Freshwater withdrawal — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal — Central Asia

Freshwater withdrawal in Central Asia in 2022 — 112.42 km³. Since 1994, the indicator has fallen by 14.5%.

2022 112 km³ +0.76% vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 131 km³1994
Period minimum 112 km³2021

Trend over time

1994–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Central Asia, 1994–202211011512012513013519941997200020032006200920122015201820211994: 131.43 km³1995: 131.15 km³1996: 128.92 km³1997: 126.69 km³1998: 124.46 km³1999: 122.23 km³2000: 121.59 km³2001: 121.8 km³2002: 122.08 km³2003: 121.65 km³2004: 121.87 km³2005: 121.3 km³2006: 117.31 km³2007: 118.97 km³2008: 116.71 km³2009: 120.18 km³2010: 118.4 km³2011: 117.89 km³2012: 119.17 km³2013: 119.76 km³2014: 119.82 km³2015: 123.01 km³2016: 120.76 km³2017: 125.91 km³2018: 123.83 km³2019: 122.48 km³2020: 119.14 km³2021: 111.57 km³2022: 112.42 km³
Change over the period: −19 (−14.46%) Average annual rate: -0.56 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Central Asia 112 km³
World 3,853 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Central Asia, by year Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 112 +1 +0.76%
2021 112 −8 −6.35%
2020 119 −3 −2.73%
2019 122 −1 −1.09%
2018 124 −2 −1.65%
2017 126 +5 +4.26%
2016 121 −2 −1.83%
2015 123 +3 +2.66%
2014 120 +0 +0.05%
2013 120 +1 +0.5%
2012 119 +1 +1.09%
2011 118 −1 −0.44%
2010 118 −2 −1.48%
2009 120 +3 +2.98%
2008 117 −2 −1.9%
2007 119 +2 +1.41%
2006 117 −4 −3.29%
2005 121 −1 −0.47%
2004 122 +0 +0.18%
2003 122 −0 −0.35%
2002 122 +0 +0.23%
2001 122 +0 +0.17%
2000 122 −1 −0.52%
1999 122 −2 −1.79%
1998 124 −2 −1.76%
1997 127 −2 −1.73%
1996 129 −2 −1.7%
1995 131 −0 −0.21%
1994 131

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.