Freshwater withdrawal — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal — Syria

Freshwater withdrawal in Syria in 2022 — 13.96 km³. Ranked 37 in the world out of 179. Since 1975, the indicator has risen by 318.1%.

2022 14 km³ +0% vs 2021
World rank 37of 179
Period maximum 16 km³2002
Period minimum 3 km³1975

Trend over time

1975–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Syria, 1975–20220510152019751980198519901995200020052010201520201975: 3.34 km³1976: 3.86 km³1977: 4.39 km³1978: 4.91 km³1979: 5.44 km³1980: 5.96 km³1981: 6.48 km³1982: 7.01 km³1983: 7.53 km³1984: 8.05 km³1985: 8.58 km³1986: 9.1 km³1987: 9.63 km³1988: 10.15 km³1989: 10.67 km³1990: 11.2 km³1991: 11.72 km³1992: 12.24 km³1993: 12.77 km³1994: 13.45 km³1995: 13.49 km³1996: 13.96 km³1997: 14.43 km³1998: 14.92 km³1999: 14.7 km³2000: 15.07 km³2001: 15.55 km³2002: 16.36 km³2003: 14.45 km³2004: 14.11 km³2005: 14.14 km³2006: 14.14 km³2007: 14.14 km³2008: 14.14 km³2009: 14.1 km³2010: 14.05 km³2011: 14.01 km³2012: 13.96 km³2013: 13.96 km³2014: 13.96 km³2015: 13.96 km³2016: 13.96 km³2017: 13.96 km³2018: 13.96 km³2019: 13.96 km³2020: 13.96 km³2021: 13.96 km³2022: 13.96 km³
Change over the period: +11 (+318.1%) Average annual rate: 3.09 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Syria 14 km³
World 3,853 km³
Western Asia computed 173 km³
Low-income countries computed 119 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 14 +0 +0%
2021 14 +0 +0%
2020 14 +0 +0%
2019 14 +0 +0%
2018 14 +0 +0%
2017 14 +0 +0%
2016 14 +0 +0%
2015 14 +0 +0%
2014 14 +0 +0%
2013 14 +0 +0%
2012 14 −0 −0.32%
2011 14 −0 −0.32%
2010 14 −0 −0.32%
2009 14 −0 −0.32%
2008 14 +0 +0%
2007 14 +0 +0%
2006 14 +0 +0%
2005 14 +0 +0.25%
2004 14 −0 −2.32%
2003 14 −2 −11.7%
2002 16 +1 +5.18%
2001 16 +0 +3.2%
2000 15 +0 +2.54%
1999 15 −0 −1.47%
1998 15 +0 +3.4%
1997 14 +0 +3.32%
1996 14 +0 +3.5%
1995 13 +0 +0.32%
1994 13 +1 +5.33%
1993 13 +1 +4.28%
1992 12 +1 +4.47%
1991 12 +1 +4.68%
1990 11 +1 +4.91%
1989 11 +1 +5.16%
1988 10 +1 +5.44%
1987 10 +1 +5.75%
1986 9 +1 +6.11%
1985 9 +1 +6.5%
1984 8 +1 +6.96%
1983 8 +1 +7.48%
1982 7 +1 +8.08%
1981 6 +1 +8.79%
1980 6 +1 +9.64%
1979 5 +1 +10.66%
1978 5 +1 +11.94%
1977 4 +1 +13.56%
1976 4 +1 +15.68%
1975 3

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.