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Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture (% of total freshwater withdrawal) by country

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...

Countries reporting
180
Highest
99.5%
Somalia
Lowest
0.0%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
60.4%
Years covered
58
1965–2022
Data points
6,338

What the numbers show

Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture (% of total freshwater withdrawal) is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 99.5% in Somalia; the lowest is 0.0% in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

The median across all reporting countries is 60.4%, and the mean is 52.4%.

Over the past decade 57 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Maldives (up 732.5%), and the largest decrease in Singapore (down 100.0%).

Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Somalia 99.5% 2022 unchanged flat
2 Afghanistan 98.2% 2022 unchanged flat
3 Nepal 98.1% 2022 unchanged flat
4 Mali 97.9% 2022 unchanged flat
5 Sudan 96.2% 2022 unchanged flat
6 Laos 95.9% 2022 up 0.4% flat
7 Madagascar 95.9% 2022 unchanged flat
8 Vietnam 94.8% 2022 unchanged rising
9 Eritrea 94.5% 2022 unchanged rising
10 Guyana 94.3% 2022 unchanged falling
11 Eswatini 94.2% 2022 unchanged flat
12 Bhutan 94.1% 2022 unchanged flat
13 Cambodia 94.0% 2022 unchanged flat
14 Pakistan 94.0% 2022 unchanged falling
15 Turkmenistan 92.7% 2022 down 1.6% falling
16 Kyrgyzstan 92.7% 2022 unchanged flat
17 Azerbaijan 92.2% 2022 up 1.8% rising
18 Iran 92.2% 2022 unchanged flat
19 Uzbekistan 92.1% 2022 up 1.0% flat
20 Ethiopia 91.8% 2022 up 0.9% flat
21 East Timor 91.4% 2022 unchanged flat
22 Senegal 91.3% 2022 up 1.2% flat
23 Niger 91.0% 2022 down 3.1% rising
24 Chile 90.9% 2022 up 3.8% rising
25 Yemen 90.7% 2022 unchanged flat
26 Mauritania 90.6% 2022 unchanged flat
27 India 90.4% 2022 unchanged flat
28 Thailand 90.4% 2022 unchanged flat
29 Tanzania 89.4% 2022 unchanged rising
30 Myanmar 88.6% 2022 unchanged falling
31 Bangladesh 87.8% 2022 unchanged flat
32 Morocco 87.8% 2022 unchanged flat
33 Syria 87.5% 2022 unchanged flat
34 Sri Lanka 87.4% 2022 unchanged falling
35 Zimbabwe 87.2% 2022 up 8.7% rising
36 Bolivia 87.1% 2022 down 3.7% volatile
37 Turkey 86.9% 2022 up 1.0% rising
38 Malawi 85.9% 2022 unchanged flat
39 Indonesia 85.2% 2022 up 2.6% flat
40 Nicaragua 85.0% 2022 up 6.7% flat
41 Haiti 83.4% 2022 unchanged falling
42 Dominican Republic 83.3% 2022 up 2.3% flat
43 Libya 83.2% 2022 unchanged flat
44 Colombia 82.2% 2022 up 13.1% rising
45 Saudi Arabia 81.6% 2022 down 2.7% falling
46 Peru 81.5% 2022 down 6.2% falling
47 Ecuador 81.4% 2022 unchanged flat
48 Oman 80.8% 2022 down 6.1% falling
49 Greece 80.5% 2022 down 3.5% rising
50 Kenya 80.2% 2022 up 35.3% flat
51 Burundi 79.3% 2022 unchanged rising
52 Egypt 79.2% 2022 down 6.9% falling
53 Paraguay 78.6% 2022 unchanged rising
54 Armenia 77.5% 2022 up 8.1% rising
55 Uruguay 77.2% 2022 down 4.5% falling
56 Chad 76.4% 2022 unchanged flat
57 North Korea 76.3% 2022 unchanged flat
58 Mexico 76.3% 2022 down 0.4% falling
59 Guinea-Bissau 75.8% 2022 unchanged flat
60 Tunisia 75.5% 2022 down 5.3% falling
61 Philippines 74.6% 2022 down 7.4% falling
62 Tajikistan 74.5% 2022 down 18.2% falling
63 Argentina 73.9% 2022 unchanged flat
64 Venezuela 73.9% 2022 unchanged rising
65 Iraq 73.5% 2022 down 17.2% falling
66 Honduras 73.3% 2022 unchanged flat
67 Zambia 73.3% 2022 unchanged flat
68 Ghana 73.1% 2022 down 0.5% rising
69 Mozambique 73.0% 2022 down 0.1% falling
70 El Salvador 72.8% 2022 up 16.4% rising
71 Namibia 71.5% 2022 down 0.3% rising
72 Albania 70.9% 2022 up 33.0% flat
73 Saint Lucia 70.9% 2022 unchanged flat
74 Suriname 70.0% 2022 unchanged falling
75 Belize 67.7% 2022 unchanged flat
76 Cameroon 67.7% 2022 unchanged rising
77 Barbados 67.7% 2022 unchanged falling
78 Algeria 67.4% 2022 up 13.8% falling
79 Guinea 67.4% 2022 up 6.6% falling
80 Australia 66.9% 2022 up 11.8% falling
81 Japan 66.7% 2022 down 0.7% flat
82 Spain 65.3% 2022 down 6.0% flat
83 New Zealand 64.9% 2022 up 2.9% rising
84 Cuba 64.9% 2022 up 2.7% rising
85 Sao Tome and Principe 62.6% 2022 unchanged flat
86 Kuwait 62.3% 2022 up 8.0% rising
87 China 62.1% 2022 down 3.4% falling
88 Cyprus 61.2% 2022 down 9.0% falling
