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Freshwater withdrawal — Uruguay

Freshwater withdrawal in Uruguay in 2022 — 4.51 km³. Ranked 70 in the world out of 179. Since 1965, the indicator has risen by 593.5%.

2022 5 km³ +2% vs 2021
World rank 70of 179
Period maximum 5 km³2022
Period minimum 1 km³1965

Trend over time

1965–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Uruguay, 1965–20220246196519711977198319891995200120072013201920221965: 0.65 km³1966: 0.74 km³1967: 0.82 km³1968: 0.91 km³1969: 0.99 km³1970: 1.08 km³1971: 1.17 km³1972: 1.25 km³1973: 1.34 km³1974: 1.42 km³1975: 1.51 km³1976: 1.6 km³1977: 1.68 km³1978: 1.77 km³1979: 1.85 km³1980: 1.94 km³1981: 2.03 km³1982: 2.11 km³1983: 2.2 km³1984: 2.28 km³1985: 2.37 km³1986: 2.46 km³1987: 2.54 km³1988: 2.63 km³1989: 2.71 km³1990: 2.8 km³1991: 2.89 km³1992: 2.97 km³1993: 3.06 km³1994: 3.14 km³1995: 3.23 km³1996: 3.32 km³1997: 3.4 km³1998: 3.49 km³1999: 3.57 km³2000: 3.66 km³2001: 3.69 km³2002: 3.73 km³2003: 3.76 km³2004: 3.8 km³2005: 3.83 km³2006: 3.87 km³2007: 3.9 km³2008: 3.94 km³2009: 3.97 km³2010: 4.01 km³2011: 4.04 km³2012: 4.07 km³2013: 4.11 km³2014: 4.14 km³2015: 4.18 km³2016: 4.21 km³2017: 4.25 km³2018: 4.28 km³2019: 4.32 km³2020: 4.35 km³2021: 4.42 km³2022: 4.51 km³
Change over the period: +4 (+593.45%) Average annual rate: 3.46 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Uruguay 5 km³
World 3,853 km³
Latin America & Caribbean 354 km³
South America computed 233 km³
High-income countries computed 942 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 5 +0 +2%
2021 4 +0 +1.58%
2020 4 +0 +0.8%
2019 4 +0 +0.81%
2018 4 +0 +0.81%
2017 4 +0 +0.82%
2016 4 +0 +0.83%
2015 4 +0 +0.83%
2014 4 +0 +0.84%
2013 4 +0 +0.85%
2012 4 +0 +0.85%
2011 4 +0 +0.86%
2010 4 +0 +0.87%
2009 4 +0 +0.88%
2008 4 +0 +0.88%
2007 4 +0 +0.89%
2006 4 +0 +0.9%
2005 4 +0 +0.91%
2004 4 +0 +0.92%
2003 4 +0 +0.93%
2002 4 +0 +0.93%
2001 4 +0 +0.94%
2000 4 +0 +2.41%
1999 4 +0 +2.47%
1998 3 +0 +2.53%
1997 3 +0 +2.59%
1996 3 +0 +2.66%
1995 3 +0 +2.74%
1994 3 +0 +2.81%
1993 3 +0 +2.89%
1992 3 +0 +2.98%
1991 3 +0 +3.07%
1990 3 +0 +3.17%
1989 3 +0 +3.27%
1988 3 +0 +3.38%
1987 3 +0 +3.5%
1986 2 +0 +3.63%
1985 2 +0 +3.77%
1984 2 +0 +3.91%
1983 2 +0 +4.07%
1982 2 +0 +4.24%
1981 2 +0 +4.43%
1980 2 +0 +4.64%
1979 2 +0 +4.86%
1978 2 +0 +5.11%
1977 2 +0 +5.39%
1976 2 +0 +5.7%
1975 2 +0 +6.04%
1974 1 +0 +6.43%
1973 1 +0 +6.87%
1972 1 +0 +7.38%
1971 1 +0 +7.96%
1970 1 +0 +8.65%
1969 1 +0 +9.47%
1968 1 +0 +10.46%
1967 1 +0 +11.68%
1966 1 +0 +13.23%
1965 1 — —

South America, 2022

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

BR Brazil 68 AR Argentina 38 CL Chile 35 PE Peru 26 CO Colombia 24 VE Venezuela 23 EC Ecuador 10 UY Uruguay 5 PY Paraguay 2 GY Guyana 1 SR Suriname 1 BO Bolivia 0
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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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