Data for 2005

Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2005

Name: Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2005
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2005, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2005 covers 159 countries on 3 measures. Somalia is highest, at 99.485; Monaco is lowest, at 0.000. The middle country reads 59.542. Against 2004, 139 values changed (35 up, 104 down), 2 countries joined, 4 left.

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Water Withdrawal by Sector · Data for 2005

HighestSomalia

99.485

LowestMonaco

0.000

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

159countries
3measures per country
2005the year it describes
159distinct 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, 2005, 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, 2005: 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	0.45	0.061
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	98.170	1.00	0.832
3	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	98.135	1.55	0.311
4	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	97.922	1.99	0.088
5	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	96.600	2.20	1.203
6	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	94.782	1.47	3.747
7	Guyana`GUY`South America	94.774	3.92	1.305
8	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	94.502	5.33	0.172
9	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	94.313	4.47	1.216
10	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	94.298	2.70	3.001
11	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	94.195	3.87	1.938
12	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	93.156	2.87	3.971
13	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	92.176	6.65	1.179
14	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	92.104	5.84	2.057
15	Bolivia`BOL`South America	91.619	6.55	1.833
16	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	91.411	3.72	4.867
17	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	91.382	8.45	0.171
18	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	91.130	5.30	3.570
19	India`IND`Southern Asia	90.885	7.15	1.969
20	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	90.743	7.43	1.823
21	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	90.579	7.07	2.355
22	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	90.112	9.00	0.891
23	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	90.000	7.32	2.679
24	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	89.352	10.17	0.482
25	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	89.046	10.30	0.650
26	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	88.556	9.95	1.493
27	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	88.517	4.80	6.686
28	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	88.137	9.01	2.854
29	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	87.745	9.31	2.949
30	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	87.528	8.80	3.672
31	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	87.363	6.22	6.419
32	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	86.124	9.77	4.101
33	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	85.938	10.55	3.516
34	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	85.374	11.94	2.691
35	Uruguay`URY`South America	84.067	10.76	5.168
36	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	83.259	13.43	3.309
37	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	82.848	14.10	3.051
38	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	82.841	15.43	1.726
39	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	82.029	13.24	4.735
40	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	81.990	5.69	12.317
41	Ecuador`ECU`South America	81.428	13.04	5.535
42	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	81.132	14.34	4.527
43	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	80.680	12.83	6.491
44	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	79.257	15.39	5.355
45	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	78.500	17.26	4.238
46	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	78.273	16.85	4.874
47	Mexico`MEX`Central America	76.732	13.99	9.281
48	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	76.463	8.52	15.015
49	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	76.421	11.79	11.789
50	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	76.347	10.43	13.225
51	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	75.789	17.95	6.263
52	Paraguay`PRY`South America	75.067	16.54	8.397
53	Suriname`SUR`South America	74.023	7.37	18.602
54	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	73.408	23.27	3.321
55	Honduras`HND`Central America	73.304	19.60	7.094
56	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	73.282	18.45	8.270
57	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	72.795	24.25	2.955
58	Argentina`ARG`South America	72.318	15.88	11.799
59	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	71.528	11.43	17.044
60	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	71.270	9.71	19.017
61	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	70.586	24.20	5.217
62	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	70.026	21.47	8.500
63	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	69.661	26.18	4.158
64	Venezuela`VEN`South America	68.839	26.98	4.178
65	Belize`BLZ`Central America	67.723	11.29	20.990
66	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	67.714	22.68	9.610
67	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	67.654	24.69	7.654
68	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	67.564	22.38	10.057
69	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	67.474	24.38	8.142
70	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	67.438	30.97	1.592
71	Niger`NER`Western Africa	66.745	29.93	3.325
72	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	65.871	19.06	15.069
73	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	65.756	29.82	4.424
74	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	65.235	22.34	12.429
75	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	64.959	30.96	4.081
76	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	64.606	12.19	23.208
77	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	64.377	15.77	19.850
78	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	61.800	29.00	9.198
79	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	59.721	33.42	6.862
80	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	59.542	29.01	11.450
81	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	59.009	39.19	1.802
82	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	58.893	29.80	11.307
83	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	58.214	23.62	18.165
84	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	58.191	19.75	22.063
85	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	57.340	24.40	18.256
86	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	57.315	36.68	6.000
