Botswana vs Qatar: Annual freshwater withdrawals, total
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total over time
- Botswana
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 0.25 billion cubic meters against 0.2133 billion cubic meters in Botswana, a difference of 0.0367 billion cubic meters.
That makes Qatar's figure about 1.2 times Botswana's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Qatar ahead.
Globally, Botswana ranks 148th and Qatar ranks 145th of 181 countries.
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About this data
Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins. Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source. Withdrawals can exceed 100 percent of total renewable resources where extraction from nonrenewable aquifers or desalination plants is considerable or where there is significant water reuse. Withdrawals for agriculture and industry are total withdrawals for irrigation and livestock production and for direct industrial use (including withdrawals for cooling thermoelectric plants). Withdrawals for domestic uses include drinking water, municipal use or supply, and use for public services, commercial establishments, and homes.