The CIA World Factbook Edition 2015 Geography

Total water withdrawal In 13 editions of 36.

Total water withdrawal was published in 13 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 2008 to 2025. The 2015 edition carries it in 168 entries, in its Geography section, under the heading “Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2015 edition
168
the first edition with it
2008
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)” (2008 to 2015) and “Total water withdrawal” (2021 to 2025).

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Africa

51 entries

Algeria

total:
5.72 cu km/yr (26%/16%/58%)
per capita:
182 cu m/yr (2005)

Angola

total:
0.71 cu km/yr (45%/34%/21%)
per capita:
40.27 cu m/yr (2005)

Benin

total:
0.13 cu km/yr (32%/23%/45%)
per capita:
18.74 cu m/yr (2001)

Botswana

total:
0.19 cu km/yr (42%/19%/39%)
per capita:
107.3 cu m/yr (2005)

Burkina Faso

total:
0.72 cu km/yr (46%/3%/51%)
per capita:
54.99 cu m/yr (2005)

Burundi

total:
0.29 cu km/yr (15%/5%/79%)
per capita:
43.27 cu m/yr (2005)

Cabo Verde

total:
0.02 cu km/yr (6%/1%/93%)
per capita:
48.57 cu m/yr (2004)

Cameroon

total:
0.97 cu km/yr (23%/10%/68%)
per capita:
58.9 cu m/yr (2005)

Central African Republic

total:
0.07 cu km/yr (83%/17%/1%)
per capita:
17.42 cu m/yr (2005)

Chad

total:
0.88 cu km/yr (12%/12%/76%)
per capita:
84.81 cu m/yr (2005)

Comoros

total:
0.01 cu km/yr (48%/5%/47%)
per capita:
16.86 cu m/yr (1999)

Congo, Democratic Republic Of The now Democratic Republic of the Congo

total:
0.68 cu km/yr (68%/21%/11%)
per capita:
11.25 cu m/yr (2005)

Congo, Republic Of The now Republic of the Congo

total:
0.05 cu km/yr (69%/26%/4%)
per capita:
13.99 cu m/yr (2005)

Cote D'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

total:
1.55 cu km/yr (41%/21%/38%)
per capita:
83.07 cu m/yr (2008)

Djibouti

total:
0.02 cu km/yr (84%/0%/16%)
per capita:
24.84 cu m/yr (2000)

Egypt

total:
68.3 cu km/yr (8%/6%/86%)
per capita:
973.3 cu m/yr (2000)

Equatorial Guinea

total:
0.02 cu km/yr (80%/15%/5%)
per capita:
31.41 cu m/yr (2005)

Eritrea

total:
0.58 cu km/yr (5%/0%/95%)
per capita:
121.3 cu m/yr (2004)

Swaziland now Eswatini

total:
1.04 cu km/yr (4%/2%/94%)
per capita:
962.1 cu m/yr (2005)

Ethiopia

total:
5.56 cu km/yr (13%/1%/86%)
per capita:
80.5 cu m/yr (2005)

Gabon

total:
0.14 cu km/yr (61%/10%/29%)
per capita:
97.68 cu m/yr (2005)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total:
0.09 cu km/yr (41%/21%/39%)
per capita:
65.77 cu m/yr (2005)

Ghana

total:
0.98 cu km/yr (24%/10%/66%)
per capita:
48.82 cu m/yr (2000)

Guinea

total:
0.55 cu km/yr (39%/10%/51%)
per capita:
64.3 cu m/yr (2005)

Guinea-Bissau

total:
0.18 cu km/yr (18%/6%/76%)
per capita:
135.7 cu m/yr (2005)

Kenya

total:
2.74 cu km/yr (17%/4%/79%)
per capita:
72.96 cu m/yr (2003)

Lesotho

total:
0.04 cu km/yr (46%/46%/9%)
per capita:
21.79 cu m/yr (2000)

Liberia

total:
0.13 cu km/yr (55%/37%/8%)
per capita:
43.66 cu m/yr (2005)

Libya

total:
4.33 cu km/yr (14%/3%/83%)
per capita:
796.1 cu m/yr (2000)

Madagascar

total:
16.5 cu km/yr (2%/1%/97%)
per capita:
1,010 cu m/yr (2005)

Malawi

total:
1.36 cu km/yr (11%/4%/86%)
per capita:
99.86 cu m/yr (2005)

