Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters), per capita by country
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
181
Highest
0 billion cubic meters per person
Turkmenistan
Lowest
0 billion cubic meters per person
Democratic Republic of Congo
Median
0 billion cubic meters per person
Years covered
61
1962–2022
Data points
6,749
What the numbers show
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters), per capita is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 0 billion cubic meters per person in Turkmenistan; the lowest is 0 billion cubic meters per person in Democratic Republic of Congo.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 billion cubic meters per person, and the mean is 0 billion cubic meters per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 544.
Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 143 fell. The largest increase was in North Macedonia (up 261.5%), and the largest decrease in Bolivia (down 85.2%).
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters) … capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 2 | Montenegro | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 147.4% | volatile |
| 3 | New Zealand | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 4 | Chile | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 5 | Guyana | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 6 | United States | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 7 | Uruguay | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 8 | Azerbaijan | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 10 | Uzbekistan | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 11 | North Macedonia | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 261.5% | rising |
| 12 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 13 | Tajikistan | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 14 | Iran | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 15 | Armenia | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 16 | Suriname | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 17 | Laos | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 18 | Iraq | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 19 | Greece | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 20 | Canada | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 21 | Estonia | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 22 | Eswatini | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 23 | East Timor | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 24 | Bulgaria | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 25 | Argentina | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 26 | Vietnam | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 27 | Venezuela | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 28 | Thailand | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 29 | Philippines | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 30 | Indonesia | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 31 | Libya | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 32 | Peru | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 33 | Serbia | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 34 | Iceland | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 35 | Turkey | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 36 | Pakistan | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 37 | Saudi Arabia | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 38 | Mexico | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 39 | Egypt | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 40 | Costa Rica | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 41 | Japan | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 42 | Dominican Republic | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 43 | Cuba | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 44 | Syria | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 45 | Myanmar | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 46 | Spain | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 47 | Portugal | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 48 | Sri Lanka | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 49 | Italy | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 50 | South Korea | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 51 | Ecuador | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 52 | Sudan | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 53 | Finland | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 54 | Mauritius | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 55 | Afghanistan | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 56 | Norway | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 57 | Hungary | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 58 | Jamaica | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 59 | Colombia | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 60 | Netherlands | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 61 | India | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 62 | Russia | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 63 | Australia | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 64 | Madagascar | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 65 | Bhutan | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 66 | Romania | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 32.4% | falling |
| 67 | China | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 68 | Slovenia | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 69 | Belgium | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 70 | France | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 71 | Paraguay | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Georgia | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 73 | Austria | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 74 | Oman | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 75 | Cape Verde | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 94.8% | volatile |
| 76 | South Africa | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 77 | Moldova | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 78 | North Korea | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 79 | Albania | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 80 | Brazil | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 81 | Ireland | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 50.6% | falling |
| 82 | Nepal | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 83 | Tunisia | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 84 | Lebanon | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 85 | Germany | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 86 | El Salvador | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 87 | Zimbabwe | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 88 | Dominica | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 89 | Morocco | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 90 | Mauritania | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 91 | Panama | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 92 | Puerto Rico | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 93 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 94 | Poland | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 95 | Belize | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 96 | Barbados | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 97 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 98 | Saint Lucia | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 99 | Sweden | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 100 | Algeria | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 101 | United Arab Emirates | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 102 | Mali | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 103 | Bangladesh | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 104 | Brunei | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 105 | Switzerland | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 106 | Malaysia | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 107 | Nicaragua | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 108 | Guatemala | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 109 | Somalia | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 110 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 111 | Croatia | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 112 | Senegal | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 113 | Eritrea | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 114 | Kuwait | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 115 | Cyprus | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 116 | Israel | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2021 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 117 | Denmark | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 21.5% | falling |
| 118 | Honduras | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 119 | Belarus | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 120 | Czechia | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 121 | Mongolia | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 122 | Monaco | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 123 | Cambodia | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 124 | Haiti | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 125 | United Kingdom | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 126 | Grenada | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 127 | Ukraine | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 57.5% | falling |
| 128 | Lithuania | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Slovakia | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 130 | Niger | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 131 | Bahrain | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 133 | Seychelles | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 134 | Qatar | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Yemen | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 136 | Fiji | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 137 | Latvia | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 138 | Botswana | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 139 | Jordan | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 140 | Ethiopia | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 15.8% | flat |
| 141 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 142 | Tanzania | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 143 | Zambia | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 144 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 145 | Kenya | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 146 | Luxembourg | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 147 | Malta | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 27.7% | rising |
| 148 | Palestine | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2021 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 149 | Malawi | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 150 | Guinea | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 151 | South Sudan | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 152 | Gabon | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 153 | Nigeria | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 154 | Chad | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 155 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 156 | Mozambique | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 157 | Rwanda | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 158 | Ghana | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 159 | Cameroon | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 160 | Gambia | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 161 | Papua New Guinea | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 162 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 163 | Burkina Faso | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 23.7% | rising |
| 164 | Namibia | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 59.2% | falling |
| 165 | Singapore | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 80.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Bolivia | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 85.2% | falling |
| 167 | Togo | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 17.5% | flat |
| 168 | Liberia | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 169 | Sierra Leone | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 170 | Burundi | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 171 | Angola | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 172 | Lesotho | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 173 | Djibouti | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 174 | Central African Republic | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 175 | Uganda | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 176 | Comoros | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 177 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 178 | Benin | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 179 | Maldives | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 180 | Congo | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 181 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 billion cubic meters per person | 2022 | down 28.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 0 billion cubic meters per person
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0 billion cubic meters per person
- OECD members 0 billion cubic meters per person
- Post-demographic dividend 0 billion cubic meters per person
- High income 0 billion cubic meters per person
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 0 billion cubic meters per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 0 billion cubic meters per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 0 billion cubic meters per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0 billion cubic meters per person
- Caribbean Small States 0 billion cubic meters per person
- Other small states 0 billion cubic meters per person
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0 billion cubic meters per person
- Latin America & Caribbean 0 billion cubic meters per person
- Upper middle income 0 billion cubic meters per person
- Early-demographic dividend 0 billion cubic meters per person
- Small states 0 billion cubic meters per person
- Europe & Central Asia 0 billion cubic meters per person
- IBRD only 0 billion cubic meters per person
- East Asia & Pacific 0 billion cubic meters per person
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0 billion cubic meters per person
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0 billion cubic meters per person
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0 billion cubic meters per person
- Arab World 0 billion cubic meters per person
- World 0 billion cubic meters per person
- Middle income 0 billion cubic meters per person
- Late-demographic dividend 0 billion cubic meters per person
- Euro area 0 billion cubic meters per person
- IDA & IBRD total 0 billion cubic meters per person
- Low & middle income 0 billion cubic meters per person
- South Asia 0 billion cubic meters per person
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 0 billion cubic meters per person
- European Union 0 billion cubic meters per person
- Lower middle income 0 billion cubic meters per person
- IDA blend 0 billion cubic meters per person
- Central Europe and the Baltics 0 billion cubic meters per person
- IDA total 0 billion cubic meters per person
- IDA only 0 billion cubic meters per person
- Least developed countries 0 billion cubic meters per person
- Low income 0 billion cubic meters per person
- Pre-demographic dividend 0 billion cubic meters per person
How this figure is calculated
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, total AQUASTAT - FAO's Global Information System on Water and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.