Freshwater withdrawal — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal — Serbia

Freshwater withdrawal in Serbia in 2022 — 5.09 km³. Ranked 66 in the world out of 179. Since 2006, the indicator has risen by 31.5%.

2022 5 km³ +5.38% vs 2021
World rank 66of 179
Period maximum 6 km³2019
Period minimum 4 km³2006

Trend over time

2006–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Serbia, 2006–20224455662006200820102012201420162018202020222006: 3.87 km³2007: 3.96 km³2008: 4.69 km³2009: 4.63 km³2010: 4.42 km³2011: 4.75 km³2012: 4.4 km³2013: 4.71 km³2014: 3.94 km³2015: 4.69 km³2016: 4.71 km³2017: 5.38 km³2018: 5.56 km³2019: 5.62 km³2020: 5.1 km³2021: 4.83 km³2022: 5.09 km³
Change over the period: +1 (+31.46%) Average annual rate: 1.72 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Serbia 5 km³
World 3,853 km³
Southern Europe computed 91 km³
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1,368 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Serbia, by year Serbia All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 5 +0 +5.38%
2021 5 −0 −5.24%
2020 5 −1 −9.26%
2019 6 +0 +1.09%
2018 6 +0 +3.36%
2017 5 +1 +14.25%
2016 5 +0 +0.37%
2015 5 +1 +19.16%
2014 4 −1 −16.44%
2013 5 +0 +6.95%
2012 4 −0 −7.31%
2011 5 +0 +7.49%
2010 4 −0 −4.64%
2009 5 −0 −1.22%
2008 5 +1 +18.53%
2007 4 +0 +2.2%
2006 4

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.