Freshwater withdrawal — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal — Switzerland

Freshwater withdrawal in Switzerland in 2022 — 1.7 km³. Ranked 92 in the world out of 179. Since 1975, the indicator has fallen by 34.4%.

2022 2 km³ +0% vs 2021
World rank 92of 179
Period maximum 3 km³1992
Period minimum 2 km³2014

Trend over time

1975–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Switzerland, 1975–202222223319751980198519901995200020052010201520201975: 2.6 km³1976: 2.6 km³1977: 2.59 km³1978: 2.59 km³1979: 2.59 km³1980: 2.59 km³1981: 2.6 km³1982: 2.61 km³1983: 2.62 km³1984: 2.63 km³1985: 2.65 km³1986: 2.65 km³1987: 2.66 km³1988: 2.67 km³1989: 2.67 km³1990: 2.68 km³1991: 2.69 km³1992: 2.7 km³1993: 2.67 km³1994: 2.64 km³1995: 2.61 km³1996: 2.59 km³1997: 2.56 km³1998: 2.55 km³1999: 2.54 km³2000: 2.53 km³2001: 2.53 km³2002: 2.52 km³2003: 2.47 km³2004: 2.42 km³2005: 2.36 km³2006: 2.31 km³2007: 2.26 km³2008: 2.21 km³2009: 2.16 km³2010: 2.11 km³2011: 2.06 km³2012: 2 km³2013: 1.72 km³2014: 1.7 km³2015: 1.71 km³2016: 1.7 km³2017: 1.7 km³2018: 1.7 km³2019: 1.7 km³2020: 1.7 km³2021: 1.7 km³2022: 1.7 km³
Change over the period: −1 (−34.41%) Average annual rate: -0.89 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Switzerland 2 km³
World 3,853 km³
Western Europe computed 68 km³
High-income countries computed 942 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Switzerland, by year Switzerland All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 2 +0 +0%
2021 2 +0 +0%
2020 2 +0 +0%
2019 2 +0 +0%
2018 2 +0 +0%
2017 2 +0 +0%
2016 2 −0 −0.11%
2015 2 +0 +0.11%
2014 2 −0 −0.93%
2013 2 −0 −14%
2012 2 −0 −2.72%
2011 2 −0 −2.44%
2010 2 −0 −2.38%
2009 2 −0 −2.32%
2008 2 −0 −2.27%
2007 2 −0 −2.22%
2006 2 −0 −2.17%
2005 2 −0 −2.13%
2004 2 −0 −2.08%
2003 2 −0 −2.04%
2002 3 −0 −0.32%
2001 3 −0 −0.32%
2000 3 −0 −0.32%
1999 3 −0 −0.31%
1998 3 −0 −0.31%
1997 3 −0 −1.06%
1996 3 −0 −1.05%
1995 3 −0 −1.04%
1994 3 −0 −1.03%
1993 3 −0 −1.02%
1992 3 +0 +0.26%
1991 3 +0 +0.26%
1990 3 +0 +0.26%
1989 3 +0 +0.26%
1988 3 +0 +0.26%
1987 3 +0 +0.26%
1986 3 +0 +0.26%
1985 3 +0 +0.43%
1984 3 +0 +0.43%
1983 3 +0 +0.44%
1982 3 +0 +0.44%
1981 3 +0 +0.44%
1980 3 −0 −0.07%
1979 3 −0 −0.07%
1978 3 −0 −0.07%
1977 3 −0 −0.07%
1976 3 −0 −0.07%
1975 3

Western Europe, 2022

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

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.