Freshwater withdrawal — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal — Central America

Freshwater withdrawal in Central America in 2022 — 102.71 km³. Since 2001, the indicator has risen by 38.3%.

2022 103 km³ −0.15% vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 103 km³2021
Period minimum 74 km³2001

Trend over time

2001–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Central America, 2001–2022708090100110200120042007201020132016201920222001: 74.27 km³2002: 78.14 km³2003: 82.49 km³2004: 83.33 km³2005: 84.68 km³2006: 85.66 km³2007: 87.31 km³2008: 88.44 km³2009: 88.41 km³2010: 89.28 km³2011: 89.16 km³2012: 94.77 km³2013: 93.84 km³2014: 97.34 km³2015: 98.53 km³2016: 99.1 km³2017: 99.84 km³2018: 101.42 km³2019: 101.98 km³2020: 102.16 km³2021: 102.86 km³2022: 102.71 km³
Change over the period: +28 (+38.28%) Average annual rate: 1.56 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Central America 103 km³
World 3,853 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 103 −0 −0.15%
2021 103 +1 +0.68%
2020 102 +0 +0.18%
2019 102 +1 +0.55%
2018 101 +2 +1.58%
2017 100 +1 +0.75%
2016 99 +1 +0.58%
2015 99 +1 +1.22%
2014 97 +4 +3.74%
2013 94 −1 −0.98%
2012 95 +6 +6.29%
2011 89 −0 −0.13%
2010 89 +1 +0.97%
2009 88 −0 −0.03%
2008 88 +1 +1.3%
2007 87 +2 +1.93%
2006 86 +1 +1.16%
2005 85 +1 +1.61%
2004 83 +1 +1.02%
2003 82 +4 +5.57%
2002 78 +4 +5.2%
2001 74

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.