environmental2022
Industrial share of freshwater withdrawals
Compare industrial share of freshwater withdrawals across 177 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2022 official-source dataset.
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Key Insights
Global Average
18.3% of total freshwater withdrawals
Median: 7.1% of total freshwater withdrawals
Countries Covered
177
with available data
Highest
Montenegro
94.2% of total freshwater withdrawals
Lowest
Saint Lucia
0.0% of total freshwater withdrawals
Top 5 Countries
1Montenegro94.2% of total freshwater withdrawals
2Estonia94.2% of total freshwater withdrawals
3Austria93.3% of total freshwater withdrawals
4Belgium84.1% of total freshwater withdrawals
5Slovenia78.0% of total freshwater withdrawals
By Region
Key Findings
- •Coverage: 177 ISO-mapped countries or territories in 2022.
- •Published range: 0 to 94.19720531 % of total freshwater withdrawals.
- •Discovery motivation: Wikipedia Lake Ontario and Google Trends Grand Canyon flash flood.
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0% of total freshwater withdrawals)High (94.2% of total freshwater withdrawals)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 18.3% of total freshwater withdrawals)
About This Statistic
Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins. Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source. Withdrawals can exceed 100 percent of total renewable resources where extraction from nonrenewable aquifers or desalination plants is considerable or where there is significant water reuse. Withdrawals for industry are total withdrawals for direct industrial use (including withdrawals for cooling thermoelectric plants). Data are for the most recent year available for 1987-2002.
MapTheory retains one fixed reference year and unit. Only finite values mapped to ISO 3166-1 numeric codes are included; aggregates, missing values and non-ISO geographies are excluded. No value is estimated, imputed or carried across years.
Methodology
Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins. Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source. Withdrawals can exceed 100 percent of total renewable resources where extraction from nonrenewable aquifers or desalination plants is considerable or where there is significant water reuse. Withdrawals for industry are total withdrawals for direct industrial use (including withdrawals for cooling thermoelectric plants). Data are for the most recent year available for 1987-2002.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montenegro | 94.2% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 2 | Estonia | 94.2% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 3 | Austria | 93.3% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 4 | Belgium | 84.1% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 5 | Slovenia | 78.0% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 6 | Serbia | 77.9% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 7 | Canada | 75.8% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 8 | Hungary | 75.7% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 9 | Moldova, Republic of | 73.1% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 10 | Puerto Rico | 72.2% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 11 | Bulgaria | 71.3% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 12 | Iceland | 71.1% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 13 | Netherlands | 70.2% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 14 | France | 68.1% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 15 | Poland | 65.5% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 16 | Sweden | 61.3% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 17 | Germany | 54.3% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 18 | Czech Republic | 53.7% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 19 | Lebanon | 48.9% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 20 | Romania | 48.3% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 21 | United States of America | 47.2% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 22 | Croatia | 46.8% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 23 | Finland | 46.4% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 24 | Lesotho | 45.7% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 25 | Singapore | 45.1% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 26 | Ukraine | 44.8% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 27 | Russian Federation | 44.8% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 28 | Papua New Guinea | 42.7% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 29 | Slovakia | 39.8% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 30 | Norway | 39.8% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 31 | Switzerland | 37.1% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 32 | Liberia | 36.6% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 33 | Mongolia | 35.9% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 34 | South Sudan | 34.2% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 35 | Angola | 33.9% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 36 | Trinidad and Tobago | 33.6% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 37 | Ireland | 31.8% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 38 | Belarus | 30.4% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 39 | Malaysia | 29.9% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 40 | Portugal | 29.7% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 41 | Lithuania | 29.3% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 42 | Seychelles | 27.7% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 43 | Georgia | 27.4% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 44 | Republic of the Congo | 26.2% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 45 | Sierra Leone | 26.2% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 46 | New Zealand | 24.0% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 47 | Kazakhstan | 23.9% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 48 | South Africa | 23.2% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 49 | Italy | 22.7% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 50 | Suriname | 22.0% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 51 | Antigua and Barbuda | 21.7% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 52 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 21.5% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 53 | Belize | 21.0% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 54 | Republic of The Gambia | 20.9% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 55 | Cote d'Ivoire | 20.8% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 56 | Spain | 19.0% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 57 | Australia | 18.6% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 58 | Guatemala | 18.1% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 59 | People's Republic of China | 17.7% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 60 | Latvia | 17.6% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 61 | Central African Republic | 16.6% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 62 | South Korea | 16.4% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 63 | Japan | 16.4% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 64 | Tajikistan | 16.3% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 65 | Nigeria | 15.8% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 66 | Equatorial Guinea | 15.2% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 67 | Brazil | 15.0% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 68 | Philippines | 14.9% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 69 | Uruguay | 13.4% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 70 | North Korea | 13.2% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 71 | Benin | 12.8% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 72 | Oman | 12.4% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 73 | United Kingdom | 12.0% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 