Freshwater withdrawal — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal — OPEC

Freshwater withdrawal in OPEC in 2022 — 212.89 km³. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 105%.

2022 213 km³ +0.12% vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 227 km³2019
Period minimum 104 km³1980

Trend over time

1980–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — OPEC, 1980–20221001502002501980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 103.87 km³1981: 105.99 km³1982: 108.1 km³1983: 110.21 km³1984: 112.32 km³1985: 114.43 km³1986: 116.95 km³1987: 125.06 km³1988: 127.95 km³1989: 130.83 km³1990: 133.48 km³1991: 137.84 km³1992: 158.31 km³1993: 163.42 km³1994: 173.25 km³1995: 183.18 km³1996: 187.82 km³1997: 192.47 km³1998: 197.09 km³1999: 201.72 km³2000: 206.18 km³2001: 208.29 km³2002: 210.51 km³2003: 212.56 km³2004: 214.84 km³2005: 216.42 km³2006: 218.02 km³2007: 218.28 km³2008: 216.72 km³2009: 215.16 km³2010: 213.6 km³2011: 211.86 km³2012: 210.1 km³2013: 208.48 km³2014: 207.02 km³2015: 203.62 km³2016: 207.05 km³2017: 212.79 km³2018: 204.06 km³2019: 227.33 km³2020: 215.96 km³2021: 212.63 km³2022: 212.89 km³
Change over the period: +109 (+104.95%) Average annual rate: 1.72 %

Comparison, 2022

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

OPEC 213 km³
World 3,853 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 213 +0 +0.12%
2021 213 −3 −1.54%
2020 216 −11 −5%
2019 227 +23 +11.4%
2018 204 −9 −4.1%
2017 213 +6 +2.77%
2016 207 +3 +1.68%
2015 204 −3 −1.64%
2014 207 −1 −0.7%
2013 208 −2 −0.77%
2012 210 −2 −0.83%
2011 212 −2 −0.81%
2010 214 −2 −0.72%
2009 215 −2 −0.72%
2008 217 −2 −0.71%
2007 218 +0 +0.12%
2006 218 +2 +0.74%
2005 216 +2 +0.74%
2004 215 +2 +1.07%
2003 213 +2 +0.97%
2002 211 +2 +1.07%
2001 208 +2 +1.02%
2000 206 +4 +2.21%
1999 202 +5 +2.35%
1998 197 +5 +2.4%
1997 192 +5 +2.48%
1996 188 +5 +2.53%
1995 183 +10 +5.73%
1994 173 +10 +6.02%
1993 163 +5 +3.23%
1992 158 +20 +14.85%
1991 138 +4 +3.26%
1990 133 +3 +2.03%
1989 131 +3 +2.25%
1988 128 +3 +2.31%
1987 125 +8 +6.94%
1986 117 +3 +2.2%
1985 114 +2 +1.88%
1984 112 +2 +1.92%
1983 110 +2 +1.95%
1982 108 +2 +1.99%
1981 106 +2 +2.03%
1980 104

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.