89 Brazil 60.8% 2022 up 6.1% flat
90 Costa Rica 60.7% 2022 down 15.1% falling
91 Rwanda 60.1% 2022 down 3.4% falling
92 South Africa 59.4% 2022 down 4.9% falling
93 South Korea 58.9% 2022 up 2.0% falling
94 Fiji 58.9% 2022 unchanged flat
95 Kazakhstan 56.7% 2022 down 2.8% falling
96 Guatemala 56.7% 2022 unchanged flat
97 Portugal 55.4% 2022 down 14.1% falling
98 Mongolia 54.3% 2022 up 5.0% rising
99 Denmark 54.2% 2022 up 108.2% rising
100 Jordan 51.6% 2022 down 5.1% falling
101 Cote d'Ivoire 51.6% 2022 up 7.7% falling
102 Burkina Faso 51.4% 2022 unchanged falling
103 United Arab Emirates 51.2% 2022 down 13.1% falling
104 Italy 50.2% 2022 up 5.1% falling
105 Palestine 49.2% 2021 up 8.9% falling
106 Israel 48.4% 2021 down 14.0% falling
107 Mauritius 47.9% 2022 down 23.7% falling
108 Comoros 47.0% 2022 unchanged flat
109 Malaysia 45.6% 2022 unchanged falling
110 Nigeria 44.2% 2022 unchanged falling
111 Uganda 40.7% 2022 unchanged falling
112 United States 39.7% 2022 up 6.0% rising
113 Cape Verde 39.0% 2022 up 5.0% falling
114 Gambia 38.6% 2022 unchanged falling
115 Lebanon 38.0% 2022 down 11.7% falling
116 Panama 36.8% 2022 down 8.3% falling
117 South Sudan 36.5% 2022 unchanged flat
118 Romania 36.3% 2022 up 115.0% falling
119 Finland 35.7% 2022 up 206.4% volatile
120 Malta 34.5% 2022 down 42.8% rising
121 Togo 34.1% 2022 unchanged falling
122 Georgia 33.6% 2022 down 24.1% falling
123 Bahrain 33.3% 2022 down 1.1% falling
124 Qatar 33.3% 2022 down 13.8% falling
125 Norway 31.4% 2022 up 1.6% flat
126 Latvia 29.1% 2022 up 85.4% rising
127 Gabon 29.0% 2022 unchanged rising
128 Russia 28.8% 2022 up 44.2% rising
129 Botswana 28.0% 2022 down 26.8% falling
130 Belarus 27.2% 2022 down 14.0% rising
131 Benin 25.2% 2022 down 3.5% falling
132 Sierra Leone 21.5% 2022 unchanged volatile
133 Ukraine 21.1% 2022 down 33.7% rising
134 Angola 20.8% 2022 unchanged volatile
135 Lithuania 19.6% 2022 up 114.6% volatile
136 Jamaica 17.1% 2022 down 29.2% volatile
137 Djibouti 15.8% 2022 unchanged volatile
138 Antigua and Barbuda 15.7% 2022 unchanged falling
139 Grenada 14.9% 2022 down 7.0% falling
140 United Kingdom 14.0% 2022 up 10.0% rising
141 Bulgaria 13.3% 2022 down 19.7% falling
142 Poland 13.0% 2022 up 35.6% falling
143 Hungary 11.0% 2022 up 73.3% volatile
144 Canada 10.7% 2022 up 4.8% rising
145 Democratic Republic of Congo 10.5% 2022 unchanged falling
146 France 10.3% 2022 down 0.8% falling
147 Switzerland 9.2% 2022 up 15.7% rising
148 Lesotho 8.7% 2022 unchanged volatile
149 Liberia 8.4% 2022 unchanged volatile
150 Serbia 8.3% 2022 down 48.6% flat
151 Croatia 7.5% 2022 up 13.0% volatile
152 Moldova 6.9% 2022 up 56.6% volatile
153 Seychelles 6.6% 2022 unchanged falling
154 North Macedonia 6.4% 2022 down 91.9% volatile
155 Slovakia 5.8% 2022 up 26.3% falling
156 Brunei 5.8% 2022 unchanged flat
157 Austria 5.2% 2022 up 100.1% falling
158 Equatorial Guinea 5.1% 2022 unchanged falling
159 Dominica 5.0% 2022 unchanged flat
160 Sweden 4.9% 2022 up 42.4% rising
161 Maldives 4.5% 2022 up 732.5% volatile
162 Congo 4.4% 2022 unchanged falling
163 Trinidad and Tobago 4.4% 2022 unchanged falling
164 Germany 4.2% 2022 up 64.7% rising
165 Puerto Rico 3.5% 2022 up 57.1% falling
166 Netherlands 3.2% 2022 up 473.4% volatile
167 Czechia 3.0% 2022 up 29.7% rising
168 Ireland 2.4% 2022 down 67.8% falling
169 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.3% 2022 unchanged flat
170 Luxembourg 1.0% 2022 up 128.4% volatile
171 Belgium 0.9% 2022 up 18.3% volatile
172 Central African Republic 0.6% 2022 unchanged falling
173 Estonia 0.4% 2022 up 52.5% volatile
174 Slovenia 0.4% 2022 up 65.9% falling
175 Montenegro 0.3% 2022 down 3.8% volatile
176 Papua New Guinea 0.3% 2022 unchanged falling
177 Iceland 0.1% 2022 up 5.7% volatile
178 Monaco 0.0% 2022 — flat
178 Singapore 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
178 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture (% of total freshwater withdrawal)
Unit
% of total freshwater withdrawal
Source
AQUASTAT - FAO's Global Information System on Water and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
227 places, 6,338 data points, 1965–2022
Last refreshed

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 are total withdrawals for irrigation and livestock production. Data are for the most recent year available for 1987-2002.