Data for 2016

Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2016

Name: Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2016
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Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2016 covers 172 countries on 3 measures. Somalia is highest, at 99.485; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 60.638. Against 2015, 84 values changed (36 up, 48 down), 3 countries joined, 5 left.

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Water Withdrawal by Sector · Data for 2016

HighestSomalia

99.485

Lowest2 countries share it

0.000

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

172countries
3measures per country
2016the year it describes
171distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: 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	0.0606
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	98.170	0.998	0.8320
3	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	98.135	1.554	0.3106
4	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	97.860	2.063	0.0771
5	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	96.195	3.527	0.2784
6	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	96.084	1.697	2.2193
7	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	95.892	2.914	1.1942
8	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	94.782	1.470	3.7474
9	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	94.502	5.326	0.1718
10	Guyana`GUY`South America	94.345	4.243	1.4121
11	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	94.298	2.701	3.0014
12	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	94.195	3.867	1.9382
13	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	94.083	5.030	0.8876
14	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	94.002	4.487	1.5110
15	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	93.977	5.260	0.7632
16	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	92.689	2.924	4.3864
17	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	92.176	6.645	1.1790
18	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	91.820	7.678	0.4844
19	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	91.661	4.465	3.8746
20	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	91.492	3.191	5.3178
21	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	91.382	8.447	0.1706
22	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	91.093	3.502	5.4050
23	Chile`CHL`South America	90.887	3.985	5.1282
24	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	90.743	7.433	1.8233
25	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	90.579	7.066	2.3552
26	India`IND`Southern Asia	90.407	7.359	2.2339
27	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	90.374	4.780	4.8459
28	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	89.352	10.166	0.4823
29	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	89.217	10.560	0.2226
30	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	88.556	9.952	1.4926
31	Bolivia`BOL`South America	88.504	10.021	1.4751
32	Niger`NER`Western Africa	87.912	10.102	1.9860
33	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	87.817	10.036	2.1466
34	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	87.777	10.191	2.0324
35	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	87.572	10.710	1.7235
36	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	87.528	8.801	3.6718
37	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	87.363	6.218	6.4190
38	Peru`PER`South America	86.018	5.402	8.5825
39	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	85.938	10.547	3.5156
40	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	85.207	10.690	4.1031
41	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	84.271	14.102	1.6271
42	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	83.379	13.103	3.5172
43	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	83.312	9.418	7.2693
44	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	83.190	12.007	4.8027
45	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	82.686	13.073	4.2408
46	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	82.639	4.701	12.7137
47	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	82.577	15.912	1.5107
48	Ecuador`ECU`South America	81.428	13.037	5.5354
49	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	80.208	12.277	7.5149
50	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	80.000	16.673	3.4340
51	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	79.989	17.618	2.3929
52	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	79.982	16.644	3.3642
53	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	79.257	15.387	5.3552
54	Uruguay`URY`South America	79.203	9.927	10.8700
55	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	79.087	19.001	1.9115
56	Paraguay`PRY`South America	78.616	15.002	6.3821
57	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	77.482	10.475	12.0431
58	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	76.421	11.789	11.7894
59	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	76.347	10.428	13.2251
60	Mexico`MEX`Central America	76.290	14.530	9.1837
61	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	75.789	17.947	6.2632
62	Argentina`ARG`South America	73.928	15.484	10.5876
63	Venezuela`VEN`South America	73.852	22.642	3.5061
64	Colombia`COL`South America	73.705	14.925	11.3701
65	Honduras`HND`Central America	73.304	19.602	7.0940
66	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	73.282	18.448	8.2697
67	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	73.141	19.038	7.8207
68	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	73.057	20.456	6.4864
69	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	73.048	25.255	1.6972
70	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	72.398	21.574	6.0281
71	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	70.862	29.138	0.0000
72	Suriname`SUR`South America	69.995	8.005	22.0003
73	Belize`BLZ`Central America	67.723	11.287	20.9901
74	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	67.714	22.675	9.6104
75	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	67.654	24.691	7.6543
76	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	67.503	18.444	14.0527
77	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	66.287	9.240	24.4727
78	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	66.144	26.886	6.9697
79	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	65.229	15.663	19.1089
80	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	64.937	24.429	10.6337
81	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	64.141	33.975	1.8841
82	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	63.898	36.102	1.2780
83	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	62.592	35.941	1.4670
84	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	62.382	15.963	21.6549
85	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	61.049	9.946	29.0045
86	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	60.768	36.901	2.3316
87	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	60.509	37.540	1.9511
88	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	59.475	19.843	20.6824
89	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	58.932	24.636	16.4316
90	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	58.893	29.800	11.3074
91	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	57.803	13.894	28.3036
92	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	57.029	41.054	1.9169
93	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	56.737	25.120	18.1433
94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	55.750	32.485	11.7646
