Freshwater withdrawal — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal — North Macedonia

Freshwater withdrawal in North Macedonia in 2022 — 2.17 km³. Ranked 89 in the world out of 179. Since 1996, the indicator has risen by 39.6%.

2022 2 km³ +38.54% vs 2021
World rank 89of 179
Period maximum 2 km³2022
Period minimum 0 km³2013

Trend over time

1996–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — North Macedonia, 1996–2022012319961999200220052008201120142017202020221996: 1.56 km³1997: 1.34 km³1998: 1.12 km³1999: 0.91 km³2000: 0.69 km³2001: 0.66 km³2002: 0.63 km³2003: 0.81 km³2004: 0.98 km³2005: 1.16 km³2006: 0.85 km³2007: 0.55 km³2008: 0.8 km³2009: 1.05 km³2010: 0.91 km³2011: 0.77 km³2012: 0.63 km³2013: 0.49 km³2014: 0.68 km³2015: 0.86 km³2016: 1.04 km³2017: 1.6 km³2018: 2.15 km³2019: 1.6 km³2020: 1.44 km³2021: 1.57 km³2022: 2.17 km³
Change over the period: +1 (+39.65%) Average annual rate: 1.29 %

Comparison, 2022

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

North Macedonia 2 km³
World 3,853 km³
Southern Europe computed 91 km³
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1,368 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — North Macedonia, by year North Macedonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 2 +1 +38.54%
2021 2 +0 +8.86%
2020 1 −0 −9.96%
2019 2 −1 −25.75%
2018 2 +1 +34.71%
2017 2 +1 +53.16%
2016 1 +0 +21.26%
2015 1 +0 +27.01%
2014 1 +0 +37%
2013 0 −0 −21.82%
2012 1 −0 −17.91%
2011 1 −0 −15.19%
2010 1 −0 −13.19%
2009 1 +0 +31.03%
2008 1 +0 +44.98%
2007 1 −0 −35.46%
2006 1 −0 −26.18%
2005 1 +0 +17.77%
2004 1 +0 +21.61%
2003 1 +0 +27.56%
2002 1 −0 −4.44%
2001 1 −0 −4.25%
2000 1 −0 −23.77%
1999 1 −0 −19.2%
1998 1 −0 −16.11%
1997 1 −0 −13.87%
1996 2

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.