Data for 1996

Water Withdrawal by Sector, 1996

Name: Water Withdrawal by Sector, 1996
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1996, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Water Withdrawal by Sector, 1996 covers 140 countries on 3 measures. Somalia is highest, at 99.434; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 65.587. Against 1995, 128 values changed (43 up, 85 down), 6 countries joined, 1 left.

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Water Withdrawal by Sector · Data for 1996

HighestSomalia

99.434

Lowest2 countries share it

0.000

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

140countries
3measures per country
1996the year it describes
139distinct 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, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	99.434	0.566	0.00
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	98.706	0.877	0.42
3	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	98.048	1.708	0.24
4	Guyana`GUY`South America	98.000	1.452	0.55
5	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	97.746	1.559	0.70
6	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	97.456	1.787	0.76
7	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	96.456	2.218	1.33
8	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	95.334	2.825	1.84
9	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	94.017	3.048	2.94
10	Mexico`MEX`Central America	93.612	—	—
11	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	93.492	3.212	3.30
12	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	93.262	5.119	1.62
13	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	93.099	1.943	4.96
14	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	92.702	4.815	2.48
15	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	92.515	3.409	4.08
16	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	92.033	6.778	1.19
17	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	91.875	6.192	1.93
18	Suriname`SUR`South America	91.741	4.854	3.41
19	India`IND`Southern Asia	91.664	6.216	2.12
20	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	91.632	7.527	0.84
21	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	90.762	7.582	1.66
22	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	90.501	5.934	3.56
23	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	90.392	8.997	0.61
24	Bolivia`BOL`South America	89.935	7.263	2.80
25	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	89.145	7.848	3.01
26	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	89.086	8.107	2.81
27	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	88.727	10.001	1.27
28	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	87.571	9.728	2.70
29	Uruguay`URY`South America	86.710	11.086	2.20
30	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	86.697	9.961	3.34
31	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	86.196	6.655	7.15
32	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	85.642	11.904	2.45
33	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	85.305	9.998	4.70
34	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	84.937	11.494	3.57
35	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	82.779	5.451	11.77
36	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	82.286	13.143	4.57
37	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	81.354	16.111	2.54
38	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	80.417	18.553	1.03
39	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	79.416	2.894	17.69
40	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	79.302	13.453	7.25
41	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	78.924	14.009	7.07
42	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	78.439	20.678	0.88
43	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	78.079	6.002	15.92
44	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	77.707	11.793	10.50
45	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	76.201	16.516	7.28
46	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	75.334	19.552	5.11
47	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	75.279	—	—
48	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	74.810	3.252	21.94
49	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	74.797	17.561	7.64
50	Argentina`ARG`South America	74.321	16.027	9.65
51	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	74.123	23.741	2.14
52	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	73.740	7.282	18.98
53	Paraguay`PRY`South America	73.272	18.891	7.84
54	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	73.081	23.365	3.55
55	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	70.961	25.153	3.89
56	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	70.810	21.727	7.46
57	Niger`NER`Western Africa	70.585	26.427	2.99
58	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	70.565	25.448	3.99
59	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	70.200	24.717	5.08
60	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	69.851	—	—
61	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	69.786	22.175	8.04
62	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	68.553	13.826	17.62
63	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	67.654	24.691	7.65
64	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	67.057	13.981	18.96
65	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	66.596	26.584	6.82
66	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	66.434	29.114	4.45
67	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	66.276	29.594	4.13
68	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	66.255	25.267	8.48
69	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	65.749	24.428	9.82
70	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	65.673	28.331	6.00
71	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	65.501	18.468	16.03
72	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	64.963	19.428	15.61
73	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	64.183	25.256	10.56
74	Belize`BLZ`Central America	61.268	16.662	22.07
75	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	61.173	26.332	12.49
76	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	61.031	26.903	12.07
77	Brazil`BRA`South America	60.926	20.959	18.12
78	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	60.451	28.528	11.02
79	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	58.704	24.046	17.25
80	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	57.775	28.597	13.63
81	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	56.806	22.289	20.90
82	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	56.700	29.256	14.04
83	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	55.854	41.462	2.68
84	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	52.069	29.693	18.24
85	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	51.404	43.734	4.86
86	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	51.343	33.998	14.66
87	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	49.864	19.390	30.75
88	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	47.957	18.635	33.41
89	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	46.830	35.198	17.97
90	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	45.645	24.453	29.90
91	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	44.000	46.000	10.00
92	Venezuela`VEN`South America	43.942	48.296	7.76
93	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	43.669	37.441	18.89
94	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	43.594	32.299	24.11
95	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	42.940	52.110	4.95
96	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	42.424	50.303	7.27
97	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	38.422	44.745	16.83
98	United States`USA`Northern America	35.005	11.205	53.79
99	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	33.831	51.551	14.62
100	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	31.483	14.230	54.29
101	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	30.165	32.273	37.56
102	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	30.146	17.948	51.91
103	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	29.024	47.071	23.90
104	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	28.510	59.741	11.75
105	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	27.816	39.546	32.64
106	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	25.311	74.689	0.00
107	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	24.906	45.976	29.12
108	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	23.792	13.904	62.30
109	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	23.002	14.228	62.77
110	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	22.229	38.886	38.89
111	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	19.919	18.969	61.11
112	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	16.341	83.481	0.18
113	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	16.231	64.292	19.48
114	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	14.930	44.490	40.58
115	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	14.499	59.095	—
116	France`FRA`Western Europe	11.408	18.397	70.20
117	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	9.744	—	—
118	Canada`CAN`Northern America	9.722	12.320	77.96
119	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	9.457	66.789	23.67
120	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8.755	18.606	72.64
121	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	7.580	13.789	78.63
122	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	7.179	83.539	9.28
123	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	6.046	38.316	55.64
124	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.799	79.654	14.55
125	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.761	—	—
126	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.438	37.874	56.69
127	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	4.009	16.285	79.71
128	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.535	19.471	76.99
129	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.820	19.444	77.74
130	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.933	15.932	82.13
131	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.282	23.809	74.91
132	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.089	38.802	60.11
133	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.085	46.367	52.55
134	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.989	6.319	92.69
135	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.772	82.150	17.08
136	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.348	74.826	24.96
137	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.255	4.886	94.86
138	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.179	10.041	89.78
=139	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	96.910	3.09
=139	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.000	100.000	0.00

