Data for 1995

Water Withdrawal by Sector, 1995

Name: Water Withdrawal by Sector, 1995
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1995, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Water Withdrawal by Sector, 1995 covers 135 countries on 3 measures. Somalia is highest, at 99.34; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 65.57. Against 1994, 118 values changed (39 up, 79 down), 13 countries joined, 2 left.

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Water Withdrawal by Sector · Data for 1995

HighestSomalia

99.34

Lowest2 countries share it

0.00

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

135countries
3measures per country
1995the year it describes
134distinct 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, 1995, 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, 1995: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	99.34	0.659	0.000
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	98.75	0.893	0.362
3	Guyana`GUY`South America	98.12	1.350	0.532
4	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	98.00	1.720	0.277
5	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	97.86	1.506	0.629
6	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	97.70	1.629	0.671
7	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	96.43	2.194	1.375
8	Mexico`MEX`Central America	95.94	—	—
9	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	95.61	2.592	1.797
10	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	94.08	3.016	2.900
11	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	93.85	3.038	3.111
12	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	93.17	4.632	2.193
13	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	93.16	5.213	1.629
14	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	92.84	2.082	5.079
15	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	92.41	3.441	4.151
16	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	92.33	6.871	0.799
17	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	92.25	5.885	1.861
18	India`IND`Southern Asia	91.71	6.034	2.251
19	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	91.57	7.229	1.205
20	Suriname`SUR`South America	91.51	4.961	3.525
21	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	91.00	8.641	0.358
22	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	90.97	7.470	1.563
23	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	90.65	5.840	3.509
24	Bolivia`BOL`South America	89.54	7.483	2.978
25	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	89.24	8.109	2.653
26	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	89.01	9.750	1.241
27	Uruguay`URY`South America	86.74	11.053	2.209
28	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	86.57	10.050	3.379
29	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	86.34	9.518	4.143
30	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	86.31	11.381	2.313
31	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	86.14	6.335	7.524
32	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	85.61	10.956	3.430
33	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	83.99	5.129	10.882
34	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	82.43	15.106	2.460
35	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	81.41	1.731	16.863
36	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	81.22	14.234	4.549
37	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	79.04	—	—
38	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	78.93	14.009	7.063
39	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	78.90	20.404	0.692
40	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	77.86	11.948	10.197
41	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	77.80	5.210	16.991
42	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	77.70	14.158	8.145
43	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	76.73	16.168	7.098
44	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	76.45	22.274	1.272
45	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	75.54	4.286	20.177
46	Argentina`ARG`South America	75.30	15.955	8.747
47	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	75.01	6.462	18.530
48	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	74.80	17.561	7.642
49	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	74.75	20.399	4.850
50	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	74.06	23.726	2.216
51	Paraguay`PRY`South America	73.76	18.493	7.751
52	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	73.50	23.248	3.253
53	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	72.23	20.465	7.308
54	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	72.01	24.244	3.744
55	Niger`NER`Western Africa	71.58	25.515	2.902
56	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	71.38	23.762	4.860
57	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	70.15	26.007	3.846
58	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	69.22	24.455	6.326
59	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	68.93	—	—
60	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	67.49	23.965	8.541
61	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	67.41	26.718	5.876
62	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	67.04	28.793	4.164
63	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	66.95	—	—
64	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	66.79	23.719	9.488
65	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	66.47	14.909	18.624
66	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	66.32	29.573	4.103
67	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	65.85	18.384	15.763
68	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	65.57	24.568	9.866
69	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	63.66	19.764	16.573
70	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	62.30	25.623	12.075
71	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	61.01	22.748	16.240
72	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	60.98	26.531	12.494
73	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	60.78	17.826	21.398
74	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	60.38	27.990	11.626
75	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	59.42	28.643	11.939
76	Belize`BLZ`Central America	58.45	19.007	22.542
77	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	57.81	28.061	14.125
78	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	57.68	28.588	13.729
79	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	56.63	40.731	2.636
80	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	53.78	20.794	25.427
81	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	52.10	43.135	4.769
82	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	51.16	34.159	14.680
83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	50.95	30.453	18.600
84	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	50.88	19.540	29.578
85	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	48.89	18.184	32.924
86	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	47.71	34.637	17.655
87	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	46.58	30.609	22.807
88	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	44.49	36.332	19.177
89	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	44.00	46.000	10.000
90	Venezuela`VEN`South America	43.98	48.195	7.824
91	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	42.30	50.755	6.949
92	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	41.66	52.794	5.547
93	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	38.96	44.426	16.613
94	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	37.38	12.500	50.125
95	United States`USA`Northern America	34.97	11.145	53.881
96	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	30.55	45.971	23.479
97	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	30.45	53.340	16.210
98	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	30.17	17.916	51.910
99	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	28.79	43.875	27.334
100	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	28.69	37.980	33.333
101	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	28.26	71.739	0.000
102	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	27.96	14.071	57.972
103	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	26.96	60.583	12.452
104	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	26.40	36.798	36.798
105	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	24.79	12.661	62.551
106	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	19.88	18.754	61.365
107	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	19.80	61.413	20.652
108	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	17.43	63.569	18.998
109	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	15.08	42.171	42.750
110	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	14.22	59.431	—
111	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	12.50	87.500	0.000
112	France`FRA`Western Europe	11.74	17.487	70.777
113	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	9.62	66.296	24.012
114	Canada`CAN`Northern America	9.54	12.108	78.354
115	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9.20	13.789	77.010
116	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	9.04	19.294	71.662
117	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8.61	—	—
118	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	6.93	39.755	53.319
119	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.81	79.757	14.429
120	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.76	—	—
121	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.35	36.975	57.679
122	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	4.16	15.804	80.033
123	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.80	18.558	77.642
124	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.90	20.066	77.035
125	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.93	15.932	82.135
126	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.56	23.642	74.793
127	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.35	39.118	59.533
128	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.10	46.359	52.538
129	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.83	81.934	17.236
130	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.59	6.480	92.931
131	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.35	74.336	25.487
132	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.18	4.710	95.106
133	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.15	8.806	91.042
=134	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	96.921	3.079
=134	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.00	100.000	0.000

