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Freshwater withdrawal — Nigeria

Freshwater withdrawal in Nigeria in 2022 — 12.47 km³. Ranked 41 in the world out of 179. Since 1987, the indicator has risen by 123.1%.

2022 12 km³ +0% vs 2021
World rank 41of 179
Period maximum 12 km³2010
Period minimum 6 km³1987

Trend over time

1987–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Nigeria, 1987–202246810121419871991199519992003200720112015201920221987: 5.59 km³1988: 5.95 km³1989: 6.32 km³1990: 6.68 km³1991: 7.04 km³1992: 7.4 km³1993: 7.76 km³1994: 8.13 km³1995: 8.49 km³1996: 8.85 km³1997: 9.22 km³1998: 9.58 km³1999: 9.94 km³2000: 10.3 km³2001: 10.56 km³2002: 10.81 km³2003: 11.06 km³2004: 11.32 km³2005: 11.57 km³2006: 11.75 km³2007: 11.93 km³2008: 12.11 km³2009: 12.29 km³2010: 12.47 km³2011: 12.47 km³2012: 12.47 km³2013: 12.47 km³2014: 12.47 km³2015: 12.47 km³2016: 12.47 km³2017: 12.47 km³2018: 12.47 km³2019: 12.47 km³2020: 12.47 km³2021: 12.47 km³2022: 12.47 km³
Change over the period: +7 (+123.11%) Average annual rate: 2.32 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Nigeria 12 km³
World 3,853 km³
Sub-Saharan Africa 133 km³
Western Africa computed 30 km³
Lower-middle-income countries computed 1,401 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 12 +0 +0%
2021 12 +0 +0%
2020 12 +0 +0%
2019 12 +0 +0%
2018 12 +0 +0%
2017 12 +0 +0%
2016 12 +0 +0%
2015 12 +0 +0%
2014 12 +0 +0%
2013 12 +0 +0%
2012 12 +0 +0%
2011 12 +0 +0%
2010 12 +0 +1.47%
2009 12 +0 +1.49%
2008 12 +0 +1.51%
2007 12 +0 +1.53%
2006 12 +0 +1.56%
2005 12 +0 +2.24%
2004 11 +0 +2.29%
2003 11 +0 +2.35%
2002 11 +0 +2.4%
2001 11 +0 +2.46%
2000 10 +0 +3.65%
1999 10 +0 +3.79%
1998 10 +0 +3.93%
1997 9 +0 +4.11%
1996 9 +0 +4.27%
1995 8 +0 +4.46%
1994 8 +0 +4.67%
1993 8 +0 +4.9%
1992 7 +0 +5.15%
1991 7 +0 +5.43%
1990 7 +0 +5.7%
1989 6 +0 +6.1%
1988 6 +0 +6.49%
1987 6 — —

Western Africa, 2022

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

NG Nigeria 12 ML Mali 5 SN Senegal 3 NE Niger 3 GH Ghana 1 MR Mauritania 1 CI Côte d'Ivoire 1 GN Guinea 1 BF Burkina Faso 1 TG Togo 0 SL Sierra Leone 0 CV Cabo Verde 0 GW Guinea-Bissau 0 LR Liberia 0 BJ Benin 0 GM Gambia 0
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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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