Data for 1994

Water Withdrawal by Sector, 1994

Name: Water Withdrawal by Sector, 1994
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1994, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Water Withdrawal by Sector, 1994 covers 124 countries on 3 measures. Somalia is highest, at 99.233; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 67.295. Against 1993, 112 values changed (40 up, 72 down), 8 countries joined.

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Water Withdrawal by Sector · Data for 1994

HighestSomalia

99.233

Lowest2 countries share it

0.000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

124countries
3measures per country
1994the year it describes
123distinct values10 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Water Withdrawal by Sector, 1994, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Water Withdrawal by Sector, 1994: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	99.233	0.767	0.00
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	98.782	0.909	0.31
3	Guyana`GUY`South America	98.239	1.246	0.51
4	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	97.981	1.454	0.56
5	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	97.949	1.734	0.32
6	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	97.948	1.468	0.58
7	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	96.406	2.169	1.42
8	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	95.895	2.354	1.75
9	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	94.232	2.854	2.91
10	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	94.150	2.984	2.87
11	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	93.653	4.448	1.90
12	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	93.055	5.307	1.64
13	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	93.046	6.198	0.76
14	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	92.643	5.570	1.79
15	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	92.561	2.231	5.21
16	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	92.310	3.470	4.22
17	India`IND`Southern Asia	91.767	5.844	2.39
18	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	91.681	7.921	0.40
19	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	91.584	6.792	1.62
20	Suriname`SUR`South America	91.275	5.074	3.65
21	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	91.177	7.354	1.47
22	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	90.804	5.744	3.45
23	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	89.598	7.859	2.54
24	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	89.307	9.486	1.21
25	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	89.214	6.403	2.96
26	Bolivia`BOL`South America	89.114	7.718	3.17
27	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	88.046	9.263	2.69
28	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	87.462	8.996	3.54
29	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	86.957	10.870	2.17
30	Uruguay`URY`South America	86.768	11.018	2.21
31	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	86.432	10.150	3.42
32	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	86.272	10.432	3.30
33	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	86.086	5.992	7.92
34	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	85.307	4.777	9.92
35	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	83.595	14.026	2.38
36	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	81.171	1.731	17.10
37	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	79.541	15.944	4.51
38	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	79.412	20.105	0.48
39	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	78.934	14.009	7.06
40	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	78.031	12.131	9.84
41	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	77.257	15.826	6.92
42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	76.833	4.628	18.54
43	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	76.294	5.631	18.08
44	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	76.025	14.893	9.08
45	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	75.188	17.311	7.50
46	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	75.042	4.817	20.14
47	Paraguay`PRY`South America	74.250	18.087	7.66
48	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	74.083	21.369	4.55
49	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	73.995	23.711	2.29
50	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	73.921	23.131	2.95
51	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	73.624	19.221	7.15
52	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	73.017	23.375	3.61
53	Niger`NER`Western Africa	72.671	24.521	2.81
54	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	72.495	22.857	4.65
55	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	71.741	22.408	5.85
56	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	70.256	—	—
57	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	70.022	28.312	1.67
58	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	69.710	26.592	3.70
59	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	69.489	—	—
60	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	68.414	22.566	9.02
61	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	67.672	28.461	3.87
62	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	67.406	26.718	5.88
63	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	67.184	23.343	9.47
64	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	65.889	15.817	18.29
65	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	65.374	24.716	9.91
66	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	65.262	18.457	16.28
67	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	64.935	13.149	21.92
68	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	63.493	24.875	11.63
69	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	63.218	21.507	15.27
70	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	63.061	24.004	12.93
71	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	62.505	20.063	17.43
72	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	61.736	17.216	21.05
73	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	60.912	26.107	12.98
74	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	60.315	27.427	12.26
75	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	58.752	27.861	13.39
76	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	57.540	39.880	2.58
77	Belize`BLZ`Central America	55.833	20.486	23.68
78	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	53.407	32.916	13.68
79	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	52.840	42.490	4.67
80	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	51.938	19.697	28.37
81	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	49.849	17.723	32.43
82	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	49.705	28.845	21.45
83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	49.622	31.351	19.03
84	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	48.690	34.010	17.30
85	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.423	35.068	19.51
86	Venezuela`VEN`South America	44.023	48.089	7.89
87	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	44.000	46.000	10.00
88	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	42.169	51.205	6.63
89	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	41.541	11.825	46.63
90	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	40.261	53.540	6.20
91	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	39.515	44.099	16.39
92	United States`USA`Northern America	34.941	11.086	53.97
93	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	32.679	41.773	25.55
94	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	32.285	13.933	53.78
95	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	32.244	44.749	23.01
96	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	32.028	51.361	16.61
97	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	31.507	68.493	0.00
98	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	30.462	34.769	34.77
99	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	30.201	17.886	51.91
100	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	25.742	11.469	62.79
101	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	25.264	61.509	13.23
102	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	19.844	18.547	61.61
103	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	19.832	61.174	20.54
104	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	15.221	39.966	44.81
105	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12.490	59.450	—
106	France`FRA`Western Europe	12.031	16.668	71.30
107	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10.683	13.789	75.53
108	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	9.777	65.794	24.36
109	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	9.447	19.945	70.61
110	Canada`CAN`Northern America	9.359	11.902	78.74
111	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	7.753	39.554	52.69
112	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.831	79.868	14.30
113	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.521	36.005	58.47
114	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	4.316	15.331	80.35
115	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.382	17.851	78.77
116	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.840	19.618	77.54
117	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.811	22.825	75.36
118	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.734	16.327	81.94
119	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.121	46.351	52.53
120	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.118	38.106	60.78
121	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.897	81.683	17.42
122	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.431	8.965	90.60
=123	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	96.933	3.07
=123	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.000	100.000	0.00

02In 1994

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Somalia99.233
2Afghanistan98.782
3Guyana98.239
4Madagascar97.981
5Mali97.949

Lowest

123Maldivesshared0.000
123Monacoshared0.000
122Belgium0.431
121Central African Republic0.897
120Czechia1.118

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 67.295. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Withdrawn for households (% of total)
HighestMonaco100.000
LowestSomalia0.767
Middle country: 17.986
Withdrawn for industry (% of total)
HighestBelgium90.60
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 9.02

031993 → 1994

Since 1993

What changed between 1993 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+8 / −0countries joined / left
112values changed, of 116 in both
40 · 72rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Cameroon45.587 → 53.407+7.819
Azerbaijan70.128 → 75.042+4.914
Portugal72.479 → 76.833+4.353
Australia65.447 → 69.489+4.042
Belize51.901 → 55.833+3.932

Fell most

Malaysia68.221 → 61.736−6.485
Albania68.236 → 63.061−5.174
Lesotho34.410 → 30.462−3.948
Liberia36.571 → 32.679−3.892
Moldova36.097 → 32.285−3.812

+ Kyrgyzstan

+ Malawi

+ Qatar

+ Russia

+ Tajikistan

+ Turkmenistan

+ Tanzania

+ Uzbekistan

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1994.
123 distinct values among 124
Values are stored exactly as published, to 10 decimals. 2 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
5 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1994). Water Withdrawal by Sector, 1994 [data set], describing 1994. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/water-withdrawal/1994

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