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Freshwater withdrawal — Sri Lanka

Freshwater withdrawal in Sri Lanka in 2022 — 12.95 km³. Ranked 40 in the world out of 179. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 32.5%.

2022 13 km³ +0% vs 2021
World rank 40of 179
Period maximum 13 km³2000
Period minimum 10 km³1990

Trend over time

1990–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Sri Lanka, 1990–2022910111213141990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 9.77 km³1991: 10.09 km³1992: 10.42 km³1993: 10.74 km³1994: 11.07 km³1995: 11.39 km³1996: 11.71 km³1997: 12.04 km³1998: 12.36 km³1999: 12.69 km³2000: 13.01 km³2001: 13 km³2002: 12.98 km³2003: 12.97 km³2004: 12.96 km³2005: 12.95 km³2006: 12.95 km³2007: 12.95 km³2008: 12.95 km³2009: 12.95 km³2010: 12.95 km³2011: 12.95 km³2012: 12.95 km³2013: 12.95 km³2014: 12.95 km³2015: 12.95 km³2016: 12.95 km³2017: 12.95 km³2018: 12.95 km³2019: 12.95 km³2020: 12.95 km³2021: 12.95 km³2022: 12.95 km³
Change over the period: +3 (+32.52%) Average annual rate: 0.88 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Sri Lanka 13 km³
World 3,853 km³
South Asia 706 km³
Southern Asia computed 999 km³
Lower-middle-income countries computed 1,401 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Sri Lanka, by year Sri Lanka All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 13 +0 +0%
2021 13 +0 +0%
2020 13 +0 +0%
2019 13 +0 +0%
2018 13 +0 +0%
2017 13 +0 +0%
2016 13 +0 +0%
2015 13 +0 +0%
2014 13 +0 +0%
2013 13 +0 +0%
2012 13 +0 +0%
2011 13 +0 +0%
2010 13 +0 +0%
2009 13 +0 +0%
2008 13 +0 +0%
2007 13 +0 +0%
2006 13 +0 +0%
2005 13 −0 −0.1%
2004 13 −0 −0.1%
2003 13 −0 −0.1%
2002 13 −0 −0.1%
2001 13 −0 −0.1%
2000 13 +0 +2.56%
1999 13 +0 +2.62%
1998 12 +0 +2.69%
1997 12 +0 +2.77%
1996 12 +0 +2.85%
1995 11 +0 +2.93%
1994 11 +0 +3.02%
1993 11 +0 +3.11%
1992 10 +0 +3.21%
1991 10 +0 +3.32%
1990 10 — —

Southern Asia, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

IN India 648 PK Pakistan 179 IR Iran 93 BD Bangladesh 36 AF Afghanistan 20 LK Sri Lanka 13 NP Nepal 9 BT Bhutan 0 MV Maldives 0
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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.

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