74 | Chad | 11.8% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 75 | Botswana | 11.4% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 76 | Fiji | 11.3% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 77 | Iraq | 10.7% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 78 | Cuba | 10.6% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 79 | Argentina | 10.6% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 80 | Gabon | 10.1% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 81 | Cameroon | 9.6% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 82 | Jamaica | 9.5% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 83 | Mexico | 8.9% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 84 | Zambia | 8.3% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 85 | Uganda | 7.8% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 86 | Barbados | 7.7% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 87 | Kenya | 7.5% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 88 | Dominican Republic | 7.3% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 89 | Costa Rica | 7.1% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 90 | Honduras | 7.1% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 91 | Egypt | 7.0% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 92 | Guinea | 6.7% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 93 | Namibia | 6.6% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 94 | Ghana | 6.5% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 95 | Peru | 6.4% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 96 | Sri Lanka | 6.4% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 97 | Paraguay | 6.4% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 98 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.3% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 99 | Cyprus | 5.9% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 100 | Ecuador | 5.5% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 101 | Saudi Arabia | 5.4% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 102 | Burundi | 5.4% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 103 | Chile | 5.1% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 104 | Maldives | 5.1% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 105 | Comoros | 5.0% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 106 | Armenia | 4.9% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 107 | El Salvador | 4.9% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 108 | Thailand | 4.8% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 109 | Denmark | 4.8% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 110 | Libya | 4.8% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 111 | Turkmenistan | 4.6% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 112 | Azerbaijan | 4.6% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 113 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.4% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 114 | Qatar | 4.3% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 115 | Colombia | 4.1% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 116 | Indonesia | 4.1% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 117 | Luxembourg | 3.8% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 118 | Vietnam | 3.7% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 119 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.7% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 120 | Haiti | 3.5% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 121 | Malawi | 3.5% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 122 | Venezuela | 3.5% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 123 | Jordan | 3.3% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 124 | Bahrain | 3.2% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 125 | Togo | 2.8% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 126 | Greece | 2.8% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 127 | Uzbekistan | 2.7% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 128 | Burkina Faso | 2.7% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 129 | Mauritania | 2.4% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 130 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.3% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 131 | India | 2.2% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 132 | Bangladesh | 2.1% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 133 | Cape Verde | 2.1% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 134 | Morocco | 2.0% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 135 | Türkiye | 2.0% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 136 | Eswatini | 1.9% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 137 | Kuwait | 1.9% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 138 | Yemen | 1.8% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 139 | Tunisia | 1.7% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 140 | Mozambique | 1.7% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 141 | Rwanda | 1.7% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 142 | Zimbabwe | 1.7% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 143 | Algeria | 1.7% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 144 | Malta | 1.6% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 145 | Mauritius | 1.6% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 146 | Cambodia | 1.5% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 147 | Niger | 1.5% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 148 | Myanmar | 1.5% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 149 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.5% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 150 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 1.5% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 151 | Bolivia | 1.5% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 152 | Guyana | 1.4% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 153 | Albania | 1.4% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 154 | Madagascar | 1.2% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 155 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 1.2% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 156 | United Arab Emirates | 1.1% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 157 | Bhutan | 0.9% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 158 | Afghanistan | 0.8% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 159 | Pakistan | 0.8% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 160 | Panama | 0.5% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 161 | Ethiopia | 0.5% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 162 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.5% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 163 | Nepal | 0.3% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 164 | Sudan | 0.3% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 165 | Eritrea | 0.2% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 166 | Timor-Leste | 0.2% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 167 | Mali | 0.1% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 168 | Somalia | 0.1% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 169 | Nicaragua | 0.0% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 170 | Senegal | 0.0% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 171 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 172 | Dominica | 0.0% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 173 | Djibouti | 0.0% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 174 | Grenada | 0.0% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 175 | Monaco | 0.0% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 176 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% of total freshwater withdrawals |
| 177 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% of total freshwater withdrawals |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Development Indicators (2022).
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