Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
AQUASTAT — Global Information System on Water and Agriculture
The principal global compilation of country-level water resources and water use statistics: renewable freshwater resources, withdrawals by agricultural, industrial and municipal sector, dam capacity, irrigation, and water-use efficiency. AQUASTAT is the underlying source for most national water indicators quoted internationally, including several SDG 6 indicators.
Rights
- Licence
- CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
- Commercial reuse
- No
- Redistribution
- Yes
- Derivative use
- Yes
- Attribution required
- YesData from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, used under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
- Restrictions
- FAO applies a non-commercial share-alike licence to much of its statistical output. Hydrionis displays and cites AQUASTAT values publicly, but does not treat them as available for a future commercial product without seeking permission.
- Terms last checked
- 23 August 2026
Access and coverage
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Geographic coverage
- Global — approximately 200 countries and territories
- Temporal coverage
- 1960 onwards
- Update frequency
- irregular
- Formats
- csv, json, api, xlsx
- Bulk download
- Available
- Registration required
- No
- Cost to Hydrionis
- Free
- Domains
- resources, withdrawal, consumption, sector use, stress
Notes
AQUASTAT values are reported for variable reference years by country. Hydrionis stores the reference year with every observation rather than presenting a single "current" figure.