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Freshwater withdrawal — Middle Africa

Freshwater withdrawal in Middle Africa in 2022 — 3.68 km³. Since 1987, the indicator has risen by 209.8%.

2022 4 km³ +0% vs 2021
World rank —
Period maximum 4 km³2016
Period minimum 1 km³1987

Trend over time

1987–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Middle Africa, 1987–20220123419871991199519992003200720112015201920221987: 1.19 km³1988: 1.25 km³1989: 1.32 km³1990: 1.39 km³1991: 1.46 km³1992: 1.53 km³1993: 1.67 km³1994: 1.81 km³1995: 2.43 km³1996: 2.59 km³1997: 2.75 km³1998: 2.91 km³1999: 3.08 km³2000: 3.24 km³2001: 3.34 km³2002: 3.45 km³2003: 3.52 km³2004: 3.59 km³2005: 3.66 km³2006: 3.66 km³2007: 3.66 km³2008: 3.66 km³2009: 3.67 km³2010: 3.67 km³2011: 3.67 km³2012: 3.67 km³2013: 3.67 km³2014: 3.67 km³2015: 3.67 km³2016: 3.68 km³2017: 3.68 km³2018: 3.68 km³2019: 3.68 km³2020: 3.68 km³2021: 3.68 km³2022: 3.68 km³
Change over the period: +2 (+209.81%) Average annual rate: 3.28 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Middle Africa 4 km³
World 3,853 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 4 +0 +0%
2021 4 +0 +0%
2020 4 +0 +0%
2019 4 +0 +0%
2018 4 +0 +0%
2017 4 +0 +0%
2016 4 +0 +0.04%
2015 4 +0 +0.04%
2014 4 +0 +0.04%
2013 4 +0 +0.04%
2012 4 +0 +0.04%
2011 4 +0 +0.04%
2010 4 +0 +0.04%
2009 4 +0 +0.04%
2008 4 +0 +0.04%
2007 4 +0 +0.04%
2006 4 +0 +0.04%
2005 4 +0 +1.96%
2004 4 +0 +2%
2003 4 +0 +2.04%
2002 3 +0 +3.16%
2001 3 +0 +3.27%
2000 3 +0 +5.25%
1999 3 +0 +5.54%
1998 3 +0 +5.87%
1997 3 +0 +6.23%
1996 3 +0 +6.65%
1995 2 +1 +33.97%
1994 2 +0 +8.36%
1993 2 +0 +9.51%
1992 2 +0 +4.68%
1991 1 +0 +4.91%
1990 1 +0 +5.17%
1989 1 +0 +5.45%
1988 1 +0 +5.76%
1987 1 — —

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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