Mali

total:
6.55 cu km/yr (9%/1%/90%)
per capita:
545.4 cu m/yr (2000)

Mauritania

total:
1.35 cu km/yr (7%/2%/91%)
per capita:
420.2 cu m/yr (2005)

Mauritius

total:
0.73 cu km/yr (30%/3%/68%)
per capita:
568.2 cu m/yr (2003)

Morocco

total:
12.61 cu km/yr (12%/4%/84%)
per capita:
428.1 cu m/yr (2005)

Mozambique

total:
0.88 cu km/yr (26%/4%/70%)
per capita:
46.05 cu m/yr (2005)

Namibia

total:
0.29 cu km/yr (25%/5%/70%)
per capita:
146 cu m/yr (2002)

Niger

total:
0.98 cu km/yr (30%/3%/67%)
per capita:
70.53 cu m/yr (2005)

Nigeria

total:
13.11 cu km/yr (31%/15%/54%)
per capita:
89.21 cu m/yr (2005)

Rwanda

total:
0.15 cu km/yr (33%/11%/55%)
per capita:
17.25 cu m/yr (2005)

Senegal

total:
2.22 cu km/yr (4%/3%/93%)
per capita:
221.6 cu m/yr (2002)

Sierra Leone

total:
0.21 cu km/yr (52%/26%/22%)
per capita:
38.74 cu m/yr (2005)

Somalia

total:
3.3 cu km/yr (0%/0%/100%)
per capita:
377.6 cu m/yr (2003)

South Africa

total:
12.5 cu km/yr (36%/7%/57%)
per capita:
271.7 cu m/yr (2005)

Sudan

total:
27.59 cu km/yr (4%/1%/95%)
per capita:
683.4 cu m/yr (2005)

Tanzania

total:
5.18 cu km/yr (10%/0%/89%)
per capita:
144.7 cu m/yr (2002)

Togo

total:
0.17 cu km/yr (63%/3%/34%)
per capita:
33.46 cu m/yr (2005)

Tunisia

total:
2.85 cu km/yr (14%/4%/82%)
per capita:
295.8 cu m/yr (2001)

Uganda

total:
0.32 cu km/yr (41%/16%/43%)
per capita:
12.31 cu m/yr (2005)

Zambia

total:
1.57 cu km/yr (18%/8%/73%)
per capita:
147 cu m/yr (2002)

Zimbabwe

total:
4.21 cu km/yr (14%/7%/79%)
per capita:
333.5 cu m/yr (2002)

Arctic Region

1 entry

Iceland

total:
0.17 cu km/yr (49%/8%/42%)
per capita:
539.2 cu m/yr (2005)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total:
20.28 cu km/yr (1%/1%/98%)
per capita:
823.1 cu m/yr (2005)

Armenia

total:
2.86 cu km/yr (40%/6%/54%)
per capita:
929.7 cu m/yr (2010)

Azerbaijan

total:
12.21 cu km/yr (4%/18%/78%)
per capita:
1,384 cu m/yr (2010)

Bangladesh

total:
35.87 cu km/yr (10%/2%/88%)
per capita:
238.3 cu m/yr (2008)

Bhutan

total:
0.34 cu km/yr (5%/1%/94%)
per capita:
458 cu m/yr (2008)

China

total:
554.1 cu km/yr (12%/23%/65%)
per capita:
409.9 cu m/yr (2005)

Georgia

total:
1.81 cu km/yr (20%/22%/58%)
per capita:
410.6 cu m/yr (2005)

India

total:
761 cu km/yr (7%/2%/90%)
per capita:
613 cu m/yr (2010)

Japan

total:
90.04 cu km/yr (20%/18%/62%)
per capita:
714.3 cu m/yr (2007)

Kazakhstan

total:
21.14 cu km/yr (4%/30%/66%)
per capita:
1,304 cu m/yr (2010)

Korea, North now North Korea

total:
8.66 cu km/yr (10%/13%/76%)
per capita:
360.6 cu m/yr (2005)

Korea, South now South Korea

total:
25.47 cu km/yr (26%/12%/62%)
per capita:
548.7 cu m/yr (2003)

Kyrgyzstan

total:
8.01 cu km/yr (3%/4%/93%)
per capita:
1,558 cu m/yr (2006)

Maldives

total:
0.01 cu km/yr (95%/5%/0%)
per capita:
18.44 cu m/yr (2008)

