Freshwater withdrawal — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal — Northern Africa

Freshwater withdrawal in Northern Africa in 2022 — 134.88 km³. Since 1975, the indicator has risen by 117.7%.

2022 135 km³ +0.22% vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 135 km³2020
Period minimum 62 km³1975

Trend over time

1975–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Northern Africa, 1975–2022608010012014019751980198519901995200020052010201520201975: 61.97 km³1976: 62.88 km³1977: 63.8 km³1978: 64.71 km³1979: 65.62 km³1980: 66.54 km³1981: 67.62 km³1982: 68.7 km³1983: 69.78 km³1984: 70.87 km³1985: 71.95 km³1986: 72.81 km³1987: 73.68 km³1988: 74.54 km³1989: 75.4 km³1990: 76.16 km³1991: 77.12 km³1992: 78.07 km³1993: 78.28 km³1994: 80.27 km³1995: 82.18 km³1996: 84.09 km³1997: 86.24 km³1998: 88.38 km³1999: 90.53 km³2000: 82.17 km³2001: 85.45 km³2002: 88.6 km³2003: 90.06 km³2004: 91.51 km³2005: 92.97 km³2006: 94.42 km³2007: 95.88 km³2008: 97.34 km³2009: 98.88 km³2010: 100.43 km³2011: 98.67 km³2012: 126.65 km³2013: 127.83 km³2014: 116.02 km³2015: 116.71 km³2016: 116.83 km³2017: 134.06 km³2018: 134.59 km³2019: 134.87 km³2020: 135.22 km³2021: 134.58 km³2022: 134.88 km³
Change over the period: +73 (+117.66%) Average annual rate: 1.67 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Northern Africa 135 km³
World 3,853 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Northern Africa, by year Northern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 135 +0 +0.22%
2021 135 −1 −0.47%
2020 135 +0 +0.26%
2019 135 +0 +0.21%
2018 135 +1 +0.4%
2017 134 +17 +14.74%
2016 117 +0 +0.11%
2015 117 +1 +0.59%
2014 116 −12 −9.24%
2013 128 +1 +0.94%
2012 127 +28 +28.35%
2011 99 −2 −1.75%
2010 100 +2 +1.56%
2009 99 +2 +1.59%
2008 97 +1 +1.52%
2007 96 +1 +1.54%
2006 94 +1 +1.57%
2005 93 +1 +1.59%
2004 92 +1 +1.61%
2003 90 +1 +1.64%
2002 89 +3 +3.69%
2001 85 +3 +3.99%
2000 82 −8 −9.23%
1999 91 +2 +2.43%
1998 88 +2 +2.47%
1997 86 +2 +2.56%
1996 84 +2 +2.33%
1995 82 +2 +2.37%
1994 80 +2 +2.54%
1993 78 +0 +0.27%
1992 78 +1 +1.23%
1991 77 +1 +1.25%
1990 76 +1 +1.01%
1989 75 +1 +1.16%
1988 75 +1 +1.17%
1987 74 +1 +1.19%
1986 73 +1 +1.2%
1985 72 +1 +1.53%
1984 71 +1 +1.55%
1983 70 +1 +1.58%
1982 69 +1 +1.6%
1981 68 +1 +1.63%
1980 67 +1 +1.39%
1979 66 +1 +1.41%
1978 65 +1 +1.43%
1977 64 +1 +1.45%
1976 63 +1 +1.47%
1975 62

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.