Freshwater withdrawal — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal — Spain

Freshwater withdrawal in Spain in 2022 — 29.02 km³. Ranked 25 in the world out of 179. Since 1975, the indicator has fallen by 19.6%.

2022 29 km³ +0% vs 2021
World rank 25of 179
Period maximum 46 km³1986
Period minimum 29 km³2020

Trend over time

1975–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Spain, 1975–202225303540455019751980198519901995200020052010201520201975: 36.08 km³1976: 36.85 km³1977: 37.62 km³1978: 38.38 km³1979: 39.15 km³1980: 39.92 km³1981: 40.99 km³1982: 42.05 km³1983: 43.12 km³1984: 44.18 km³1985: 45.25 km³1986: 45.85 km³1987: 44.04 km³1988: 42.23 km³1989: 40.42 km³1990: 38.61 km³1991: 36.8 km³1992: 36.42 km³1993: 36.03 km³1994: 35.65 km³1995: 35.27 km³1996: 34.88 km³1997: 34.5 km³1998: 35.04 km³1999: 35.57 km³2000: 36.11 km³2001: 35.81 km³2002: 35.51 km³2003: 36.15 km³2004: 36.79 km³2005: 37.44 km³2006: 36.21 km³2007: 34.98 km³2008: 34.77 km³2009: 36.12 km³2010: 35.01 km³2011: 35.07 km³2012: 36.37 km³2013: 32.35 km³2014: 32.86 km³2015: 31.51 km³2016: 31.22 km³2017: 30.09 km³2018: 29.41 km³2019: 29.21 km³2020: 29.02 km³2021: 29.02 km³2022: 29.02 km³
Change over the period: −7 (−19.57%) Average annual rate: -0.46 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Spain 29 km³
World 3,853 km³
Southern Europe computed 91 km³
High-income countries computed 942 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Spain, by year Spain All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 29 +0 +0%
2021 29 +0 +0%
2020 29 −0 −0.67%
2019 29 −0 −0.66%
2018 29 −1 −2.28%
2017 30 −1 −3.61%
2016 31 −0 −0.93%
2015 32 −1 −4.09%
2014 33 +1 +1.57%
2013 32 −4 −11.04%
2012 36 +1 +3.7%
2011 35 +0 +0.17%
2010 35 −1 −3.07%
2009 36 +1 +3.87%
2008 35 −0 −0.58%
2007 35 −1 −3.4%
2006 36 −1 −3.29%
2005 37 +1 +1.75%
2004 37 +1 +1.78%
2003 36 +1 +1.81%
2002 36 −0 −0.84%
2001 36 −0 −0.83%
2000 36 +1 +1.5%
1999 36 +1 +1.53%
1998 35 +1 +1.55%
1997 35 −0 −1.1%
1996 35 −0 −1.09%
1995 35 −0 −1.08%
1994 36 −0 −1.06%
1993 36 −0 −1.05%
1992 36 −0 −1.04%
1991 37 −2 −4.69%
1990 39 −2 −4.48%
1989 40 −2 −4.29%
1988 42 −2 −4.11%
1987 44 −2 −3.95%
1986 46 +1 +1.33%
1985 45 +1 +2.41%
1984 44 +1 +2.47%
1983 43 +1 +2.53%
1982 42 +1 +2.6%
1981 41 +1 +2.67%
1980 40 +1 +1.96%
1979 39 +1 +2%
1978 38 +1 +2.04%
1977 38 +1 +2.08%
1976 37 +1 +2.13%
1975 36

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.