Freshwater withdrawal — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal — United Arab Emirates

Freshwater withdrawal in the United Arab Emirates in 2022 — 2.26 km³. Ranked 86 in the world out of 179. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 151.7%.

2022 2 km³ −1.53% vs 2021
World rank 86of 179
Period maximum 3 km³2005
Period minimum 1 km³1980

Trend over time

1980–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — United Arab Emirates, 1980–202201231980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 0.9 km³1981: 0.98 km³1982: 1.06 km³1983: 1.14 km³1984: 1.22 km³1985: 1.3 km³1986: 1.38 km³1987: 1.46 km³1988: 1.54 km³1989: 1.62 km³1990: 1.54 km³1991: 1.58 km³1992: 1.61 km³1993: 1.65 km³1994: 1.69 km³1995: 1.72 km³1996: 1.88 km³1997: 2.04 km³1998: 2.2 km³1999: 2.36 km³2000: 2.33 km³2001: 2.29 km³2002: 2.25 km³2003: 2.21 km³2004: 2.5 km³2005: 2.8 km³2006: 2.77 km³2007: 2.75 km³2008: 2.72 km³2009: 2.7 km³2010: 2.67 km³2011: 2.65 km³2012: 2.62 km³2013: 2.6 km³2014: 2.57 km³2015: 2.54 km³2016: 2.52 km³2017: 2.45 km³2018: 2.5 km³2019: 2.44 km³2020: 2.38 km³2021: 2.3 km³2022: 2.26 km³
Change over the period: +1 (+151.66%) Average annual rate: 2.22 %

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates 2 km³
World 3,853 km³
Western Asia computed 173 km³
High-income countries computed 942 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — United Arab Emirates, by year United Arab Emirates All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 2 −0 −1.53%
2021 2 −0 −3.4%
2020 2 −0 −2.54%
2019 2 −0 −2.32%
2018 3 +0 +2.29%
2017 2 −0 −2.94%
2016 3 −0 −1%
2015 3 −0 −0.99%
2014 3 −0 −0.98%
2013 3 −0 −0.97%
2012 3 −0 −0.97%
2011 3 −0 −0.96%
2010 3 −0 −0.95%
2009 3 −0 −0.94%
2008 3 −0 −0.93%
2007 3 −0 −0.92%
2006 3 −0 −0.91%
2005 3 +0 +11.82%
2004 3 +0 +13.4%
2003 2 −0 −1.86%
2002 2 −0 −1.83%
2001 2 −0 −1.8%
2000 2 −0 −1.11%
1999 2 +0 +7.24%
1998 2 +0 +7.8%
1997 2 +0 +8.46%
1996 2 +0 +9.24%
1995 2 +0 +2.14%
1994 2 +0 +2.19%
1993 2 +0 +2.24%
1992 2 +0 +2.29%
1991 2 +0 +2.34%
1990 2 −0 −5.08%
1989 2 +0 +5.21%
1988 2 +0 +5.5%
1987 1 +0 +5.82%
1986 1 +0 +6.18%
1985 1 +0 +6.59%
1984 1 +0 +7.05%
1983 1 +0 +7.59%
1982 1 +0 +8.21%
1981 1 +0 +8.95%
1980 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.