Freshwater withdrawals, agriculture (% of total freshwater withdrawal) 1992 - 2017

Description	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.
Unit of measure	%

Description

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.

Unit of measure

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization

Print Data Save Chart

	China
1992	79.34
1993	77.60
1994	76.29
1995	75.01
1996	73.74
1997	72.49
1998	71.25
1999	70.03
2000	68.83
2001	67.98
2002	67.13
2003	66.29
2004	65.44
2005	64.61
2006	64.26
2007	63.01
2008	63.28
2009	63.51
2010	62.50
2011	62.44
2012	64.31
2013	64.53
2014	64.57
2015	64.40
2016	62.38
2017	64.40

Topic
Indicator
Country	Do you want to show Global rankings? Otherwise select a country
Frequency
Source
Compare (optional, max 9)	Countries Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Benin Bolivia Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Czech Repubblic Democratic Republic of Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Eu Eurozone Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Guinea Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kuwait Laos Latin American and Caribbean Latvia Lebanon Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Madagascar Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mexico Middle East and North Africa Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea Norway Oecd Countries Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sub-Saharan Africa Sudan Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Tunisia Turkey Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam World Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
Single Year
Start
End
Chart
Sorting

Freshwater withdrawals, agriculture (% of total freshwater withdrawal) 1992 - 2017

Choose Data