Data for 2003

Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2003

Name: Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2003
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2003, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2003 covers 159 countries on 3 measures. Somalia is highest, at 99.485; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 60.272. Against 2002, 139 values changed (41 up, 98 down), 5 countries joined, 1 left.

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Water Withdrawal by Sector · Data for 2003

HighestSomalia

99.485

Lowest2 countries share it

0.000

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

159countries
3measures per country
2003the year it describes
158distinct 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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	99.485	0.455	0.061
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	98.344	0.903	0.753
3	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	98.049	1.842	0.109
4	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	97.866	1.779	0.356
5	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	96.853	2.033	1.114
6	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	96.519	2.397	1.084
7	Guyana`GUY`South America	95.921	3.060	1.019
8	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	95.121	3.251	1.628
9	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	94.491	1.468	4.041
10	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	94.302	4.170	1.527
11	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	93.421	3.008	3.572
12	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	92.681	4.895	2.424
13	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	92.562	6.270	1.167
14	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	91.810	4.571	3.618
15	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	91.732	7.778	0.491
16	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	91.711	6.217	2.072
17	Bolivia`BOL`South America	91.412	6.592	1.996
18	India`IND`Southern Asia	91.107	7.047	1.846
19	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	90.454	7.654	1.892
20	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	90.221	6.476	3.302
21	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	89.840	7.164	2.996
22	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	89.352	10.166	0.482
23	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	89.317	5.256	5.427
24	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	88.732	9.972	1.296
25	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	88.568	8.997	2.435
26	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	88.418	10.144	1.438
27	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	88.149	9.461	2.390
28	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	87.892	8.544	3.565
29	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	86.794	6.617	6.589
30	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	86.738	9.946	3.316
31	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	86.422	11.322	2.256
32	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	86.224	9.002	4.775
33	Uruguay`URY`South America	85.057	10.935	4.008
34	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	83.630	12.900	3.470
35	Ecuador`ECU`South America	83.273	11.742	4.985
36	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	82.848	14.101	3.051
37	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	82.845	15.439	1.715
38	Suriname`SUR`South America	81.740	6.167	12.093
39	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	81.556	14.091	4.352
40	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	80.591	6.052	13.357
41	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	80.079	15.833	4.088
42	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	79.461	13.639	6.900
43	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	78.373	16.049	5.578
44	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	78.261	16.120	5.620
45	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	78.170	9.489	12.342
46	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	77.492	11.254	11.254
47	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	76.829	20.864	2.307
48	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	76.710	10.267	13.023
49	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	76.253	12.669	11.077
50	Mexico`MEX`Central America	76.171	14.056	9.772
51	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	75.787	19.329	4.883
52	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	75.431	20.259	4.310
53	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	74.756	22.090	3.154
54	Paraguay`PRY`South America	74.348	17.302	8.351
55	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	73.825	10.280	15.895
56	Honduras`HND`Central America	73.304	19.602	7.094
57	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	73.282	18.448	8.270
58	Argentina`ARG`South America	71.694	16.038	12.269
59	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	70.893	20.442	8.665
60	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	70.266	24.661	5.073
61	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	68.685	22.382	8.934
62	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	68.321	10.333	21.346
63	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	67.724	29.517	2.759
64	Belize`BLZ`Central America	67.723	11.287	20.990
65	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	67.654	24.691	7.654
66	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	67.623	24.276	8.101
67	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	67.395	21.338	11.267
68	Niger`NER`Western Africa	66.949	29.746	3.305
69	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	66.286	11.499	22.216
70	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	66.100	19.175	14.724
71	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	65.752	29.824	4.424
72	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	64.009	18.835	17.156
73	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	63.960	15.478	20.561
74	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	63.838	23.941	12.221
75	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	62.935	32.587	4.478
76	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	62.819	34.483	2.698
77	Venezuela`VEN`South America	62.794	32.217	4.989
78	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	61.593	29.581	8.826
79	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	61.507	29.550	8.943
80	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	60.272	31.112	8.615
81	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	60.247	24.183	15.571
82	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	59.910	32.487	7.603
83	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	59.794	29.108	11.098
84	Colombia`COL`South America	59.128	29.362	11.510
85	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	58.778	22.699	18.523
86	Brazil`BRA`South America	56.416	25.934	17.650
87	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	56.183	37.527	6.290
88	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	56.079	28.285	15.636
89	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	54.675	36.259	9.066
90	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	54.395	43.997	1.609
91	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	54.139	43.357	2.504
92	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	53.645	44.066	2.289
93	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	52.608	32.879	14.513
94	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	50.058	35.344	14.598
95	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	49.789	33.941	16.270
96	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	47.045	—	—
97	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	47.000	48.000	5.000
98	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	45.645	24.453	29.902
99	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	44.544	49.776	5.680
100	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	43.701	18.477	37.822
101	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	42.424	49.091	8.485
102	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	42.366	23.023	34.610
103	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	42.118	22.348	35.534
104	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	40.642	56.809	2.549
105	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	40.346	39.399	20.255
106	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	40.019	39.632	20.349
107	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	39.998	40.000	20.002
108	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	39.210	42.126	18.664
109	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	35.137	53.410	11.453
110	United States`USA`Northern America	34.523	11.558	53.918
111	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	32.099	66.519	1.381
112	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	30.628	59.477	9.895
113	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	30.001	20.261	49.738
114	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	28.913	32.702	38.385
115	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	25.620	65.754	8.626
116	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	25.309	42.682	32.009
117	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	24.010	46.747	29.242
118	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	22.526	51.656	25.818
119	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	21.071	—	—
120	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	19.940	20.242	59.819
121	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	16.359	62.836	21.309
122	France`FRA`Western Europe	16.246	17.518	66.236
123	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	15.958	15.382	68.660
124	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	15.789	84.211	0.000
125	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	15.080	19.511	65.409
126	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	12.794	66.958	20.248
127	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	12.216	12.462	75.322
128	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	11.616	14.410	73.975
129	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	11.168	67.515	21.317
130	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	10.166	55.266	34.568
131	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	8.795	54.740	36.465
132	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	8.676	45.662	45.662
133	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8.594	18.538	72.868
134	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	8.291	37.520	54.189
135	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	7.317	65.041	27.642
136	Canada`CAN`Northern America	7.266	13.875	78.859
137	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	6.532	69.516	23.952
138	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.761	—	—
139	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.308	79.618	15.074
140	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.056	38.402	56.542
141	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	4.750	62.417	32.832
142	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3.477	6.593	89.929
143	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	3.299	5.072	91.629
144	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.143	42.459	—
145	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.738	18.090	79.172
146	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2.385	20.402	77.213
147	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.184	17.705	80.111
148	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.166	25.324	72.510
149	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.607	12.381	86.012
150	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.972	46.429	52.599
151	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.968	37.368	61.664
152	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.931	86.879	12.190
153	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.704	19.727	79.569
154	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.587	11.125	88.288
155	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.572	82.852	16.576
156	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.297	81.394	18.309
157	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.291	56.977	42.732
=158	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	96.177	3.823
=158	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.000	100.000	0.000