87	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	57.047	33.99	8.968
88	Colombia`COL`South America	56.919	28.11	14.971
89	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	56.512	34.79	8.698
90	Brazil`BRA`South America	55.191	27.28	17.524
91	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	53.245	44.45	2.310
92	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	52.966	32.56	14.471
93	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	51.430	45.92	2.653
94	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	47.607	35.42	16.978
95	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	47.000	48.00	5.000
96	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	45.645	24.45	29.902
97	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	45.215	47.85	6.938
98	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	43.651	54.85	1.497
99	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	43.394	40.06	16.544
100	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	42.197	18.25	39.548
101	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	41.838	52.73	5.432
102	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	40.497	24.26	35.238
103	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	38.583	40.55	20.866
104	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	38.426	41.05	20.527
105	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	38.319	—	—
106	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	37.955	52.43	9.614
107	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	37.925	43.02	19.058
108	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	35.789	46.01	18.198
109	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	34.172	64.57	1.842
110	United States`USA`Northern America	34.119	11.64	54.246
111	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	34.081	63.09	2.825
112	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	32.114	45.20	22.690
113	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	30.007	22.00	48.011
114	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	28.972	60.89	10.137
115	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	27.136	65.53	7.331
116	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	26.726	33.36	39.911
117	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	23.974	47.07	28.957
118	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	22.056	18.76	59.182
119	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	21.890	—	—
120	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	21.536	52.31	26.155
121	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	21.529	—	—
122	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	20.785	45.27	33.947
123	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	19.940	20.24	59.819
124	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	15.789	84.21	0.000
125	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	15.476	63.10	21.429
126	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.984	61.75	24.263
127	France`FRA`Western Europe	13.864	17.46	68.672
128	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	13.606	15.81	70.582
129	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	10.518	68.01	21.475
130	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	9.500	18.60	71.903
131	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	8.676	45.66	45.662
132	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	8.430	54.97	36.600
133	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	8.300	13.02	78.683
134	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	8.101	20.62	71.277
135	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	6.569	65.69	27.737
136	Canada`CAN`Northern America	6.438	14.05	79.511
137	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.761	153.37	—
138	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	5.647	15.04	79.311
139	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.051	79.80	15.152
140	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4.362	69.47	26.172
141	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	4.348	62.03	33.623
142	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	4.068	38.02	57.909
143	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.056	42.47	—
144	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.625	18.04	79.338
145	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.603	41.82	55.580
146	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.219	18.11	79.670
147	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.903	26.46	71.638
148	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1.776	21.72	76.509
149	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.235	36.85	61.912
150	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.991	83.05	15.963
151	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.941	46.45	52.610
152	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.848	4.81	94.343
153	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.648	10.87	88.479
154	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.554	11.57	87.881
155	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.552	82.90	16.552
156	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.277	84.39	15.330
157	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.255	57.00	42.744
158	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.249	17.70	82.049
159	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.000	100.00	0.000

02In 2005

At either end

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

Highest

1Somalia99.485
2Afghanistan98.170
3Nepal98.135
4Mali97.922
5Madagascar96.600

Lowest

159Monaco0.000
158Slovenia0.249
157Papua New Guinea0.255
156Luxembourg0.277
155Central African Republic0.552

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 59.542. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Withdrawn for households (% of total)
HighestBrunei153.37
LowestSomalia0.45
Middle country: 19.99
Withdrawn for industry (% of total)
HighestEstonia94.343
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 9.083

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −4countries joined / left
139values changed, of 157 in both
35 · 104rose · fell
18unchanged

Rose most

Latvia17.299 → 21.890+4.591
Venezuela66.169 → 68.839+2.670
Kazakhstan68.897 → 71.270+2.373
Jordan62.907 → 64.959+2.052
El Salvador65.841 → 67.564+1.722

Fell most

Iceland42.424 → 32.114−10.310
Cyprus77.803 → 72.795−5.008
Norway31.651 → 26.726−4.925
Hungary10.471 → 5.647−4.824
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines42.722 → 38.319−4.402

+ Grenada

+ Laos

− Ireland

− South Korea

− Lithuania

− Maldives

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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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2005). Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/water-withdrawal/2005

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