02In 1996

At either end

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

Highest

1Somalia99.434
2Afghanistan98.706
3Mali98.048
4Guyana98.000
5Madagascar97.746

Lowest

139Maldivesshared0.000
139Monacoshared0.000
138Belgium0.179
137Lithuania0.255
136Luxembourg0.348

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 65.587. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Withdrawn for households (% of total)
HighestMonaco100.000
LowestSomalia0.566
Middle country: 18.969
Withdrawn for industry (% of total)
HighestLithuania94.86
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 9.47

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+6 / −1countries joined / left
128values changed, of 134 in both
43 · 85rose · fell
6unchanged

Rose most

Cameroon59.418 → 64.183+4.765
Tanzania76.453 → 80.417+3.964
Malta12.500 → 16.341+3.841
Denmark30.450 → 33.831+3.381
United Arab Emirates66.793 → 69.786+2.993

Fell most

Malaysia53.779 → 45.645−8.134
Romania37.375 → 31.483−5.892
Moldova27.957 → 23.002−4.955
Lesotho26.403 → 22.229−4.174
Côte d’Ivoire60.776 → 56.806−3.969

+ Brazil

+ Greece

+ Morocco

+ North Macedonia

+ Norway

+ Seychelles

− Antigua and Barbuda

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 1996.
139 distinct values among 140
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.
11 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) (1996). Water Withdrawal by Sector, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/water-withdrawal/1996

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