Data for 2021

Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2021

Name: Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2021
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2021, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2021 covers 169 countries on 3 measures. Somalia is highest, at 99.485; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 61.313. Against 2020, 55 values changed (30 up, 25 down), 2 countries joined, 3 left.

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Water Withdrawal by Sector · Data for 2021

HighestSomalia

99.485

Lowest2 countries share it

0.000

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

169countries
3measures per country
2021the year it describes
168distinct values9 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, 2021, 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, 2021: 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	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	92.749	2.609	4.642
16	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	92.689	2.924	4.386
17	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	92.242	3.146	4.611
18	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	92.176	6.645	1.179
19	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	91.836	7.679	0.484
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	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	90.847	5.034	4.119
25	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	90.743	7.433	1.823
26	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	90.579	7.066	2.355
27	India`IND`Southern Asia	90.407	7.359	2.234
28	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	90.374	4.780	4.846
29	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	89.352	10.166	0.482
30	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	88.556	9.952	1.493
31	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	87.817	10.036	2.147
32	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	87.777	10.191	2.032
33	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	87.528	8.801	3.672
34	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	87.363	6.218	6.419
35	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	87.200	11.143	1.657
36	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	85.938	10.547	3.516
37	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	85.207	10.690	4.103
38	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	85.045	14.906	0.049
39	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	83.379	13.103	3.517
40	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	83.312	9.418	7.269
41	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	83.190	12.007	4.803
42	Colombia`COL`South America	82.254	13.448	4.298
43	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	81.564	13.050	5.386
44	Ecuador`ECU`South America	81.428	13.037	5.535
45	Peru`PER`South America	80.991	12.566	6.444
46	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	80.783	6.789	12.428
47	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	80.371	16.724	2.905
48	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	80.208	12.277	7.515
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	78.030	9.488	12.482
53	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	76.421	11.789	11.789
54	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	76.347	10.428	13.225
55	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	76.234	10.322	13.444
56	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	76.036	20.256	3.707
57	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	75.789	17.947	6.263
58	Mexico`MEX`Central America	75.680	14.774	9.546
59	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	75.542	22.732	1.725
60	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	74.525	9.212	16.263
61	Argentina`ARG`South America	73.928	15.484	10.588
62	Venezuela`VEN`South America	73.852	22.642	3.506
63	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	73.470	15.875	10.654
64	Honduras`HND`Central America	73.304	19.602	7.094
65	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	73.282	18.448	8.270
66	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	73.057	20.456	6.486
67	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	73.048	25.255	1.697
68	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	70.862	29.138	0.000
69	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	70.854	27.889	1.256
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	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	67.416	25.843	6.742
75	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	67.150	30.910	1.940
76	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	66.667	16.981	16.352
77	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	66.138	14.399	19.463
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	64.860	11.194	23.946
81	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	62.592	35.941	1.467
82	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	62.272	35.864	1.864
83	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	62.145	20.129	17.726
84	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	61.324	17.435	21.241
85	Brazil`BRA`South America	61.313	24.157	14.530
86	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	60.719	32.163	7.118
87	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	59.570	16.264	24.167
88	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	59.180	37.705	1.639
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	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	54.135	40.619	5.246
95	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	51.645	45.017	3.338
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	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	50.272	26.958	22.770
99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	49.938	40.307	9.756
100	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	49.752	48.760	1.488
101	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	47.000	48.000	5.000
102	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	46.606	33.205	20.189
103	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	45.667	53.578	0.755
104	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	45.645	24.453	29.902
105	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	44.168	40.080	15.752
106	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	42.526	55.274	2.201
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	Panama`PAN`Central America	36.825	62.663	0.512
112	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	36.772	61.603	1.625
113	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	36.474	29.331	34.195
114	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	36.253	59.405	4.412
115	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	34.313	17.156	48.531
116	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	34.081	63.094	2.825
117	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	33.387	54.820	11.793
118	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	33.310	63.444	3.246
119	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	31.956	27.536	40.508
120	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	31.536	16.150	52.314
121	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	29.046	28.498	42.455
122	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	28.972	60.891	10.137
123	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	28.757	26.458	44.786
124	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	28.738	52.678	18.575
125	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	27.789	42.035	30.175
126	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	25.214	61.966	12.821
127	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	21.536	52.309	26.155
128	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	20.785	45.268	33.947
129	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	17.063	73.433	9.504
130	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	15.789	84.211	0.000
131	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	15.652	62.609	21.739
132	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	14.894	85.106	0.000
133	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	14.083	16.002	69.916
134	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	14.050	73.955	11.995
135	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	13.867	21.377	64.756
136	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	11.433	14.103	74.463
137	Canada`CAN`Northern America	10.681	13.477	75.722
138	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	10.518	68.008	21.475
139	France`FRA`Western Europe	10.296	21.578	68.125
140	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	9.325	53.239	37.436
141	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	8.676	45.662	45.662
142	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	8.535	14.221	77.243
143	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	8.430	54.969	36.600
144	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	7.585	43.912	48.503
145	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.892	20.050	73.058
146	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	6.569	65.693	27.737
147	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.761	164.674	—
148	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5.374	52.722	41.904
149	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5.237	1.435	93.328
150	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.051	79.798	15.152
151	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	5.000	95.000	0.000
152	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	4.932	33.801	61.267
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	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3.466	24.309	72.225
157	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.743	46.479	50.778
158	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.586	48.510	48.904
159	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.530	64.010	33.397
160	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	1.282	98.718	0.000
161	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.055	25.941	73.004
162	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.552	82.897	16.552
163	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.497	7.210	92.293
164	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.322	18.582	81.096
165	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.264	3.923	95.813
166	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.255	57.001	42.744
167	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.108	28.746	71.146
=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 2021

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
167Iceland0.108
166Papua New Guinea0.255
165Montenegro0.264

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 61.313. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Withdrawn for households (% of total)
HighestBrunei164.674
LowestSomalia0.455
Middle country: 20.050
Withdrawn for industry (% of total)
HighestMontenegro95.813
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 7.752

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −3countries joined / left
55values changed, of 167 in both
30 · 25rose · fell
112unchanged

Rose most

El Salvador41.266 → 49.938+8.672
Finland28.571 → 34.313+5.741
Armenia70.343 → 76.036+5.694
Cabo Verde38.638 → 42.526+3.888
Australia62.324 → 66.138+3.814

Fell most

Costa Rica66.166 → 60.719−5.447
Jamaica21.367 → 17.063−4.304
Peru85.084 → 80.991−4.094
France13.944 → 10.296−3.648
Botswana36.960 → 33.387−3.573

+ Sweden

+ Turkmenistan

− Luxembourg

− Palestine

− Türkiye

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 2021.
168 distinct values among 169
Values are stored exactly as published, to 9 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) (2021). Water Withdrawal by Sector, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/water-withdrawal/2021

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