Mongolia

total:
0.55 cu km/yr (13%/43%/44%)
per capita:
196.8 cu m/yr (2009)

Nepal

total:
9.5 cu km/yr (2%/0%/98%)
per capita:
334.7 cu m/yr (2006)

Pakistan

total:
183.5 cu km/yr (5%/1%/94%)
per capita:
1,038 cu m/yr (2008)

Russia

total:
66.2 cu km/yr (20%/60%/20%)
per capita:
454.9 cu m/yr (2001)

Sri Lanka

total:
12.95 cu km/yr (6%/6%/87%)
per capita:
638.8 cu m/yr (2005)

Tajikistan

total:
11.49 cu km/yr (6%/4%/91%)
per capita:
1,740 cu m/yr (2006)

Turkmenistan

total:
27.95 cu km/yr (3%/3%/94%)
per capita:
5,752 cu m/yr (2004)

Uzbekistan

total:
56 cu km/yr (7%/3%/90%)
per capita:
2,113 cu m/yr (2005)

Central America and the Caribbean

17 entries

Antigua And Barbuda now Antigua and Barbuda

total:
0.01 cu km/yr (63%/21%/15%)
per capita:
97.67 cu m/yr (2005)

Barbados

total:
0.1 cu km/yr (20%/26%/54%)
per capita:
371.3 cu m/yr (2009)

Belize

total:
0.22 cu km/yr (4%/49%/46%)
per capita:
845.2 cu m/yr (2000)

Costa Rica

total:
5.77 cu km/yr (15%/9%/77%)
per capita:
1,582 cu m/yr (2006)

Cuba

total:
4.42 cu km/yr (22%/14%/65%)
per capita:
392.6 cu m/yr (2010)

Dominica

total:
0.02 cu km/yr
per capita:
244.1 cu m/yr (2004)

Dominican Republic

total:
5.47 cu km/yr (26%/1%/72%)
per capita:
574.2 cu m/yr (2005)

El Salvador

total:
1.84 cu km/yr (22%/14%/64%)
per capita:
301.9 cu m/yr (2007)

Guatemala

total:
3.46 cu km/yr (15%/31%/54%)
per capita:
259.1 cu m/yr (2006)

Haiti

total:
1.2 cu km/yr (17%/3%/80%)
per capita:
134.3 cu m/yr (2009)

Honduras

total:
2.12 cu km/yr (16%/23%/61%)
per capita:
295.6 cu m/yr (2006)

Jamaica

total:
0.93 cu km/yr (32%/16%/52%)
per capita:
369.9 cu m/yr (2009)

Nicaragua

total:
1.39 cu km/yr (23%/4%/73%)
per capita:
265.9 cu m/yr (2008)

Panama

total:
0.91 cu km/yr (27%/2%/71%)
per capita:
296.1 cu m/yr (2005)

Saint Lucia

total:
0.02 cu km/yr
per capita:
98.22 cu m/yr (2005)

Saint Vincent And The Grenadines now Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total:
0.01 cu km/yr
per capita:
92.59 cu m/yr (1995)

Trinidad And Tobago now Trinidad and Tobago

total:
0.23 cu km/yr (67%/25%/8%)
per capita:
177.9 cu m/yr (2005)

Europe

33 entries

Albania

total:
1.31 cu km/yr (43%/18%/39%)
per capita:
413.6 cu m/yr (2006)

Austria

Published as “Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)”

total:
3.66 cu km/yr (18%/79%/3%)
per capita:
452.4 cu m/yr (2008)

Published as “Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)”

total:
3.66 cu km/yr (18%/79%/3%)
per capita:
452.4 cu m/yr (2008)

Belarus

total:
4.34 cu km/yr (32%/65%/3%)
per capita:
435.4 cu m/yr (2009)

Belgium

total:
6.22 cu km/yr (12%/88%/1%)
per capita:
589.8 cu m/yr (2007)

Bulgaria

total:
6.12 cu km/yr (16%/68%/16%)
per capita:
821.8 cu m/yr (2009)

Czech Republic now Czechia

total:
1.7 cu km/yr (41%/56%/2%)
per capita:
164.7 cu m/yr (2009)

Denmark

total:
0.66 cu km/yr (58%/5%/36%)
per capita:
118.4 cu m/yr (2009)

Estonia

total:
1.8 cu km/yr (3%/97%/0%)
per capita:
1,337 cu m/yr (2009)

