Data for 2015

Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2015

Name: Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2015
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2015, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2015 covers 174 countries on 3 measures. Somalia is highest, at 99.485; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 59.289. Against 2014, 94 values changed (52 up, 42 down), 1 country joined, 5 left.

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Water Withdrawal by Sector · Data for 2015

HighestSomalia

99.485

Lowest2 countries share it

0.000

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

174countries
3measures per country
2015the year it describes
173distinct 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, 2015, 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, 2015: 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	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	96.195	3.527	0.278
6	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	96.178	1.656	2.166
7	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	95.892	2.914	1.194
8	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	94.782	1.470	3.747
9	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	94.502	5.326	0.172
10	Guyana`GUY`South America	94.345	4.243	1.412
11	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	94.298	2.701	3.001
12	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	94.195	3.867	1.938
13	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	94.083	5.030	0.888
14	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	94.002	4.487	1.511
15	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	93.977	5.260	0.763
16	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	92.689	2.924	4.386
17	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	92.176	6.645	1.179
18	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	92.081	4.366	3.553
19	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	91.643	7.861	0.496
20	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	91.495	3.179	5.326
21	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	91.382	8.447	0.171
22	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	91.146	3.884	4.970
23	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	90.743	7.433	1.823
24	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	90.579	7.066	2.355
25	India`IND`Southern Asia	90.407	7.359	2.234
26	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	90.374	4.780	4.846
27	Chile`CHL`South America	90.035	3.941	6.024
28	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	89.461	10.161	0.378
29	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	89.352	10.166	0.482
30	Bolivia`BOL`South America	88.981	9.536	1.483
31	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	88.556	9.952	1.493
32	Niger`NER`Western Africa	88.527	9.532	1.940
33	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	87.817	10.036	2.147
34	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	87.777	10.191	2.032
35	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	87.528	8.801	3.672
36	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	87.363	6.218	6.419
37	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	86.707	10.280	3.013
38	Peru`PER`South America	86.168	5.615	8.217
39	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	85.938	10.547	3.516
40	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	84.832	10.387	4.781
41	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	84.371	14.005	1.624
42	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	83.884	12.182	3.934
43	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	83.599	15.129	1.272
44	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	83.379	13.103	3.517
45	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	83.312	9.418	7.269
46	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	83.190	12.007	4.803
47	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	82.639	5.449	10.880
48	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	81.821	16.221	1.959
49	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	81.743	14.954	3.346
50	Ecuador`ECU`South America	81.428	13.037	5.535
51	Uruguay`URY`South America	79.608	9.997	10.394
52	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	79.257	15.387	5.355
53	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	79.251	18.283	2.466
54	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	79.012	18.591	2.397
55	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	78.633	9.873	11.494
56	Paraguay`PRY`South America	78.616	15.002	6.382
57	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	76.421	11.789	11.789
58	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	76.347	10.428	13.225
59	Mexico`MEX`Central America	76.297	14.568	9.134
60	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	75.789	17.947	6.263
61	Colombia`COL`South America	75.441	16.066	8.494
62	Argentina`ARG`South America	73.928	15.484	10.588
63	Venezuela`VEN`South America	73.852	22.642	3.506
64	Honduras`HND`Central America	73.304	19.602	7.094
65	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	73.282	18.448	8.270
66	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	73.048	25.255	1.697
67	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	72.568	20.828	6.604
68	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	72.230	21.818	5.953
69	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	72.097	20.386	7.517
70	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	70.862	29.138	0.000
71	Suriname`SUR`South America	69.995	8.005	22.000
72	Belize`BLZ`Central America	67.723	11.287	20.990
73	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	67.714	22.675	9.610
74	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	67.654	24.691	7.654
75	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	67.405	18.513	14.082
76	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	65.847	32.860	1.293
77	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	65.749	15.025	19.220
78	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	65.469	10.361	24.170
79	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	65.466	27.443	7.091
80	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	64.937	24.429	10.634
81	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	64.404	13.275	22.321
82	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	61.615	17.435	20.950
83	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	61.074	36.328	2.597
84	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	61.066	10.685	28.248
85	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	60.772	19.989	19.239
86	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	59.799	13.252	26.949
87	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	59.317	38.673	2.010
88	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	59.260	36.855	3.884
89	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	59.194	24.301	16.505
90	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	58.893	29.800	11.307
91	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	57.917	30.515	11.568
92	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	56.737	25.120	18.143
93	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	56.046	41.667	2.288
94	Brazil`BRA`South America	54.027	25.786	20.186
95	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	52.637	42.043	5.320
96	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	51.635	27.539	20.826
