Ranking
Largest freshwater withdrawals
Countries ranked by total annual freshwater withdrawal.
Definition and method
- Metric
- Total freshwater withdrawal
- Definition
- The total volume of freshwater taken from rivers, lakes and aquifers for all uses in a year, before any of it is returned.
- Unit
- km³/yr
- Period
- 2022
- Basis
- Reported
- Source
- World Bank — World Development Indicators
- Coverage
- 181 of 205 countries and territoriesPlaces without a held value are absent from the ranking, not ranked last.
Largest freshwater withdrawals
Top 30 of 181 countries for which Hydrionis holds a value.
View the data behind this chart
| Subject | Value (km³/yr) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| India | 647.50 | — |
| China | 568.48 | — |
| United States | 444.29 | — |
| Indonesia | 222.64 | — |
| Pakistan | 179.30 | — |
| Iran | 92.95 | — |
| Philippines | 91.04 | — |
| Mexico | 89.80 | — |
| Vietnam | 81.86 | — |
| Japan | 79.70 | — |
| Egypt | 77.50 | — |
| Brazil | 67.94 | — |
| Russia | 64.82 | — |
| Türkiye | 64.47 | — |
| Thailand | 57.31 | — |
| Uzbekistan | 42.90 | — |
| Iraq | 42.42 | — |
| Argentina | 37.69 | — |
| Canada | 36.13 | — |
| Bangladesh | 35.87 | — |
| Chile | 35.37 | — |
| Italy | 33.78 | — |
| Myanmar | 33.23 | — |
| South Korea | 29.20 | — |
| Spain | 29.02 | — |
| Sudan | 26.94 | — |
| Turkmenistan | 26.25 | — |
| Peru | 25.92 | — |
| Germany | 25.79 | — |
| Kazakhstan | 24.97 | — |