Freshwater withdrawal — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal — Portugal

Freshwater withdrawal in Portugal in 2022 — 6.13 km³. Ranked 61 in the world out of 179. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 28.7%.

2022 6 km³ +0% vs 2021
World rank 61of 179
Period maximum 13 km³1994
Period minimum 6 km³2018

Trend over time

1991–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Portugal, 1991–2022681012141991199519992003200720112015201920221991: 8.6 km³1992: 10.07 km³1993: 11.54 km³1994: 13.01 km³1995: 12.85 km³1996: 12.28 km³1997: 11.71 km³1998: 11.13 km³1999: 10.9 km³2000: 10.66 km³2001: 10.43 km³2002: 10.2 km³2003: 9.96 km³2004: 9.73 km³2005: 9.5 km³2006: 9.06 km³2007: 9.15 km³2008: 9.08 km³2009: 9.01 km³2010: 8.95 km³2011: 8.88 km³2012: 8.81 km³2013: 8.75 km³2014: 8.68 km³2015: 8.61 km³2016: 8.55 km³2017: 6.16 km³2018: 6.13 km³2019: 6.13 km³2020: 6.13 km³2021: 6.13 km³2022: 6.13 km³
Change over the period: −2 (−28.71%) Average annual rate: -1.09 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Portugal 6 km³
World 3,853 km³
Southern Europe computed 91 km³
High-income countries computed 942 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Portugal, by year Portugal All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 6 +0 +0%
2021 6 +0 +0%
2020 6 +0 +0%
2019 6 +0 +0%
2018 6 −0 −0.52%
2017 6 −2 −27.9%
2016 9 −0 −0.77%
2015 9 −0 −0.77%
2014 9 −0 −0.76%
2013 9 −0 −0.76%
2012 9 −0 −0.75%
2011 9 −0 −0.75%
2010 9 −0 −0.74%
2009 9 −0 −0.73%
2008 9 −0 −0.73%
2007 9 +0 +0.96%
2006 9 −0 −4.62%
2005 9 −0 −2.4%
2004 10 −0 −2.34%
2003 10 −0 −2.29%
2002 10 −0 −2.24%
2001 10 −0 −2.19%
2000 11 −0 −2.17%
1999 11 −0 −2.1%
1998 11 −1 −4.89%
1997 12 −1 −4.66%
1996 12 −1 −4.46%
1995 13 −0 −1.24%
1994 13 +1 +12.75%
1993 12 +1 +14.62%
1992 10 +1 +17.12%
1991 9

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.