02In 1995

At either end

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

Highest

1Somalia99.34
2Afghanistan98.75
3Guyana98.12
4Mali98.00
5Madagascar97.86

Lowest

134Maldivesshared0.00
134Monacoshared0.00
133Belgium0.15
132Lithuania0.18
131Luxembourg0.35

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 65.57. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Withdrawn for households (% of total)
HighestMonaco100.000
LowestSomalia0.659
Middle country: 19.007
Withdrawn for industry (% of total)
HighestLithuania95.106
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 9.677

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+13 / −2countries joined / left
118values changed, of 122 in both
39 · 79rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Tanzania70.02 → 76.45+6.43
Cameroon53.41 → 59.42+6.01
Belize55.83 → 58.45+2.62
United Kingdom12.49 → 14.22+1.73
Gabon25.26 → 26.96+1.70

Fell most

Malaysia61.74 → 53.78−7.96
Albania63.06 → 57.81−5.25
Moldova32.28 → 27.96−4.33
Romania41.54 → 37.38−4.17
Côte d’Ivoire64.94 → 60.78−4.16

+ Argentina

+ Armenia

+ Belarus

+ Brunei

+ DR Congo

+ Cuba

+ Estonia

+ Lithuania

+ Luxembourg

+ Latvia

+ Mexico

+ Malta

+ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

− Greece

− Morocco

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 1995.
134 distinct values among 135
Values are stored exactly as published, to 10 decimals. 2 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
13 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) (1995). Water Withdrawal by Sector, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/water-withdrawal/1995

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