97	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	51.430	45.917	2.653
98	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	51.033	45.274	3.693
99	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	50.532	48.658	0.809
100	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	49.725	27.752	22.523
101	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	47.746	47.957	4.299
102	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	47.000	48.000	5.000
103	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	45.645	24.453	29.902
104	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	45.215	47.847	6.938
105	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	44.168	40.080	15.752
106	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	41.100	57.282	1.618
107	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	40.659	51.491	7.849
108	United States`USA`Northern America	39.659	13.142	47.199
109	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	38.583	40.551	20.866
110	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	38.043	13.043	48.913
111	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	36.474	29.331	34.195
112	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	36.315	47.125	16.560
113	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	36.212	62.528	1.260
114	Panama`PAN`Central America	35.731	63.758	0.511
115	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	34.081	63.094	2.825
116	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	32.398	53.607	13.995
117	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	32.169	64.500	3.331
118	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	31.296	57.324	11.379
119	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	31.136	29.396	39.468
120	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	31.051	25.829	43.121
121	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	29.993	48.791	21.216
122	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	28.972	60.891	10.137
123	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	28.304	57.599	14.097
124	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	28.018	26.225	45.757
125	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	27.819	52.351	19.830
126	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	23.413	64.683	11.905
127	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	21.536	52.309	26.155
128	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	20.785	45.268	33.947
129	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	19.969	15.932	64.563
130	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	16.364	25.455	58.182
131	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	15.789	84.211	0.000
132	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	15.652	62.609	21.739
133	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	15.547	16.891	67.562
134	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	15.430	73.068	11.502
135	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	15.410	14.056	70.534
136	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	14.894	85.106	0.000
137	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	14.723	15.980	69.297
138	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	12.714	14.027	73.258
139	France`FRA`Western Europe	11.428	18.552	70.021
140	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	10.518	68.008	21.475
141	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	9.445	19.499	71.056
142	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	9.223	53.750	37.026
143	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	8.676	45.662	45.662
144	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	8.430	54.969	36.600
145	Canada`CAN`Northern America	7.506	14.280	78.214
146	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	6.978	42.634	50.388
147	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	6.569	65.693	27.737
148	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.761	164.674	—
149	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5.518	52.233	42.246
150	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	5.238	17.500	77.262
151	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.051	79.798	15.152
152	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	5.000	95.000	0.000
153	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.924	58.840	36.236
154	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4.362	69.466	26.172
155	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	4.358	62.004	33.638
156	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	4.000	45.000	51.000
157	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3.466	24.309	72.225
158	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.388	38.306	58.506
159	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.212	35.881	60.907
160	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3.167	23.571	73.262
161	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.158	40.211	56.632
162	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.563	94.196	4.464
163	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	1.282	98.718	0.000
164	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.259	14.707	84.031
165	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.127	18.503	80.371
166	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.956	94.915	5.085
167	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.552	82.897	16.552
168	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.390	18.328	81.293
169	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.315	7.724	91.960
170	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.306	3.690	96.005
171	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.255	57.001	42.744
172	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.108	28.746	71.146
=173	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.000	100.000	0.000
=173	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000	99.976	0.024

02In 2015

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
5Sudan96.195

Lowest

173Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0.000
173Monacoshared0.000
172Iceland0.108
171Papua New Guinea0.255
170Estonia0.306

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 59.289. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Withdrawn for households (% of total)
HighestBrunei164.674
LowestSomalia0.455
Middle country: 19.045
Withdrawn for industry (% of total)
HighestEstonia96.005
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 7.654

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −5countries joined / left
94values changed, of 173 in both
52 · 42rose · fell
79unchanged

Rose most

Armenia74.908 → 81.743+6.835
Latvia21.998 → 27.819+5.821
Denmark43.316 → 47.746+4.430
France7.744 → 11.428+3.683
Mongolia58.003 → 61.615+3.612

Fell most

North Macedonia39.400 → 31.296−8.103
Qatar35.141 → 28.304−6.836
Mauritius60.161 → 56.046−4.116
Georgia36.476 → 32.398−4.079
Ukraine34.347 → 31.051−3.296

+ Slovakia

− Albania

− Australia

− Cyprus

− Lithuania

− Tajikistan

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
Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2015.
173 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 10 decimals. 2 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
1 empty cell
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2015). Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/water-withdrawal/2015

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