Data for 2010

Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2010

Name: Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2010
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2010, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2010 covers 175 countries on 3 measures. Somalia is highest, at 99.485; Monaco is lowest, at 0.000. The middle country reads 59.260. Against 2009, 110 values changed (50 up, 60 down), 4 countries joined.

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Water Withdrawal by Sector · Data for 2010

HighestSomalia

99.485

LowestMonaco

0.000

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

175countries
3measures per country
2010the year it describes
175distinct 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, 2010, 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, 2010: 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	98.170	0.998	0.832
3	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	98.135	1.554	0.311
4	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	97.860	2.063	0.077
5	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	95.892	2.914	1.194
6	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	94.790	2.258	2.952
7	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	94.782	1.470	3.747
8	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	94.502	5.326	0.172
9	Guyana`GUY`South America	94.345	4.243	1.412
10	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	94.298	2.701	3.001
11	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	94.195	3.867	1.938
12	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	94.083	5.030	0.888
13	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	94.002	4.487	1.511
14	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	93.977	5.260	0.763
15	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	92.755	2.898	4.347
16	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	92.176	6.645	1.179
17	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	92.069	3.482	4.448
18	Bolivia`BOL`South America	91.445	7.031	1.524
19	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	91.382	8.447	0.171
20	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	90.990	5.204	3.806
21	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	90.833	5.813	3.354
22	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	90.743	7.433	1.823
23	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	90.735	8.078	1.187
24	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	90.579	7.066	2.355
25	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	90.519	8.918	0.563
26	India`IND`Southern Asia	90.407	7.359	2.234
27	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	90.374	4.780	4.846
28	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	89.352	10.166	0.482
29	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	88.556	9.952	1.493
30	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	87.817	10.036	2.147
31	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	87.777	10.191	2.032
32	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	87.528	8.801	3.672
33	Peru`PER`South America	87.515	7.505	4.980
34	Niger`NER`Western Africa	87.459	10.913	1.628
35	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	87.363	6.218	6.419
36	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	86.446	4.548	9.006
37	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	86.442	7.687	5.871
38	Chile`CHL`South America	86.007	3.731	10.262
39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	85.985	12.199	1.816
40	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	85.938	10.547	3.516
41	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	85.897	11.538	2.564
42	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	85.746	10.755	3.500
43	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	85.358	10.980	3.662
44	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	83.379	13.103	3.517
45	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	83.105	12.531	4.364
46	Uruguay`URY`South America	81.742	10.364	7.894
47	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	81.515	8.557	9.928
48	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	81.451	9.493	9.055
49	Ecuador`ECU`South America	81.428	13.037	5.535
50	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	80.961	14.334	4.705
51	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	80.176	14.904	4.920
52	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	79.863	11.948	8.189
53	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	79.257	15.387	5.355
54	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	78.269	17.745	3.987
55	Colombia`COL`South America	77.503	18.678	3.819
56	Paraguay`PRY`South America	76.907	15.867	7.225
57	Mexico`MEX`Central America	76.681	14.195	9.124
58	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	76.421	11.789	11.789
59	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	76.347	10.428	13.225
60	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	75.789	17.947	6.263
61	Venezuela`VEN`South America	73.852	22.642	3.506
62	Argentina`ARG`South America	73.684	15.545	10.771
63	Honduras`HND`Central America	73.304	19.602	7.094
64	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	73.282	18.448	8.270
65	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	73.201	24.411	2.388
66	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	73.164	24.192	2.644
67	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	72.871	19.549	7.580
68	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	71.398	23.021	5.580
69	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	70.862	29.138	0.000
70	Suriname`SUR`South America	69.995	8.005	22.000
71	Belize`BLZ`Central America	67.723	11.287	20.990
72	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	67.714	22.675	9.610
73	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	67.654	24.691	7.654
74	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	67.047	11.717	21.237
75	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	66.921	18.853	14.226
76	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	66.318	14.337	19.345
77	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	64.999	33.782	1.220
78	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	64.366	24.959	10.674
79	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	63.216	32.331	4.453
80	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	62.504	12.979	24.517
81	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	62.442	36.012	1.546
82	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	62.266	27.698	10.035
83	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	61.661	15.574	22.765
84	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	61.556	30.651	7.793
85	Brazil`BRA`South America	60.003	22.999	16.999
86	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	59.348	35.255	5.397
87	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	59.292	28.242	12.466
88	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	59.260	36.855	3.884
89	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	59.127	12.644	28.228
90	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	58.893	29.800	11.307
91	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	58.203	32.858	8.939
92	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	57.946	25.897	16.157
93	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	57.322	35.904	6.774
94	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	56.737	25.120	18.143
95	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	56.492	41.359	2.150
96	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	56.103	39.418	4.479
