Freshwater withdrawal — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal — Romania

Freshwater withdrawal in Romania in 2022 — 8.15 km³. Ranked 55 in the world out of 179. Since 1970, the indicator has fallen by 15%.

2022 8 km³ +3.65% vs 2021
World rank 55of 179
Period maximum 21 km³1985
Period minimum 5 km³2006

Trend over time

1970–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Romania, 1970–2022010203019701976198219881994200020062012201820221970: 9.59 km³1971: 10.55 km³1972: 11.51 km³1973: 12.48 km³1974: 13.44 km³1975: 14.4 km³1976: 15.28 km³1977: 16.16 km³1978: 17.04 km³1979: 17.92 km³1980: 18.8 km³1981: 19.14 km³1982: 19.48 km³1983: 19.82 km³1984: 20.16 km³1985: 20.5 km³1986: 20.48 km³1987: 20.46 km³1988: 20.45 km³1989: 20.43 km³1990: 20.41 km³1991: 20.25 km³1992: 20.1 km³1993: 19.94 km³1994: 17.97 km³1995: 16 km³1996: 14.23 km³1997: 12.46 km³1998: 12.76 km³1999: 12.65 km³2000: 9.65 km³2001: 9.06 km³2002: 9.22 km³2003: 8.51 km³2004: 7.12 km³2005: 6.11 km³2006: 5.33 km³2007: 6.88 km³2008: 7.22 km³2009: 6.88 km³2010: 6.22 km³2011: 6.59 km³2012: 6.48 km³2013: 6.42 km³2014: 6.28 km³2015: 6.47 km³2016: 6.37 km³2017: 6.77 km³2018: 6.42 km³2019: 6.99 km³2020: 7.4 km³2021: 7.86 km³2022: 8.15 km³
Change over the period: −1 (−15.01%) Average annual rate: -0.31 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Romania 8 km³
World 3,853 km³
Eastern Europe computed 102 km³
High-income countries computed 942 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Romania, by year Romania All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 8 +0 +3.65%
2021 8 +0 +6.33%
2020 7 +0 +5.76%
2019 7 +1 +8.99%
2018 6 −0 −5.27%
2017 7 +0 +6.26%
2016 6 −0 −1.41%
2015 6 +0 +2.91%
2014 6 −0 −2.12%
2013 6 −0 −0.99%
2012 6 −0 −1.67%
2011 7 +0 +6%
2010 6 −1 −9.55%
2009 7 −0 −4.76%
2008 7 +0 +4.88%
2007 7 +2 +29.16%
2006 5 −1 −12.77%
2005 6 −1 −14.23%
2004 7 −1 −16.27%
2003 9 −1 −7.74%
2002 9 +0 +1.81%
2001 9 −1 −6.13%
2000 10 −3 −23.72%
1999 13 −0 −0.86%
1998 13 +0 +2.41%
1997 12 −2 −12.44%
1996 14 −2 −11.06%
1995 16 −2 −10.96%
1994 18 −2 −9.88%
1993 20 −0 −0.78%
1992 20 −0 −0.77%
1991 20 −0 −0.77%
1990 20 −0 −0.09%
1989 20 −0 −0.09%
1988 20 −0 −0.09%
1987 20 −0 −0.09%
1986 20 −0 −0.09%
1985 21 +0 +1.69%
1984 20 +0 +1.72%
1983 20 +0 +1.75%
1982 19 +0 +1.78%
1981 19 +0 +1.81%
1980 19 +1 +4.91%
1979 18 +1 +5.16%
1978 17 +1 +5.45%
1977 16 +1 +5.76%
1976 15 +1 +6.11%
1975 14 +1 +7.16%
1974 13 +1 +7.71%
1973 12 +1 +8.36%
1972 12 +1 +9.12%
1971 11 +1 +10.03%
1970 10

Eastern Europe, 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.