Data for 2020

Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2020

Name: Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2020
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2020, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2020 covers 170 countries on 3 measures. Somalia is highest, at 99.485; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 62.127. Against 2019, 59 values changed (30 up, 29 down), 3 countries joined, 7 left.

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Water Withdrawal by Sector · Data for 2020

HighestSomalia

99.485

Lowest3 countries share it

0.000

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

170countries
3measures per country
2020the year it describes
168distinct 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, 2020, 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, 2020: 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	95.918	1.769	2.313
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	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	92.689	2.924	4.386
16	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	92.176	6.645	1.179
17	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	92.008	4.483	3.509
18	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	91.836	7.679	0.484
19	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	91.831	3.532	4.638
20	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	91.382	8.447	0.171
21	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	91.314	8.639	0.047
22	Niger`NER`Western Africa	91.023	7.481	1.496
23	Chile`CHL`South America	90.887	3.985	5.128
24	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	90.743	7.433	1.823
25	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	90.579	7.066	2.355
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	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	87.363	6.218	6.419
34	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	87.200	11.143	1.657
35	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	86.903	11.215	1.882
36	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	85.938	10.547	3.516
37	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	85.207	10.690	4.103
38	Peru`PER`South America	85.084	5.811	9.105
39	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	85.045	14.906	0.049
40	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	83.379	13.103	3.517
41	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	83.312	9.418	7.269
42	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	83.190	12.007	4.803
43	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	81.564	13.050	5.386
44	Ecuador`ECU`South America	81.428	13.037	5.535
45	Colombia`COL`South America	81.323	14.182	4.495
46	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	80.783	6.789	12.428
47	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	80.208	12.277	7.515
48	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	80.093	16.667	3.240
49	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	79.257	15.387	5.355
50	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	79.161	13.871	6.968
51	Paraguay`PRY`South America	78.616	15.002	6.382
52	Uruguay`URY`South America	77.644	9.659	12.696
53	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	77.564	10.280	12.156
54	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	76.421	11.789	11.789
55	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	76.347	10.428	13.225
56	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	75.789	17.947	6.263
57	Mexico`MEX`Central America	75.744	14.702	9.554
58	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	75.542	22.732	1.725
59	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	74.525	9.212	16.263
60	Argentina`ARG`South America	73.928	15.484	10.588
61	Venezuela`VEN`South America	73.852	22.642	3.506
62	Honduras`HND`Central America	73.304	19.602	7.094
63	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	73.282	18.448	8.270
64	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	73.057	20.456	6.486
65	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	73.048	25.255	1.697
66	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	72.570	18.902	8.528
67	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	70.862	29.138	0.000
68	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	70.343	23.082	6.575
69	Suriname`SUR`South America	69.995	8.005	22.000
70	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	69.338	28.626	2.036
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	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	67.416	25.843	6.742
75	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	66.750	16.939	16.311
76	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	66.166	26.409	7.425
77	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	65.742	32.364	1.894
78	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	65.334	15.713	18.952
79	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	64.937	24.429	10.634
80	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	64.775	11.311	23.914
81	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	62.592	35.941	1.467
82	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	62.479	16.207	21.313
83	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	62.324	15.618	22.058
84	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	62.272	35.864	1.864
85	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	62.145	20.129	17.726
86	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	62.109	19.573	18.318
87	Brazil`BRA`South America	61.766	24.053	14.181
88	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	60.033	38.301	1.665
89	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	58.932	24.636	16.432
90	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	58.893	29.800	11.307
91	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	56.737	25.120	18.143
92	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	55.429	14.913	29.658
93	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	54.260	9.797	35.943
94	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	51.645	45.017	3.338
95	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	51.635	27.539	20.826
96	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	51.497	42.455	6.048
97	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	51.430	45.917	2.653
98	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	50.173	27.102	22.725
99	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	50.164	48.355	1.480
100	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	48.127	44.092	7.783
101	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	47.000	48.000	5.000
