Data for 1998

Water Withdrawal by Sector, 1998

Name: Water Withdrawal by Sector, 1998
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1998, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Water Withdrawal by Sector, 1998 covers 142 countries on 3 measures. Somalia is highest, at 99.58; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 64.51. Against 1997, 131 values changed (46 up, 85 down), 2 countries joined.

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Water Withdrawal by Sector · Data for 1998

HighestSomalia

99.58

Lowest2 countries share it

0.00

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

142countries
3measures per country
1998the year it describes
141distinct values10 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Water Withdrawal by Sector, 1998, 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, 1998: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	99.58	0.4179	0.0000
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	98.62	0.8415	0.5362
3	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	98.11	1.7001	0.1904
4	Guyana`GUY`South America	97.77	1.6458	0.5799
5	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	97.50	1.6695	0.8332
6	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	96.98	2.0967	0.9229
7	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	96.50	2.2621	1.2357
8	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	94.80	3.2736	1.9281
9	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	93.88	3.1112	3.0054
10	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	93.57	1.6887	4.7386
11	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	93.47	4.9298	1.5996
12	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	92.93	5.9096	1.1587
13	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	92.83	3.5317	3.6391
14	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	92.76	3.3365	3.9080
15	Suriname`SUR`South America	92.16	4.6562	3.1846
16	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	91.78	5.1733	3.0515
17	India`IND`Southern Asia	91.57	6.5611	1.8697
18	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	91.14	6.7859	2.0725
19	Bolivia`BOL`South America	90.65	6.8647	2.4818
20	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	90.37	7.7970	1.8328
21	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	90.28	8.7934	0.9225
22	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	90.21	6.1158	3.6714
23	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	89.21	9.6912	1.1017
24	Mexico`MEX`Central America	89.08	—	—
25	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	88.89	8.0981	3.0100
26	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	88.20	10.4651	1.3315
27	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	88.19	8.8820	2.9273
28	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	88.06	9.3877	2.5477
29	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	86.92	9.8049	3.2800
30	Uruguay`URY`South America	86.66	11.1468	2.1945
31	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	86.30	7.2397	6.4649
32	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	85.05	14.2070	0.7460
33	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	84.27	12.9804	2.7475
34	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	83.81	14.0856	2.1012
35	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	83.52	12.6229	3.8580
36	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	83.47	10.8530	5.6812
37	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	82.33	12.1222	5.5472
38	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	82.29	13.1429	4.5714
39	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	80.63	6.0235	13.3442
40	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	79.40	17.9240	2.6717
41	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	78.92	14.0080	7.0754
42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	78.73	7.8305	13.4429
43	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	77.62	21.1612	1.2208
44	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	77.47	11.5453	10.9857
45	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	76.31	18.1413	5.5523
46	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	75.11	17.2309	7.6627
47	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	74.80	17.5610	7.6423
48	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	74.67	19.6577	5.6767
49	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	74.28	5.8981	19.8239
50	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	74.26	23.7720	1.9720
51	Argentina`ARG`South America	72.44	16.1642	11.3947
52	Paraguay`PRY`South America	72.33	19.6640	8.0032
53	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	72.26	23.5934	4.1480
54	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	71.35	24.3986	4.2526
55	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	71.26	20.2261	8.5142
56	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	71.25	8.8904	19.8588
57	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	69.62	—	—
58	Niger`NER`Western Africa	68.82	28.0430	3.1411
59	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	68.70	27.1033	4.1921
60	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	68.11	18.6161	13.2775
61	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	67.91	24.3079	7.7796
62	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	67.65	24.6914	7.6543
63	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	67.63	26.7974	5.5683
64	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	67.56	—	—
65	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	66.68	13.8380	19.4783
66	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	66.16	29.6441	4.1995
67	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	66.09	24.1671	9.7452
68	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	65.28	29.7235	4.9964
69	Belize`BLZ`Central America	65.16	13.4209	21.4191
70	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	64.94	3.9891	31.0689
71	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	64.53	18.7801	16.6871
72	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	64.49	18.6782	16.8358
73	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	63.76	27.8841	8.3515
74	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	62.33	31.4418	6.2254
75	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	61.16	25.2476	13.5935
76	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	61.12	27.5269	11.3487
77	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	61.03	31.1049	7.8690
78	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	60.58	29.5347	9.8892
79	Brazil`BRA`South America	59.60	22.4212	17.9787
80	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	57.72	29.3901	12.8920
81	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	54.96	30.4402	14.6002
82	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	54.58	42.6538	2.7620
83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	53.86	28.4761	17.6601
84	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	53.76	26.8282	19.4135
85	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	51.71	33.6765	14.6172
86	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	50.16	44.8137	5.0277
87	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	49.39	30.6302	19.9822
88	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	47.94	19.1052	32.9523
89	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	46.15	19.5054	34.3454
90	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	45.65	24.4534	29.9016
91	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	45.32	36.1595	18.5175
92	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	45.21	50.8999	3.8926
93	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	44.00	46.0000	10.0000
94	Venezuela`VEN`South America	43.87	48.4872	7.6447
95	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	42.68	49.3902	7.9268
96	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	42.31	39.2726	18.4162
97	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	37.97	35.4756	26.5505
98	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	37.39	45.3556	17.2566
99	United States`USA`Northern America	35.07	11.3239	53.6069
100	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	34.07	53.1621	12.7653
101	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	31.88	33.3446	34.7778
102	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	31.21	58.2692	10.5176
103	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	30.08	18.0215	51.8974
104	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	26.39	48.9717	24.6391
105	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	26.10	16.3009	57.6019
106	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	26.00	42.8202	31.1847
107	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	23.94	75.5269	0.5301
108	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	21.66	16.5653	61.7745
109	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	20.15	79.8479	0.0000
110	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	20.11	13.0638	66.8230
111	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	20.00	19.4261	60.5733
112	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	17.15	50.1707	32.6819
113	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	15.06	58.4352	—
114	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	14.61	49.5078	35.8850
115	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	14.11	65.5648	20.3217
116	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	13.51	43.2439	43.2439
117	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	12.46	—	—
118	France`FRA`Western Europe	12.39	18.9006	68.7089
119	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	9.15	67.7477	23.0030
120	Canada`CAN`Northern America	9.12	13.0645	77.8124
121	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8.51	17.9990	73.4904
122	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	7.08	83.6312	9.2924
123	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	7.03	14.4031	78.5709
124	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5.94	37.4786	56.5792
125	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.77	79.4702	14.7588
126	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.76	—	—
127	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.55	38.7047	55.7465
128	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	5.31	63.1278	31.5639
129	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3.69	17.2703	79.0375
130	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.74	18.5426	78.7221
131	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	2.13	17.2493	80.6198
132	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.93	15.9319	82.1346
133	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.74	6.0135	92.2421
134	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.06	46.3815	52.5633
135	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.75	38.3260	60.9280
136	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.68	82.5033	16.8188
137	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.67	24.1928	75.1327
138	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.43	5.3178	94.2534
139	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.34	75.7563	23.9496
140	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.29	10.8926	88.8129
=141	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	96.8912	3.1088
=141	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.00	100.0000	0.0000