95	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	55.615	41.411	2.3968
96	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	54.260	9.797	35.9429
97	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	53.127	43.760	3.1127
98	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	52.069	43.587	4.3443
99	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	51.635	27.539	20.8262
100	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	51.430	45.917	2.6528
101	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	49.850	27.570	22.5793
102	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	47.961	51.302	0.7364
103	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	47.000	48.000	5.0000
104	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	45.645	24.453	29.9016
105	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	45.215	47.847	6.9378
106	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	44.168	40.080	15.7515
107	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	40.659	51.491	7.8493
108	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	40.605	57.803	1.5924
109	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	40.238	47.839	11.9225
110	United States`USA`Northern America	39.659	13.142	47.1989
111	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	38.583	40.551	20.8661
112	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	38.043	13.043	48.9130
113	Panama`PAN`Central America	36.825	62.663	0.5118
114	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	36.474	29.331	34.1945
115	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	35.978	62.769	1.2526
116	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	34.081	63.094	2.8251
117	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	33.310	63.444	3.2459
118	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	32.103	24.569	43.3279
119	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	31.964	52.290	15.7462
120	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	31.903	27.655	40.4410
121	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	29.477	38.981	31.5427
122	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	28.972	60.891	10.1366
123	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	28.168	59.160	12.6720
124	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	28.075	28.152	43.7722
125	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	24.686	62.762	12.5523
126	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	21.536	52.309	26.1546
127	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	20.785	45.268	33.9473
128	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	19.501	16.489	64.0100
129	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	19.259	42.839	37.9019
130	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	17.391	17.391	65.2174
131	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	15.952	15.710	68.3378
132	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	15.789	84.211	0.0000
133	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	15.652	62.609	21.7391
134	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	14.894	85.106	0.0000
135	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	14.050	73.955	11.9952
136	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	13.481	14.066	72.4530
137	France`FRA`Western Europe	11.774	19.573	68.6524
138	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	10.518	68.008	21.4745
139	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9.994	13.673	76.3324
140	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	9.951	19.335	70.7144
141	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	9.229	53.724	37.0475
142	Canada`CAN`Northern America	9.099	13.876	77.0252
143	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	8.676	45.662	45.6621
144	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	8.430	54.969	36.6004
145	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	8.419	10.340	81.2408
146	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	6.870	42.266	50.8638
147	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	6.569	65.693	27.7372
148	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.761	164.674	—
149	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	5.101	17.556	77.3428
150	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.051	79.798	15.1515
151	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	5.000	95.000	0.0000
152	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4.362	69.466	26.1723
153	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	4.358	62.004	33.6378
154	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.202	57.080	38.7183
155	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	4.000	45.000	51.0000
156	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	3.888	53.514	42.5981
157	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.475	39.065	57.4602
158	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3.466	24.309	72.2248
159	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3.357	24.081	72.5617
160	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.004	35.372	61.6242
161	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.896	36.927	59.8659
162	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	1.282	98.718	0.0000
163	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.094	18.375	80.5314
164	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.092	94.915	5.0847
165	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.676	95.495	2.9279
166	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.552	82.897	16.5517
167	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.372	18.235	81.3930
168	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.314	6.981	92.6818
169	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.255	57.001	42.7442
170	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.253	3.483	96.2642
=171	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.000	100.000	0.0000
=171	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000	99.976	0.0235

02In 2016

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

171Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0.000
171Monacoshared0.000
170Estonia0.253
169Papua New Guinea0.255
168Montenegro0.314

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 60.638. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Withdrawn for households (% of total)
HighestBrunei164.674
LowestSomalia0.455
Middle country: 18.725
Withdrawn for industry (% of total)
HighestEstonia96.2642
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 7.2693

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −5countries joined / left
84values changed, of 169 in both
36 · 48rose · fell
85unchanged

Rose most

Kenya59.260 → 80.208+20.948
Denmark47.746 → 52.069+4.323
Botswana36.315 → 40.238+3.923
Qatar28.304 → 31.964+3.659
Israel52.637 → 55.615+2.978

Fell most

Jamaica16.364 → 8.419−7.944
Mongolia61.615 → 54.260−7.355
Georgia32.398 → 28.168−4.230
Greece83.599 → 79.982−3.617
Hungary12.714 → 9.994−2.720

+ Cyprus

+ Lithuania

+ São Tomé and Príncipe

− Brazil

− Iceland

− Latvia

− North Macedonia

− Netherlands

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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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

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 2016.
171 distinct values among 172
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) (2016). Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/water-withdrawal/2016

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07Questions