Data for 2012

Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2012

Name: Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2012
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Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2012 covers 175 countries on 3 measures. Somalia is highest, at 99.4845; Monaco is lowest, at 0.0000. The middle country reads 62.2092. Against 2011, 100 values changed (54 up, 46 down), 5 countries joined, 3 left.

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Water Withdrawal by Sector · Data for 2012

HighestSomalia

99.4845

LowestMonaco

0.0000

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

175countries
3measures per country
2012the 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	99.4845	0.455	0.061
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	98.1696	0.998	0.832
3	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	98.1352	1.554	0.311
4	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	97.8596	2.063	0.077
5	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	96.1945	3.527	0.278
6	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	95.8921	2.914	1.194
7	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	95.4982	1.951	2.551
8	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	94.7824	1.470	3.747
9	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	94.5017	5.326	0.172
10	Guyana`GUY`South America	94.3448	4.243	1.412
11	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	94.2978	2.701	3.001
12	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	94.1948	3.867	1.938
13	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	94.0828	5.030	0.888
14	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	94.0018	4.487	1.511
15	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	93.9766	5.260	0.763
16	Niger`NER`Western Africa	93.9731	4.932	1.095
17	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	92.6893	2.924	4.386
18	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	92.1758	6.645	1.179
19	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	91.3823	8.447	0.171
20	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	91.1867	5.172	3.641
21	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	91.0904	4.949	3.961
22	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	91.0030	8.463	0.534
23	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	90.7433	7.433	1.823
24	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	90.5971	4.125	5.278
25	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	90.5792	7.066	2.355
26	Bolivia`BOL`South America	90.4432	8.049	1.507
27	India`IND`Southern Asia	90.4074	7.359	2.234
28	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	90.3745	4.780	4.846
29	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	90.2145	8.929	0.856
30	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	89.3519	10.166	0.482
31	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	88.7582	3.954	7.288
32	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	88.5557	9.952	1.493
33	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	87.8171	10.036	2.147
34	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	87.7768	10.191	2.032
35	Chile`CHL`South America	87.5741	3.813	8.613
36	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	87.5277	8.801	3.672
37	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	87.3629	6.218	6.419
38	Peru`PER`South America	86.8109	6.517	6.672
39	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	86.0632	10.225	3.712
40	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	86.0312	7.177	6.792
41	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	85.9375	10.547	3.516
42	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	85.0622	13.278	1.660
43	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	83.8602	12.102	4.037
44	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	83.3793	13.103	3.517
45	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	83.3719	15.360	1.268
46	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	83.1904	12.007	4.803
47	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	83.0383	9.802	7.159
48	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	81.4435	10.789	7.768
49	Ecuador`ECU`South America	81.4277	13.037	5.535
50	Uruguay`URY`South America	80.8667	10.214	8.920
51	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	80.6073	8.666	10.727
52	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	80.1957	16.005	3.799
53	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	79.7976	15.893	4.309
54	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	79.7248	17.075	3.200
55	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	79.2990	13.528	7.173
56	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	79.2574	15.387	5.355
57	Paraguay`PRY`South America	78.6158	15.002	6.382
58	Mexico`MEX`Central America	76.5716	14.480	8.948
59	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	76.4211	11.789	11.789
60	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	76.3473	10.428	13.225
61	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	75.7895	17.947	6.263
62	Argentina`ARG`South America	73.9280	15.484	10.588
63	Venezuela`VEN`South America	73.8521	22.642	3.506
64	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	73.3941	19.384	7.222
65	Honduras`HND`Central America	73.3043	19.602	7.094
66	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	73.2824	18.448	8.270
67	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	73.1349	24.777	2.088
68	Colombia`COL`South America	72.6429	17.261	10.096
69	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	71.7285	22.543	5.728
70	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	71.6763	20.418	7.895
71	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	71.5565	24.765	3.678
72	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	70.8625	29.138	0.000
73	Suriname`SUR`South America	69.9951	8.005	22.000
74	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	69.5123	12.552	17.936
75	Belize`BLZ`Central America	67.7228	11.287	20.990
76	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	67.7141	22.675	9.610
77	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	67.6543	24.691	7.654
78	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	67.3228	31.024	1.654
79	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	67.1128	18.718	14.169
80	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	64.5338	12.173	23.293
81	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	64.3129	12.084	23.604
82	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	63.2332	29.275	7.492
83	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	63.2331	25.580	11.187
84	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	63.1297	13.563	23.307
85	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	62.7148	35.395	1.890
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	62.5469	26.428	11.025
87	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	62.4351	27.226	10.338
88	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	62.2092	34.210	3.581
89	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	60.4010	37.093	2.506
90	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	59.8477	23.372	16.780
91	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	59.2604	36.855	3.884
92	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	59.2285	35.846	4.926
93	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	58.8928	29.800	11.307
94	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	58.8638	40.091	1.046
95	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	58.3809	11.625	29.994
96	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	57.7707	26.122	16.108
97	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	57.6675	40.241	2.091
98	Brazil`BRA`South America	57.3216	23.967	18.712
99	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	56.7372	25.120	18.143
100	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	55.3323	38.511	6.157
101	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	54.4170	41.696	3.887
102	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	53.2935	32.409	14.297
103	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	51.6724	14.879	33.449
104	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	51.4303	45.917	2.653
105	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	47.9497	31.265	20.744
106	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	47.8070	27.694	24.499
107	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	47.0000	48.000	5.000
108	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	45.6450	24.453	29.902
109	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	45.2153	47.847	6.938
110	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	44.2129	38.096	17.691
111	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	44.1683	40.080	15.752
112	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43.0696	16.776	40.155
113	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	40.6593	51.491	7.849
114	Panama`PAN`Central America	40.1546	59.049	0.796
115	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	38.6413	58.977	2.382
116	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	38.5827	40.551	20.866
117	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	38.2398	43.078	18.682
118	United States`USA`Northern America	37.4230	12.921	49.656
119	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	37.1491	61.561	1.290
120	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	36.4742	29.331	34.195
121	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	34.0807	63.094	2.825
122	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	33.6949	61.618	4.687
123	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	31.8932	22.264	45.843
124	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	31.6652	36.790	31.545
125	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	30.9272	29.869	39.203
126	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	28.9720	60.891	10.137
127	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	26.1227	60.595	13.283
128	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	26.0377	56.073	17.890
129	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	24.0845	21.277	54.639
130	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	21.5363	52.309	26.155
131	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	20.7849	45.268	33.947
132	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	19.9396	20.242	59.819
133	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	16.8621	16.245	66.893
134	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	16.6124	16.593	66.789
135	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	16.0117	—	—
136	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	15.7895	84.211	0.000
137	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	15.6802	62.683	21.637
138	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	15.6522	62.609	21.739
139	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	11.6613	17.424	70.915
140	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	10.5178	68.008	21.475
141	France`FRA`Western Europe	10.3802	19.171	70.449
142	Canada`CAN`Northern America	10.2002	13.265	76.534
143	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	9.1143	14.856	76.029
144	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	8.6758	45.662	45.662
145	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	8.4304	54.969	36.600
146	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7.9858	59.956	32.058
147	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	7.3566	65.485	27.159
148	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	6.6185	42.978	50.403
149	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	6.5693	65.693	27.737
150	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	6.3750	14.175	79.450
151	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.7609	164.674	—
152	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	5.1150	—	—
153	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.0505	79.798	15.152
154	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	5.0000	95.000	0.000
155	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4.6145	45.964	49.421
156	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4.4024	16.393	79.205
157	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4.3621	69.466	26.172
158	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	4.3580	62.004	33.638
159	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.4641	38.753	57.783
160	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.6163	22.094	75.289
161	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.5294	32.176	65.295
162	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2.2060	23.190	74.604
163	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.1660	45.869	51.965
164	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	1.2821	98.718	0.000
165	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.7209	14.517	84.762
166	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.5614	11.349	88.089
167	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.5517	82.897	16.552
168	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.5460	94.915	5.085
169	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.4494	91.236	8.315
170	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.3183	11.776	87.906
171	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.2720	3.740	95.953
172	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.2550	57.001	42.744
173	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.2478	17.423	82.329
174	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.1019	31.940	67.958
175	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.0000	100.000	0.000