02In 1998

At either end

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

Highest

1Somalia99.58
2Afghanistan98.62
3Mali98.11
4Guyana97.77
5Madagascar97.50

Lowest

141Maldivesshared0.00
141Monacoshared0.00
140Belgium0.29
139Luxembourg0.34
138Lithuania0.43

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 64.51. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Withdrawn for households (% of total)
HighestMonaco100.0000
LowestSomalia0.4179
Middle country: 18.7801
Withdrawn for industry (% of total)
HighestLithuania94.2534
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 8.9033

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
131values changed, of 140 in both
46 · 85rose · fell
9unchanged

Rose most

Malta20.16 → 23.94+3.79
Cameroon68.05 → 71.26+3.21
United Arab Emirates72.39 → 74.67+2.28
Romania23.92 → 26.10+2.18
Tanzania83.10 → 85.05+1.94

Fell most

Azerbaijan73.95 → 64.94−9.01
Lesotho17.93 → 13.51−4.42
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines71.45 → 67.56−3.89
Liberia21.02 → 17.15−3.88
Côte d’Ivoire53.01 → 49.39−3.63

+ Denmark

+ Nicaragua

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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One year of the 2026 release
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141 distinct values among 142
Values are stored exactly as published, to 10 decimals. 2 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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11 empty cells
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1998). Water Withdrawal by Sector, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/water-withdrawal/1998

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