environmental2022
Domestic share of freshwater withdrawals
Compare the domestic-use share of total freshwater withdrawals across countries in 2022 using FAO AQUASTAT data from the World Bank.
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Key Insights
Global Average
29.3% of freshwater withdrawals
Median: 20.1% of freshwater withdrawals
Countries Covered
178
with available data
Highest
Brunei Darussalam
164.7% of freshwater withdrawals
Lowest
Somalia
0.5% of freshwater withdrawals
Top 5 Countries
1Brunei Darussalam164.7% of freshwater withdrawals
2Monaco100.0% of freshwater withdrawals
3Saint Vincent and the Grenadines100.0% of freshwater withdrawals
4Saint Kitts and Nevis98.7% of freshwater withdrawals
5Dominica95.0% of freshwater withdrawals
By Region
Other33.4% of freshwater withdrawals(100 countries)
Europe32.4% of freshwater withdrawals(32 countries)
Africa22.0% of freshwater withdrawals(9 countries)
Asia19.4% of freshwater withdrawals(24 countries)
North America16.6% of freshwater withdrawals(4 countries)
Key Findings
- •Coverage: 178 ISO countries in 2022.
- •Published range: 0.454821104 to 164.673913 % of freshwater withdrawals.
- •Wikipedia most-read: 2026 Nepal floods; water-resource replacement queue.
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.5% of freshwater withdrawals)High (164.7% of freshwater withdrawals)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 29.3% of freshwater withdrawals)
Other (100)
Europe (32)
Africa (9)
Asia (24)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Oceania (2)
About This Statistic
This indicator is the percentage of total freshwater withdrawals used for drinking water, municipal supply, public services, commercial establishments and homes. It describes the composition of withdrawals, not total water availability or household access.
Withdrawals exclude evaporation losses from storage basins and may include desalinated water where it is significant. Only records published for the common 2022 reference year are shown.
Methodology
World Bank indicator ER.H2O.FWDM.ZS from FAO AQUASTAT. Domestic withdrawals are divided by total freshwater withdrawals and multiplied by 100. The batch retains only non-null 2022 observations for ISO countries; it does not fill or carry forward missing values.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brunei Darussalam | 164.7% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 2 | Monaco | 100.0% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 3 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100.0% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 4 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 98.7% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 5 | Dominica | 95.0% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 6 | Maldives | 94.9% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 91.2% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 8 | Grenada | 85.1% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 9 | Djibouti | 84.2% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 10 | Central African Republic | 82.9% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 11 | Equatorial Guinea | 79.8% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 74.0% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 13 | Jamaica | 73.4% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 14 | Republic of the Congo | 69.5% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 68.0% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 16 | Ireland | 66.1% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 17 | Seychelles | 65.7% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 18 | Malta | 63.9% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 19 | Bahrain | 63.4% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 20 | Togo | 63.1% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 21 | Panama | 62.7% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 22 | Antigua and Barbuda | 62.6% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 23 | Qatar | 62.4% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 24 | Trinidad and Tobago | 62.0% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 25 | Benin | 62.0% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 26 | Gabon | 60.9% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 27 | Botswana | 60.6% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 28 | Cape Verde | 58.9% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 29 | Papua New Guinea | 57.0% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 30 | Liberia | 55.0% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 31 | Singapore | 54.9% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 32 | Slovakia | 54.3% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 33 | Switzerland | 53.7% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 34 | Latvia | 53.4% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 52.3% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 36 | Uganda | 51.5% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 37 | Mauritius | 50.6% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 38 | Comoros | 48.0% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 39 | United Arab Emirates | 47.7% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 40 | Burkina Faso | 45.9% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 41 | Croatia | 45.8% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 42 | Lesotho | 45.7% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 43 | Lithuania | 45.5% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 44 | Angola | 45.3% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 45 | Jordan | 45.0% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 46 | Czech Republic | 43.3% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 47 | Belarus | 42.4% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 48 | Germany | 41.5% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 49 | Denmark | 41.0% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 50 | Republic of The Gambia | 40.6% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 51 | Nigeria | 40.1% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 52 | Georgia | 39.0% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 53 | Cyprus | 38.8% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 54 | Rwanda | 38.3% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 55 | Sao Tome and Principe | 35.9% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 56 | Kuwait | 35.9% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 57 | Ukraine | 34.0% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 58 | Sweden | 33.8% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 59 | Costa Rica | 32.2% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 60 | Algeria | 30.9% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 61 | Fiji | 29.8% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 62 | South Sudan | 29.3% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 63 | Saint Lucia | 29.1% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 64 | Norway | 28.8% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 65 | Iceland | 28.7% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 66 | Albania | 27.7% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 67 | Cote d'Ivoire | 27.5% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 68 | Italy | 27.0% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 69 | Netherlands | 26.5% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 70 | Russian Federation | 26.5% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 71 | Guinea | 25.8% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 72 | Mozambique | 25.3% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 73 | Guatemala | 25.1% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 74 | Barbados | 24.7% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 75 | South Korea | 24.6% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 