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Freshwater withdrawal — New Zealand

Freshwater withdrawal in New Zealand in 2022 — 9.88 km³. Ranked 49 in the world out of 179. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 722.9%.

2022 10 km³ +0% vs 2021
World rank 49of 179
Period maximum 10 km³2014
Period minimum 1 km³1980

Trend over time

1980–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — New Zealand, 1980–20220358101980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 1.2 km³1981: 1.34 km³1982: 1.48 km³1983: 1.62 km³1984: 1.76 km³1985: 1.9 km³1986: 1.99 km³1987: 2.08 km³1988: 2.17 km³1989: 2.25 km³1990: 2.34 km³1991: 2.43 km³1992: 2.52 km³1993: 2.61 km³1994: 2.7 km³1995: 2.79 km³1996: 2.87 km³1997: 2.96 km³1998: 3.05 km³1999: 3.14 km³2000: 3.39 km³2001: 3.65 km³2002: 3.9 km³2003: 4.15 km³2004: 4.4 km³2005: 4.66 km³2006: 4.91 km³2007: 4.98 km³2008: 5.05 km³2009: 5.13 km³2010: 5.2 km³2011: 6.37 km³2012: 7.54 km³2013: 8.71 km³2014: 9.88 km³2015: 9.88 km³2016: 9.88 km³2017: 9.88 km³2018: 9.88 km³2019: 9.88 km³2020: 9.88 km³2021: 9.88 km³2022: 9.88 km³
Change over the period: +9 (+722.92%) Average annual rate: 5.15 %

Comparison, 2022

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

New Zealand 10 km³
World 3,853 km³
East Asia & Pacific 1,212 km³
Australia and New Zealand computed 21 km³
High-income countries computed 942 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — New Zealand, by year New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 10 +0 +0%
2021 10 +0 +0%
2020 10 +0 +0%
2019 10 +0 +0%
2018 10 +0 +0%
2017 10 +0 +0%
2016 10 +0 +0%
2015 10 +0 +0%
2014 10 +1 +13.42%
2013 9 +1 +15.5%
2012 8 +1 +18.35%
2011 6 +1 +22.47%
2010 5 +0 +1.43%
2009 5 +0 +1.45%
2008 5 +0 +1.47%
2007 5 +0 +1.49%
2006 5 +0 +5.43%
2005 5 +0 +5.74%
2004 4 +0 +6.09%
2003 4 +0 +6.48%
2002 4 +0 +6.93%
2001 4 +0 +7.44%
2000 3 +0 +8.04%
1999 3 +0 +2.9%
1998 3 +0 +2.99%
1997 3 +0 +3.08%
1996 3 +0 +3.18%
1995 3 +0 +3.28%
1994 3 +0 +3.4%
1993 3 +0 +3.51%
1992 3 +0 +3.64%
1991 2 +0 +3.78%
1990 2 +0 +3.93%
1989 2 +0 +4.09%
1988 2 +0 +4.26%
1987 2 +0 +4.45%
1986 2 +0 +4.66%
1985 2 +0 +7.95%
1984 2 +0 +8.64%
1983 2 +0 +9.46%
1982 1 +0 +10.45%
1981 1 +0 +11.67%
1980 1 — —

Australia and New Zealand, 2022

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

AU Australia 12 NZ New Zealand 10
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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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