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Agricultural water withdrawals

% · higher is better · 180 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2022
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  1. 1Somalia, Fed. Rep.99.5%
  2. 2Afghanistan98.2%
  3. 3Nepal98.1%
  4. 4Mali97.9%
  5. 5Sudan96.2%
  6. 6Lao PDR95.9%
  7. 7Madagascar95.9%
  8. 8Viet Nam94.8%
  9. 9Eritrea94.5%
  10. 10Guyana94.3%
  11. 11Eswatini94.2%
  12. 12Bhutan94.1%
  13. 13Cambodia94%
  14. 14Pakistan94%
  15. 15Turkmenistan92.7%
  16. 16Kyrgyz Republic92.7%
  17. 17Azerbaijan92.2%
  18. 18Iran, Islamic Rep.92.2%
  19. 19Uzbekistan92.1%
  20. 20Ethiopia91.8%
  21. 21Timor-Leste91.4%
  22. 22Senegal91.3%
  23. 23Niger91%
  24. 24Chile90.9%
  25. 25Yemen, Rep.90.7%
  26. 26Mauritania90.6%
  27. 27India90.4%
  28. 28Thailand90.4%
  29. 29Tanzania89.4%
  30. 30Myanmar88.6%
  31. 31Bangladesh87.8%
  32. 32Morocco87.8%
  33. 33Syrian Arab Republic87.5%
  34. 34Sri Lanka87.4%
  35. 35Zimbabwe87.2%
  36. 36Bolivia87.1%
  37. 37Turkiye86.9%
  38. 38Malawi85.9%
  39. 39Indonesia85.2%
  40. 40Nicaragua85%
  41. 41Haiti83.4%
  42. 42Dominican Republic83.3%
  43. 43Libya83.2%
  44. 44Colombia82.2%
  45. 45Saudi Arabia81.6%
  46. 46Peru81.5%
  47. 47Ecuador81.4%
  48. 48Oman80.8%
  49. 49Greece80.5%
  50. 50Kenya80.2%
  51. 51Burundi79.3%
  52. 52Egypt, Arab Rep.79.2%
  53. 53Paraguay78.6%
  54. 54Armenia77.5%
  55. 55Uruguay77.2%
  56. 56Chad76.4%
  57. 57Korea, Dem. People's Rep.76.3%
  58. 58Mexico76.3%
  59. 59Guinea-Bissau75.8%
  60. 60Tunisia75.5%
  61. 61Philippines74.6%
  62. 62Tajikistan74.5%
  63. 63Argentina73.9%
  64. 64Venezuela, RB73.9%
  65. 65Iraq73.5%
  66. 66Honduras73.3%
  67. 67Zambia73.3%
  68. 68Ghana73.1%
  69. 69Mozambique73%
  70. 70El Salvador72.8%
  71. 71Namibia71.5%
  72. 72Albania70.9%
  73. 73St. Lucia70.9%
  74. 74Suriname70%
  75. 75Belize67.7%
  76. 76Cameroon67.7%
  77. 77Barbados67.7%
  78. 78Algeria67.4%
  79. 79Guinea67.4%
  80. 80Australia66.9%
  81. 81Japan66.7%
  82. 82Spain65.3%
  83. 83New Zealand64.9%
  84. 84Cuba64.9%
  85. 85Sao Tome and Principe62.6%
  86. 86Kuwait62.3%
  87. 87China62.1%
  88. 88Cyprus61.2%
  89. 89Brazil60.8%
  90. 90Costa Rica60.7%
  91. 91Rwanda60.1%
  92. 92South Africa59.4%
  93. 93Korea, Rep.58.9%
  94. 94Fiji58.9%
  95. 95Kazakhstan56.7%
  96. 96Guatemala56.7%
  97. 97Portugal55.4%
  98. 98Mongolia54.3%
  99. 99Denmark54.2%
  100. 100Jordan51.6%
  101. 101Cote d'Ivoire51.6%
  102. 102Burkina Faso51.4%
  103. 103United Arab Emirates51.2%
  104. 104Italy50.2%
  105. 105Mauritius47.9%
  106. 106Comoros47%
  107. 107Malaysia45.6%
  108. 108Nigeria44.2%
  109. 109Uganda40.7%
  110. 110United States39.7%
  111. 111Cabo Verde39%
  112. 112Gambia, The38.6%
  113. 113Lebanon38%
  114. 114Panama36.8%
  115. 115South Sudan36.5%
  116. 116Romania36.3%
  117. 117Finland35.7%
  118. 118Malta34.5%
  119. 119Togo34.1%
  120. 120Georgia33.6%
  121. 121Bahrain33.3%
  122. 122Qatar33.3%
  123. 123Norway31.4%
  124. 124Latvia29.1%
  125. 125Gabon29%
  126. 126Russian Federation28.8%
  127. 127Botswana28%
  128. 128Belarus27.2%
  129. 129Benin25.2%
  130. 130Sierra Leone21.5%
  131. 131Ukraine21.1%
  132. 132Angola20.8%
  133. 133Lithuania19.6%
  134. 134Jamaica17.1%
  135. 135Djibouti15.8%
  136. 136Antigua and Barbuda15.7%
  137. 137Grenada14.9%
  138. 138United Kingdom14%
  139. 139Bulgaria13.3%
  140. 140Poland13%
  141. 141Hungary11%
  142. 142Canada10.7%
  143. 143Congo, Dem. Rep.10.5%
  144. 144France10.3%
  145. 145Switzerland9.2%
  146. 146Lesotho8.7%
  147. 147Liberia8.4%
  148. 148Serbia8.3%
  149. 149Croatia7.5%
  150. 150Moldova6.9%
  151. 151Seychelles6.6%
  152. 152North Macedonia6.4%
  153. 153Slovak Republic5.8%
  154. 154Brunei Darussalam5.8%
  155. 155Austria5.2%
  156. 156Equatorial Guinea5.1%
  157. 157Dominica5%
  158. 158Sweden4.9%
  159. 159Maldives4.5%
  160. 160Congo, Rep.4.4%
  161. 161Trinidad and Tobago4.4%
  162. 162Germany4.2%
  163. 163Puerto Rico (US)3.5%
  164. 164Netherlands3.2%
  165. 165Czechia3%
  166. 166Ireland2.4%
  167. 167St. Kitts and Nevis1.3%
  168. 168Luxembourg1%
  169. 169Belgium0.85%
  170. 170Central African Republic0.55%
  171. 171Estonia0.41%
  172. 172Slovenia0.41%
  173. 173Montenegro0.31%
  174. 174Papua New Guinea0.26%
  175. 175Iceland0.11%
  176. 176Monaco0%
  177. 176St. Vincent and the Grenadines0%
  178. 176Singapore0%

Agricultural water withdrawals