 9.5 km³2016: 9.5 km³2017: 9.5 km³2018: 9.5 km³2019: 9.5 km³2020: 9.5 km³2021: 9.5 km³2022: 9.5 km³
Change over the period: −0 (−0.68%) Average annual rate: -0.03 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Nepal 9 km³
World 3,853 km³
South Asia 706 km³
Southern Asia computed 999 km³
Lower-middle-income countries computed 1,401 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Nepal, by year Nepal All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 9 +0 +0%
2021 9 +0 +0%
2020 9 +0 +0%
2019 9 +0 +0%
2018 9 +0 +0%
2017 9 +0 +0%
2016 9 +0 +0%
2015 9 +0 +0%
2014 9 +0 +0%
2013 9 +0 +0%
2012 9 +0 +0%
2011 9 +0 +0%
2010 9 +0 +0%
2009 9 +0 +0%
2008 9 +0 +0%
2007 9 +0 +0%
2006 9 +0 +0%
2005 9 −0 −0.14%
2004 10 −0 −0.14%
2003 10 −0 −0.14%
2002 10 −0 −0.14%
2001 10 −0 −0.14%
2000 10

Southern Asia, 2022

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

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.