Freshwater withdrawal — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal — Pakistan

Freshwater withdrawal in Pakistan in 2022 — 179.3 km³. Ranked 5 in the world out of 179. Since 1975, the indicator has risen by 16.9%.

2022 179 km³ −2.64% vs 2021
World rank 5of 179
Period maximum 200 km³2017
Period minimum 153 km³1975

Trend over time

1975–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Pakistan, 1975–202214016018020019751980198519901995200020052010201520201975: 153.37 km³1976: 153.51 km³1977: 153.65 km³1978: 153.79 km³1979: 153.93 km³1980: 154.07 km³1981: 154.21 km³1982: 154.34 km³1983: 154.48 km³1984: 154.62 km³1985: 154.76 km³1986: 154.9 km³1987: 155.04 km³1988: 155.18 km³1989: 155.32 km³1990: 155.46 km³1991: 155.6 km³1992: 157.48 km³1993: 159.37 km³1994: 161.25 km³1995: 163.14 km³1996: 165.02 km³1997: 166.91 km³1998: 168.79 km³1999: 170.68 km³2000: 172.56 km³2001: 173.84 km³2002: 175.11 km³2003: 176.39 km³2004: 177.66 km³2005: 178.94 km³2006: 180.44 km³2007: 181.95 km³2008: 183.5 km³2009: 183.09 km³2010: 185.28 km³2011: 179.48 km³2012: 187.88 km³2013: 183.5 km³2014: 194.87 km³2015: 196.91 km³2016: 199.77 km³2017: 199.97 km³2018: 192.74 km³2019: 177.11 km³2020: 189.59 km³2021: 184.16 km³2022: 179.3 km³
Change over the period: +26 (+16.91%) Average annual rate: 0.33 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Pakistan 179 km³
World 3,853 km³
South Asia 706 km³
Southern Asia computed 999 km³
Lower-middle-income countries computed 1,401 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Pakistan, by year Pakistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 179 −5 −2.64%
2021 184 −5 −2.86%
2020 190 +12 +7.05%
2019 177 −16 −8.11%
2018 193 −7 −3.62%
2017 200 +0 +0.1%
2016 200 +3 +1.45%
2015 197 +2 +1.05%
2014 195 +11 +6.2%
2013 184 −4 −2.33%
2012 188 +8 +4.68%
2011 179 −6 −3.13%
2010 185 +2 +1.2%
2009 183 −0 −0.22%
2008 184 +2 +0.85%
2007 182 +2 +0.83%
2006 180 +2 +0.84%
2005 179 +1 +0.72%
2004 178 +1 +0.72%
2003 176 +1 +0.73%
2002 175 +1 +0.73%
2001 174 +1 +0.74%
2000 173 +2 +1.1%
1999 171 +2 +1.12%
1998 169 +2 +1.13%
1997 167 +2 +1.14%
1996 165 +2 +1.16%
1995 163 +2 +1.17%
1994 161 +2 +1.18%
1993 159 +2 +1.2%
1992 157 +2 +1.21%
1991 156 +0 +0.09%
1990 155 +0 +0.09%
1989 155 +0 +0.09%
1988 155 +0 +0.09%
1987 155 +0 +0.09%
1986 155 +0 +0.09%
1985 155 +0 +0.09%
1984 155 +0 +0.09%
1983 154 +0 +0.09%
1982 154 +0 +0.09%
1981 154 +0 +0.09%
1980 154 +0 +0.09%
1979 154 +0 +0.09%
1978 154 +0 +0.09%
1977 154 +0 +0.09%
1976 154 +0 +0.09%
1975 153

Southern Asia, 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.