Finland

total:
1.63 cu km/yr (25%/72%/3%)
per capita:
308.9 cu m/yr (2005)

France

total:
31.62 cu km/yr (19%/71%/10%)
per capita:
512.1 cu m/yr (2009)

Germany

total:
32.3 cu km/yr (16%/84%/0%)
per capita:
391.4 cu m/yr (2007)

Greece

total:
9.47 cu km/yr (9%/2%/89%)
per capita:
841.4 cu m/yr (2007)

Hungary

total:
5.58 cu km/yr (12%/83%/5%)
per capita:
555.9 cu m/yr (2007)

Ireland

total:
0.79 cu km/yr (94%/6%/0%)
per capita:
226.9 cu m/yr (2007)

Italy

total:
45.41 cu km/yr (24%/43%/34%)
per capita:
789.8 cu m/yr (2008)

Latvia

total:
0.42 cu km/yr (42%/45%/13%)
per capita:
177.9 cu m/yr (2007)

Lithuania

total:
2.38 cu km/yr (7%/90%/3%)
per capita:
703.8 cu m/yr (2009)

Luxembourg

total:
0.06 cu km/yr (65%/33%/1%)
per capita:
135.9 cu m/yr (2010)

Malta

total:
0.05 cu km/yr (64%/1%/35%)
per capita:
134.1 cu m/yr (2009)

Moldova

total:
1.07 cu km/yr (14%/83%/4%)
per capita:
290 cu m/yr (2010)

Netherlands

total:
10.61 cu km/yr (12%/88%/1%)
per capita:
636.7 cu m/yr (2008)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

total:
1.03 cu km/yr (21%/67%/12%)
per capita:
502 cu m/yr (2007)

Norway

total:
2.94 cu km/yr (28%/43%/29%)
per capita:
622.4 cu m/yr (2006)

Poland

total:
11.96 cu km/yr (31%/60%/10%)
per capita:
312.3 cu m/yr (2009)

Portugal

total:
8.46 cu km/yr (12%/18%/69%)
per capita:
812 cu m/yr (2005)

Romania

total:
6.88 cu km/yr (22%/61%/17%)
per capita:
320.8 cu m/yr (2009)

Slovakia

total:
0.69 cu km/yr (47%/51%/3%)
per capita:
126.7 cu m/yr (2010)

Slovenia

total:
0.94 cu km/yr (18%/82%/0%)
per capita:
462.9 cu m/yr (2009)

Spain

total:
32.46 cu km/yr (18%/22%/61%)
per capita:
698.7 cu m/yr (2008)

Sweden

total:
2.62 cu km/yr (37%/59%/4%)
per capita:
285.6 cu m/yr (2007)

Switzerland

total:
2.61 cu km/yr (39%/58%/3%)
per capita:
360.3 cu m/yr (2010)

Ukraine

total:
19.24 cu km/yr (24%/69%/7%)
per capita:
415.7 cu m/yr (2010)

United Kingdom

total:
13.03 cu km/yr (58%/33%/9%)
per capita:
213.2 cu m/yr (2008)

Middle East

15 entries

Bahrain

total:
0.36 cu km/yr (50%/6%/45%)
per capita:
386 cu m/yr (2003)

Cyprus

total:
0.18 cu km/yr (10%/3%/86%)
per capita:
164.7 cu m/yr (2009)

Iran

total:
93.3 cu km/yr (7%/1%/92%)
per capita:
1,306 cu m/yr (2004)

Iraq

total:
66 cu km/yr (7%/15%/79%)
per capita:
2,616 cu m/yr (2000)

Israel

total:
1.95 cu km/yr (39%/6%/55%)
per capita:
282.4 cu m/yr (2009)

Jordan

total:
0.94 cu km/yr (31%/4%/65%)
per capita:
166 cu m/yr (2005)

Kuwait

total:
0.91 cu km/yr (47%/2%/51%)
per capita:
441.2 cu m/yr (2005)

Lebanon

total:
1.31 cu km/yr (29%/11%/60%)
per capita:
316.8 cu m/yr (2005)

Oman

total:
1.32 cu km/yr (10%/1%/88%)
per capita:
515.8 cu m/yr (2003)

Qatar

total:
0.44 cu km/yr (39%/2%/59%)
per capita:
376.9 cu m/yr (2005)

