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Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic (% of total freshwater withdrawal)

% · 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. 1Brunei Darussalam164.7%
  2. 2Monaco100%
  3. 3St. Vincent and the Grenadines100%
  4. 4St. Kitts and Nevis98.7%
  5. 5Dominica95%
  6. 6Maldives94.9%
  7. 7Luxembourg91.2%
  8. 8Grenada85.1%
  9. 9Djibouti84.2%
  10. 10Central African Republic82.9%
  11. 11Equatorial Guinea79.8%
  12. 12United Kingdom74%
  13. 13Jamaica73.4%
  14. 14Congo, Rep.69.5%
  15. 15Congo, Dem. Rep.68%
  16. 16Ireland66.1%
  17. 17Seychelles65.7%
  18. 18Malta63.9%
  19. 19Bahrain63.4%
  20. 20Togo63.1%
  21. 21Panama62.7%
  22. 22Antigua and Barbuda62.6%
  23. 23Qatar62.4%
  24. 24Trinidad and Tobago62%
  25. 25Benin62%
  26. 26Gabon60.9%
  27. 27Botswana60.6%
  28. 28Cabo Verde58.9%
  29. 29Papua New Guinea57%
  30. 30Liberia55%
  31. 31Singapore54.9%
  32. 32Slovak Republic54.3%
  33. 33Switzerland53.7%
  34. 34Latvia53.4%
  35. 35Sierra Leone52.3%
  36. 36Uganda51.5%
  37. 37Mauritius50.6%
  38. 38Comoros48%
  39. 39United Arab Emirates47.7%
  40. 40Burkina Faso45.9%
  41. 41Croatia45.8%
  42. 42Lesotho45.7%
  43. 43Lithuania45.5%
  44. 44Angola45.3%
  45. 45Jordan45%
  46. 46Czechia43.3%
  47. 47Belarus42.4%
  48. 48Germany41.5%
  49. 49Denmark41%
  50. 50Gambia, The40.6%
  51. 51Nigeria40.1%
  52. 52Georgia39%
  53. 53Cyprus38.8%
  54. 54Rwanda38.3%
  55. 55Sao Tome and Principe35.9%
  56. 56Kuwait35.9%
  57. 57Ukraine34%
  58. 58Sweden33.8%
  59. 59Costa Rica32.2%
  60. 60Algeria30.9%
  61. 61Fiji29.8%
  62. 62South Sudan29.3%
  63. 63St. Lucia29.1%
  64. 64Norway28.8%
  65. 65Iceland28.7%
  66. 66Albania27.7%
  67. 67Cote d'Ivoire27.5%
  68. 68Italy27%
  69. 69Netherlands26.5%
  70. 70Russian Federation26.5%
  71. 71Guinea25.8%
  72. 72Mozambique25.3%
  73. 73Guatemala25.1%
  74. 74Barbados24.7%
  75. 75Korea, Rep.24.6%
  76. 76Malaysia24.5%
  77. 77Cuba24.4%
  78. 78Puerto Rico (US)24.3%
  79. 79Brazil24.1%
  80. 80Tunisia22.7%
  81. 81Cameroon22.7%
  82. 82Venezuela, RB22.6%
  83. 83El Salvador22.3%
  84. 84Namibia21.9%
  85. 85Slovenia21.6%
  86. 86France21.6%
  87. 87Poland21.5%
  88. 88Ghana20.5%
  89. 89China20.1%
  90. 90Moldova20.1%
  91. 91Honduras19.6%
  92. 92Kazakhstan19.4%
  93. 93Zambia18.4%
  94. 94Guinea-Bissau17.9%
  95. 95Finland17.9%
  96. 96Armenia17.6%
  97. 97South Africa17.4%
  98. 98Japan17%
  99. 99Greece16.7%
  100. 100Iraq15.9%
  101. 101Spain15.7%
  102. 102Argentina15.5%
  103. 103Romania15.4%
  104. 104Bulgaria15.4%
  105. 105Burundi15.4%
  106. 106Belgium15%
  107. 107Paraguay15%
  108. 108Portugal14.9%
  109. 109Nicaragua14.9%
  110. 110Mexico14.8%
  111. 111Australia14.5%
  112. 112North Macedonia14.1%
  113. 113Egypt, Arab Rep.13.9%
  114. 114Serbia13.8%
  115. 115Colombia13.7%
  116. 116Canada13.5%
  117. 117Hungary13.3%
  118. 118United States13.1%
  119. 119Haiti13.1%
  120. 120Saudi Arabia13.1%
  121. 121Lebanon13%
  122. 122Ecuador13%
  123. 123Kenya12.3%
  124. 124Peru12.1%
  125. 125Libya12%
  126. 126Chad11.8%
  127. 127Bolivia11.5%
  128. 128Belize11.3%
  129. 129Zimbabwe11.1%
  130. 130New Zealand11.1%
  131. 131Turkiye11.1%
  132. 132Indonesia10.7%
  133. 133Malawi10.5%
  134. 134Philippines10.4%
  135. 135Korea, Dem. People's Rep.10.4%
  136. 136Morocco10.2%
  137. 137Tanzania10.2%
  138. 138Bangladesh10%
  139. 139Myanmar10%
  140. 140Mongolia9.8%
  141. 141Dominican Republic9.4%
  142. 142Uruguay9.4%
  143. 143Tajikistan9.2%
  144. 144Syrian Arab Republic8.8%
  145. 145Senegal8.6%
  146. 146Timor-Leste8.4%
  147. 147Suriname8%
  148. 148Ethiopia7.7%
  149. 149Niger7.5%
  150. 150Yemen, Rep.7.4%
  151. 151India7.4%
  152. 152Mauritania7.1%
  153. 153Oman6.8%
  154. 154Iran, Islamic Rep.6.6%
  155. 155Sri Lanka6.2%
  156. 156Montenegro5.5%
  157. 157Estonia5.4%
  158. 158Eritrea5.3%
  159. 159Pakistan5.3%
  160. 160Uzbekistan5.2%
  161. 161Bhutan5%
  162. 162Thailand4.8%
  163. 163Cambodia4.5%
  164. 164Guyana4.2%
  165. 165Chile4%
  166. 166Eswatini3.9%
  167. 167Sudan3.5%
  168. 168Azerbaijan3.1%
  169. 169Kyrgyz Republic2.9%
  170. 170Madagascar2.9%
  171. 171Turkmenistan2.6%
  172. 172Mali2.1%
  173. 173Lao PDR1.8%
  174. 174Nepal1.6%
  175. 175Viet Nam1.5%
  176. 176Austria1.5%
  177. 177Afghanistan1%
  178. 178Somalia, Fed. Rep.0.45%

Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic (% of total freshwater withdrawal)