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

1Somalia99.4845
2Afghanistan98.1696
3Nepal98.1352
4Mali97.8596
5Sudan96.1945

Lowest

175Monaco0.0000
174Iceland0.1019
173Slovenia0.2478
172Papua New Guinea0.2550
171Estonia0.2720

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 62.2092. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Withdrawn for households (% of total)
HighestBrunei164.674
LowestSomalia0.455
Middle country: 18.718
Withdrawn for industry (% of total)
HighestEstonia95.953
Lowest5 share it
Middle country: 7.711

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+5 / −3countries joined / left
100values changed, of 170 in both
54 · 46rose · fell
70unchanged

Rose most

North Macedonia44.3469 → 79.2990+34.9521
Malta54.5378 → 60.4010+5.8632
Australia55.1140 → 59.8477+4.7337
Armenia67.4733 → 71.6763+4.2030
Niger90.8186 → 93.9731+3.1545

Fell most

Denmark32.8224 → 26.0377−6.7846
Cyprus74.0441 → 67.3228−6.7212
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines10.1317 → 5.1150−5.0167
Colombia76.9622 → 72.6429−4.3194
Georgia47.8848 → 44.2129−3.6719

+ Costa Rica

+ Saint Kitts and Nevis

+ Romania

+ Sudan

+ South Sudan

− Czechia

− Poland

− Serbia

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) (2012). Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/water-withdrawal/2012

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