Saudi Arabia

total:
23.67 cu km/yr (9%/3%/88%)
per capita:
928.1 cu m/yr (2006)

Syria

total:
16.76 cu km/yr (9%/4%/88%)
per capita:
867.4 cu m/yr (2005)

Turkey now Turkiye

total:
40.1 cu km/yr (14%/10%/76%)
per capita:
572.9 cu m/yr (2008)

United Arab Emirates

total:
3.99 cu km/yr (15%/2%/83%)
per capita:
739.5 cu m/yr (2005)

Yemen

total:
3.57 cu km/yr (7%/2%/91%)
per capita:
162.4 cu m/yr (2005)

North America

3 entries

Canada

total:
42.2 cu km/yr (20%/70%/10%)
per capita:
1,589 cu m/yr (2010)

Mexico

total:
80.4 cu km/yr (14%/9%/77%)
per capita:
700.4 cu m/yr (2009)

United States

total:
478.4 cu km/yr (14%/46%/40%)
per capita:
1,583 cu m/yr (2005)

Oceania

4 entries

Australia

total:
22.58 cu km/yr (27%/18%/55%)
per capita:
1,152 cu m/yr (2010)

Fiji

total:
0.08 cu km/yr (30%/11%/59%)
per capita:
100.1 cu m/yr (2005)

New Zealand

total:
4.75 cu km/yr (23%/5%/72%)
per capita:
1,200 cu m/yr (2010)

Papua New Guinea

total:
0.39 cu km/yr (57%/43%/0%)
per capita:
61.3 cu m/yr (2005)

South America

12 entries

Argentina

total:
32.57 cu km/yr (23%/13%/64%)
per capita:
864.9 cu m/yr (2005)

Bolivia

total:
2.64 cu km/yr (25%/14%/61%)
per capita:
305.8 cu m/yr (2005)

Brazil

total:
58.07 cu km/yr (28%/17%/55%)
per capita:
306 cu m/yr (2006)

Chile

total:
26.67 cu km/yr (4%/10%/86%)
per capita:
1,603 cu m/yr (2007)

Colombia

total:
12.65 cu km/yr (55%/4%/41%)
per capita:
308 cu m/yr (2010)

Ecuador

total:
9.92 cu km/yr (13%/6%/81%)
per capita:
716.1 cu m/yr (2005)

Guyana

total:
1.64 cu km/yr (4%/1%/94%)
per capita:
2,222 cu m/yr (2010)

Paraguay

total:
0.49 cu km/yr (20%/8%/71%)
per capita:
88.05 cu m/yr (2000)

Peru

total:
19.34 cu km/yr (8%/10%/82%)
per capita:
727.6 cu m/yr (2005)

Suriname

total:
0.67 cu km/yr (6%/4%/90%)
per capita:
1,396 cu m/yr (2006)

Uruguay

total:
3.66 cu km/yr (11%/2%/87%)
per capita:
1,101 cu m/yr (2000)

Venezuela

total:
9.06 cu km/yr (23%/4%/74%)
per capita:
358.6 cu m/yr (2008)

Southeast Asia

10 entries

Brunei

total:
0.09 cu km/yr (97%/0%/3%)
per capita:
301.6 cu m/yr (2009)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total:
33.23 cu km/yr (10%/1%/89%)
per capita:
728.6 cu m/yr (2005)

Cambodia

total:
2.18 cu km/yr (4%/2%/94%)
per capita:
159.8 cu m/yr (2006)

Indonesia

total:
113.3 cu km/yr (11%/19%/71%)
per capita:
517.3 cu m/yr (2005)

Laos

total:
3.49 cu km/yr (4%/5%/91%)
per capita:
588.9 cu m/yr (2005)

Malaysia

total:
11.2 cu km/yr (35%/43%/22%)
per capita:
414 cu m/yr (2005)

Philippines

total:
81.56 cu km/yr (8%/10%/82%)
per capita:
859.9 cu m/yr (2009)

Singapore

total:
0.19 cu km/yr (47%/53%/0%)
per capita:
81.97 cu m/yr (2005)

Thailand

total:
57.31 cu km/yr (5%/5%/90%)
per capita:
845.3 cu m/yr (2007)

Vietnam

total:
82.03 cu km/yr (1%/4%/95%)
per capita:
965 cu m/yr (2005)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2015, “Total water withdrawal”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/total-water-withdrawal/2015.

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