102	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	46.496	52.762	0.743
103	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	45.645	24.453	29.902
104	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	44.168	40.080	15.752
105	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	42.805	36.660	20.536
106	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	41.266	46.315	12.419
107	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	40.659	51.491	7.849
108	United States`USA`Northern America	39.659	13.142	47.199
109	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	38.638	59.566	1.796
110	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	38.583	40.551	20.866
111	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	38.043	13.043	48.913
112	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	38.037	60.382	1.581
113	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	36.960	49.541	13.499
114	Panama`PAN`Central America	36.825	62.663	0.512
115	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	36.474	29.331	34.195
116	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	35.611	59.414	4.975
117	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	34.081	63.094	2.825
118	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	33.310	63.444	3.246
119	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	31.470	28.638	39.892
120	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	30.827	14.575	54.597
121	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	30.531	52.623	16.846
122	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	30.012	28.159	41.829
123	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	28.972	60.891	10.137
124	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	28.757	26.458	44.786
125	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	28.571	14.286	57.143
126	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	27.615	41.309	31.001
127	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	25.214	61.966	12.821
128	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	21.536	52.309	26.155
129	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	21.367	72.208	6.425
130	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	20.785	45.268	33.947
131	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	15.789	84.211	0.000
132	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	15.652	62.609	21.739
133	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	14.894	85.106	0.000
134	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	14.647	21.331	64.022
135	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	14.050	73.955	11.995
136	France`FRA`Western Europe	13.944	21.718	64.337
137	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	13.101	16.865	70.034
138	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	11.206	14.203	74.591
139	Canada`CAN`Northern America	10.729	13.532	75.739
140	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	10.518	68.008	21.475
141	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	9.192	53.910	36.899
142	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	8.676	45.662	45.662
143	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	8.510	13.283	78.207
144	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	8.430	54.969	36.600
145	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	7.525	42.970	49.505
146	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.875	20.000	72.875
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	5.315	52.811	41.874
150	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.051	79.798	15.152
151	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	5.000	95.000	0.000
152	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.503	15.250	80.247
153	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4.362	69.466	26.172
154	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	4.358	62.004	33.638
155	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.167	41.534	54.300
156	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	4.000	45.000	51.000
157	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.699	24.738	71.564
158	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3.466	24.309	72.225
159	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.855	46.047	51.098
160	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.526	63.925	33.549
161	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	1.282	98.718	0.000
162	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.569	7.379	92.051
163	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.552	82.897	16.552
164	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.313	5.167	94.520
165	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.299	16.932	82.769
166	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.255	57.001	42.744
167	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.108	28.746	71.146
=168	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.000	100.000	0.000
=168	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.000	100.000	0.000
=168	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000	99.976	0.024

02In 2020

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

168Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0.000
168Monacoshared0.000
168Luxembourgshared0.000
167Iceland0.108
166Papua New Guinea0.255

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 62.127. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Withdrawn for households (% of total)
HighestBrunei164.674
LowestSomalia0.455
Middle country: 20.065
Withdrawn for industry (% of total)
HighestMontenegro94.520
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 7.654

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −7countries joined / left
59values changed, of 167 in both
30 · 29rose · fell
108unchanged

Rose most

Albania61.185 → 69.338+8.154
Romania23.052 → 30.827+7.776
Colombia75.311 → 81.323+6.012
Jamaica15.395 → 21.367+5.972
Georgia37.592 → 42.805+5.213

Fell most

Ukraine39.574 → 30.012−9.561
Iraq78.117 → 72.570−5.547
El Salvador46.090 → 41.266−4.824
Kazakhstan66.805 → 62.109−4.696
Australia66.645 → 62.324−4.321

+ Bulgaria

+ Moldova

+ Tajikistan

− Belgium

− Bolivia

− Israel

− Lithuania

− Maldives

− Namibia

− Sweden

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 2020.
168 distinct values among 170
Values are stored exactly as published, to 10 decimals. 3 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) (2020). Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/water-withdrawal/2020

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07Questions