76 | Malaysia | 24.5% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 77 | Cuba | 24.4% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 78 | Puerto Rico | 24.3% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 79 | Brazil | 24.1% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 80 | Tunisia | 22.7% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 81 | Cameroon | 22.7% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 82 | Venezuela | 22.6% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 83 | El Salvador | 22.3% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 84 | Namibia | 21.9% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 85 | Slovenia | 21.6% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 86 | France | 21.6% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 87 | Poland | 21.5% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 88 | Ghana | 20.5% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 89 | People's Republic of China | 20.1% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 90 | Moldova, Republic of | 20.1% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 91 | Honduras | 19.6% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 92 | Kazakhstan | 19.4% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 93 | Zambia | 18.4% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 94 | Guinea-Bissau | 17.9% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 95 | Finland | 17.9% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 96 | Armenia | 17.6% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 97 | South Africa | 17.4% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 98 | Japan | 17.0% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 99 | Greece | 16.7% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 100 | Iraq | 15.9% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 101 | Spain | 15.7% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 102 | Argentina | 15.5% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 103 | Romania | 15.4% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 104 | Bulgaria | 15.4% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 105 | Burundi | 15.4% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 106 | Belgium | 15.0% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 107 | Paraguay | 15.0% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 108 | Portugal | 14.9% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 14.9% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 110 | Mexico | 14.8% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 111 | Australia | 14.5% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 112 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 14.1% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 113 | Egypt | 13.9% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 114 | Serbia | 13.8% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 115 | Colombia | 13.7% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 116 | Canada | 13.5% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 117 | Hungary | 13.3% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 118 | United States of America | 13.1% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 119 | Haiti | 13.1% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 120 | Saudi Arabia | 13.1% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 121 | Lebanon | 13.0% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 122 | Ecuador | 13.0% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 123 | Kenya | 12.3% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 124 | Peru | 12.1% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 125 | Libya | 12.0% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 126 | Chad | 11.8% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 127 | Bolivia | 11.5% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 128 | Belize | 11.3% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 129 | Zimbabwe | 11.1% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 130 | New Zealand | 11.1% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 131 | Türkiye | 11.1% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 132 | Indonesia | 10.7% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 133 | Malawi | 10.5% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 134 | Philippines | 10.4% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 135 | North Korea | 10.4% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 136 | Morocco | 10.2% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 137 | United Republic of Tanzania | 10.2% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 138 | Bangladesh | 10.0% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 139 | Myanmar | 10.0% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 140 | Mongolia | 9.8% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 141 | Dominican Republic | 9.4% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 142 | Uruguay | 9.4% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 143 | Tajikistan | 9.2% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 144 | Syrian Arab Republic | 8.8% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 145 | Senegal | 8.6% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 146 | Timor-Leste | 8.4% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 147 | Suriname | 8.0% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 148 | Ethiopia | 7.7% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 149 | Niger | 7.5% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 150 | Yemen | 7.4% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 151 | India | 7.4% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 152 | Mauritania | 7.1% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 153 | Oman | 6.8% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 154 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 6.6% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 155 | Sri Lanka | 6.2% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 156 | Montenegro | 5.5% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 157 | Estonia | 5.4% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 158 | Eritrea | 5.3% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 159 | Pakistan | 5.3% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 160 | Uzbekistan | 5.2% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 161 | Bhutan | 5.0% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 162 | Thailand | 4.8% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 163 | Cambodia | 4.5% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 164 | Guyana | 4.2% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 165 | Chile | 4.0% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 166 | Eswatini | 3.9% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 167 | Sudan | 3.5% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 168 | Azerbaijan | 3.1% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 169 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.9% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 170 | Madagascar | 2.9% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 171 | Turkmenistan | 2.6% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 172 | Mali | 2.1% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 173 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.8% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 174 | Nepal | 1.6% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 175 | Vietnam | 1.5% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 176 | Austria | 1.5% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 177 | Afghanistan | 1.0% of freshwater withdrawals |
| 178 | Somalia | 0.5% of freshwater withdrawals |
Showing 178 of 178 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (FAO AQUASTAT) (2022).
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