02In 2003

At either end

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

Highest

1Somalia99.485
2Afghanistan98.344
3Mali98.049
4Nepal97.866
5Madagascar96.853

Lowest

158Maldivesshared0.000
158Monacoshared0.000
157Papua New Guinea0.291
156Luxembourg0.297
155Central African Republic0.572

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 60.272. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Withdrawn for households (% of total)
HighestMonaco100.000
LowestSomalia0.455
Middle country: 20.250
Withdrawn for industry (% of total)
HighestEstonia91.629
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 9.066

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+5 / −1countries joined / left
139values changed, of 154 in both
41 · 98rose · fell
15unchanged

Rose most

Eritrea84.388 → 89.840+5.452
Bulgaria11.276 → 15.958+4.682
Venezuela58.390 → 62.794+4.403
Slovakia5.117 → 8.291+3.174
France13.257 → 16.246+2.989

Fell most

Cabo Verde67.252 → 54.395−12.857
Togo44.970 → 40.642−4.329
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines51.292 → 47.045−4.247
Suriname85.439 → 81.740−3.699
Malta35.037 → 32.099−2.938

+ Czechia

+ Estonia

+ Greece

+ Honduras

+ Poland

− Palestine

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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158 distinct values among 159
Values are stored exactly as published, to 10 decimals. 2 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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7 empty cells
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2003). Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/water-withdrawal/2003

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