Freshwater withdrawal — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal — Netherlands

Freshwater withdrawal in the Netherlands in 2022 — 8.23 km³. Ranked 54 in the world out of 179. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 10.5%.

2022 8 km³ +3.63% vs 2021
World rank 54of 179
Period maximum 12 km³2005
Period minimum 7 km³1996

Trend over time

1980–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Netherlands, 1980–20226810121980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 9.2 km³1981: 9.23 km³1982: 9.26 km³1983: 9.29 km³1984: 9.32 km³1985: 9.35 km³1986: 9.08 km³1987: 8.8 km³1988: 8.53 km³1989: 8.26 km³1990: 7.98 km³1991: 7.98 km³1992: 7.69 km³1993: 7.39 km³1994: 7.1 km³1995: 6.8 km³1996: 6.51 km³1997: 6.99 km³1998: 7.47 km³1999: 7.95 km³2000: 8.43 km³2001: 8.91 km³2002: 9.57 km³2003: 10.23 km³2004: 10.89 km³2005: 11.55 km³2006: 11.25 km³2007: 10.94 km³2008: 10.71 km³2009: 11.41 km³2010: 10.93 km³2011: 10.19 km³2012: 10.72 km³2013: 10.64 km³2014: 9.49 km³2015: 8.41 km³2016: 8.02 km³2017: 7.92 km³2018: 8.09 km³2019: 8.4 km³2020: 8.31 km³2021: 7.95 km³2022: 8.23 km³
Change over the period: −1 (−10.48%) Average annual rate: -0.26 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Netherlands 8 km³
World 3,853 km³
Western Europe computed 68 km³
High-income countries computed 942 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Netherlands, by year Netherlands All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 8 +0 +3.63%
2021 8 −0 −4.33%
2020 8 −0 −1.16%
2019 8 +0 +3.87%
2018 8 +0 +2.2%
2017 8 −0 −1.34%
2016 8 −0 −4.61%
2015 8 −1 −11.37%
2014 9 −1 −10.81%
2013 11 −0 −0.71%
2012 11 +1 +5.16%
2011 10 −1 −6.77%
2010 11 −0 −4.21%
2009 11 +1 +6.54%
2008 11 −0 −2.12%
2007 11 −0 −2.71%
2006 11 −0 −2.64%
2005 12 +1 +6.05%
2004 11 +1 +6.44%
2003 10 +1 +6.88%
2002 10 +1 +7.39%
2001 9 +0 +5.71%
2000 8 +0 +6.06%
1999 8 +0 +6.45%
1998 7 +0 +6.89%
1997 7 +0 +7.4%
1996 7 −0 −4.34%
1995 7 −0 −4.16%
1994 7 −0 −3.99%
1993 7 −0 −3.84%
1992 8 −0 −3.7%
1991 8 +0 +0%
1990 8 −0 −3.31%
1989 8 −0 −3.2%
1988 9 −0 −3.1%
1987 9 −0 −3.01%
1986 9 −0 −2.92%
1985 9 +0 +0.32%
1984 9 +0 +0.33%
1983 9 +0 +0.33%
1982 9 +0 +0.33%
1981 9 +0 +0.33%
1980 9

Western Europe, 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.