97	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	53.833	27.345	18.822
98	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	51.434	28.616	19.950
99	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	51.430	45.917	2.653
100	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	48.735	35.840	15.426
101	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	48.568	48.880	2.552
102	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	48.504	30.861	20.635
103	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	47.000	48.000	5.000
104	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	46.984	19.683	33.333
105	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	46.307	13.499	40.193
106	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	45.645	24.453	29.902
107	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	45.215	47.847	6.938
108	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	44.775	34.537	20.688
109	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	44.168	40.080	15.752
110	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	44.085	27.354	28.561
111	Panama`PAN`Central America	43.009	56.027	0.964
112	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	40.764	56.895	2.341
113	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	40.659	51.491	7.849
114	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	38.583	40.551	20.866
115	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	38.084	60.597	1.320
116	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	37.720	45.357	16.923
117	United States`USA`Northern America	36.059	12.787	51.154
118	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	35.835	59.283	4.883
119	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	34.081	63.094	2.825
120	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	33.602	57.210	9.187
121	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	30.665	23.708	45.627
122	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	30.426	38.081	31.492
123	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	30.114	31.714	38.172
124	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	29.993	21.993	47.987
125	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	28.972	60.891	10.137
126	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	28.307	57.300	14.393
127	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	21.536	52.309	26.155
128	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	20.785	45.268	33.947
129	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	19.940	20.242	59.819
130	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	18.373	60.748	20.879
131	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	17.296	—	—
132	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	15.789	84.211	0.000
133	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	15.761	15.846	68.393
134	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	15.612	62.719	21.669
135	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	15.053	—	—
136	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	14.779	74.146	11.074
137	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	14.677	16.504	—
138	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	11.897	16.559	71.222
139	Canada`CAN`Northern America	11.705	13.117	75.177
140	France`FRA`Western Europe	10.613	19.753	69.634
141	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	10.611	18.977	70.412
142	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	10.518	68.008	21.475
143	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	9.057	17.409	73.534
144	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	8.959	71.877	19.163
145	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	8.676	45.662	45.662
146	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	8.430	54.969	36.600
147	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	6.881	46.526	46.594
148	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	6.811	10.694	82.496
149	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6.726	53.540	—
150	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	6.569	65.693	27.737
151	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	6.010	14.183	79.807
152	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.761	164.674	—
153	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.051	79.798	15.152
154	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	5.000	95.000	0.000
155	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4.362	69.466	26.172
156	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	4.356	62.008	33.636
157	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4.159	15.509	80.332
158	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.644	37.895	58.460
159	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	3.065	53.194	43.740
160	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.265	21.152	76.583
161	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.022	36.410	61.567
162	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.761	28.238	70.000
163	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.622	46.126	52.252
164	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1.544	22.602	75.854
165	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.117	11.144	87.739
166	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.682	12.572	86.745
167	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.552	82.897	16.552
168	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.324	19.173	80.503
169	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.273	94.915	5.085
170	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.255	57.001	42.744
171	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.226	3.311	96.463
172	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.211	93.684	6.105
173	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.170	17.697	82.133
174	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.113	33.108	66.780
175	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.000	100.000	0.000

02In 2010

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
4Mali97.860
5Madagascar95.892

Lowest

175Monaco0.000
174Iceland0.113
173Slovenia0.170
172Luxembourg0.211
171Estonia0.226

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 59.260. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Withdrawn for households (% of total)
HighestBrunei164.674
LowestSomalia0.455
Middle country: 19.549
Withdrawn for industry (% of total)
HighestEstonia96.463
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 8.229

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −0countries joined / left
110values changed, of 171 in both
50 · 60rose · fell
61unchanged

Rose most

Colombia67.930 → 77.503+9.573
Canada5.620 → 11.705+6.086
Malta42.489 → 48.568+6.079
Croatia1.594 → 6.881+5.287
Niger83.873 → 87.459+3.586

Fell most

Romania17.030 → 11.897−5.133
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines19.882 → 15.053−4.829
Iceland4.786 → 0.113−4.673
Jamaica34.610 → 30.665−3.945
Armenia61.842 → 58.203−3.639

+ Dominica

+ Ireland

+ Panama

+ Poland

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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7 empty cells
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2010). Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/water-withdrawal/2010

0633 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2009
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173 countries
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Water Withdrawal by Sector: every year
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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions