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Agricultural water as a share of total water withdrawals by country

Agricultural water withdrawals as a percentage of total water withdrawals (which is the sum of water used for agriculture, industry and domestic purposes). Agricultural water is defined as the annual quantity of self-supplied water withdrawn for irrigation, livestock and aquaculture purposes.

Countries reporting
179
Highest
99.5%
Somalia
Lowest
0.0%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
60.7%
Years covered
58
1965–2022
Data points
5,827

What the numbers show

Agricultural water as a share of total water withdrawals is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 99.5% in Somalia; the lowest is 0.0% in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

The median across all reporting countries is 60.7%, and the mean is 52.7%.

Over the past decade 57 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Maldives (up 732.5%), and the largest decrease in Singapore (down 100.0%).

Agricultural water as a share of total water withdrawals: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Somalia 99.5% 2022 unchanged flat
2 Afghanistan 98.2% 2022 unchanged flat
3 Nepal 98.1% 2022 unchanged flat
4 Mali 97.9% 2022 unchanged flat
5 Sudan 96.2% 2022 unchanged flat
6 Laos 95.9% 2022 up 0.4% flat
7 Madagascar 95.9% 2022 unchanged flat
8 Vietnam 94.8% 2022 unchanged rising
9 Eritrea 94.5% 2022 unchanged rising
10 Guyana 94.3% 2022 unchanged falling
11 Eswatini 94.2% 2022 unchanged flat
12 Bhutan 94.1% 2022 unchanged flat
13 Cambodia 94.0% 2022 unchanged flat
14 Pakistan 94.0% 2022 unchanged falling
15 Turkmenistan 92.7% 2022 down 1.6% falling
16 Kyrgyzstan 92.7% 2022 unchanged flat
17 Azerbaijan 92.2% 2022 up 1.8% rising
18 Iran 92.2% 2022 unchanged flat
19 Uzbekistan 92.1% 2022 up 1.0% flat
20 Ethiopia 91.8% 2022 up 0.9% flat
21 East Timor 91.4% 2022 unchanged flat
22 Senegal 91.3% 2022 up 1.2% flat
23 Niger 91.0% 2022 down 3.1% rising
24 Chile 90.9% 2022 up 3.8% rising
25 Yemen 90.7% 2022 unchanged flat
26 Mauritania 90.6% 2022 unchanged flat
27 India 90.4% 2022 unchanged flat
28 Thailand 90.4% 2022 unchanged flat
29 Tanzania 89.4% 2022 unchanged rising
30 Myanmar 88.6% 2022 unchanged falling
31 Bangladesh 87.8% 2022 unchanged flat
32 Morocco 87.8% 2022 unchanged flat
33 Syria 87.5% 2022 unchanged flat
34 Sri Lanka 87.4% 2022 unchanged falling
35 Zimbabwe 87.2% 2022 up 8.7% rising
36 Bolivia 87.1% 2022 down 3.7% volatile
37 Turkey 86.9% 2022 up 1.0% rising
38 Malawi 85.9% 2022 unchanged flat
39 Indonesia 85.2% 2022 up 2.6% flat
40 Nicaragua 85.0% 2022 up 6.7% flat
41 Haiti 83.4% 2022 unchanged falling
42 Dominican Republic 83.3% 2022 up 2.3% flat
43 Libya 83.2% 2022 unchanged flat
44 Colombia 82.2% 2022 up 13.1% rising
45 Saudi Arabia 81.6% 2022 down 2.7% falling
46 Peru 81.5% 2022 down 6.2% falling
47 Ecuador 81.4% 2022 unchanged flat
48 Oman 80.8% 2022 down 6.1% falling
49 Greece 80.5% 2022 down 3.5% rising
50 Kenya 80.2% 2022 up 35.3% flat
51 Burundi 79.3% 2022 unchanged rising
52 Egypt 79.2% 2022 down 6.9% falling
53 Paraguay 78.6% 2022 unchanged rising
54 Armenia 77.5% 2022 up 8.1% rising
55 Uruguay 77.2% 2022 down 4.5% falling
56 Chad 76.4% 2022 unchanged flat
57 North Korea 76.3% 2022 unchanged flat
58 Mexico 76.3% 2022 down 0.4% falling
59 Guinea-Bissau 75.8% 2022 unchanged flat
60 Tunisia 75.5% 2022 down 5.3% falling
61 Philippines 74.6% 2022 down 7.4% falling
62 Tajikistan 74.5% 2022 down 18.2% falling
63 Argentina 73.9% 2022 unchanged flat
64 Venezuela 73.9% 2022 unchanged rising
65 Iraq 73.5% 2022 down 17.2% falling
66 Honduras 73.3% 2022 unchanged flat
67 Zambia 73.3% 2022 unchanged flat
68 Ghana 73.1% 2022 down 0.5% rising
69 Mozambique 73.0% 2022 down 0.1% falling
70 El Salvador 72.8% 2022 up 16.4% rising
71 Namibia 71.5% 2022 down 0.3% rising
72 Albania 70.9% 2022 up 33.0% flat
73 Saint Lucia 70.9% 2022 unchanged flat
74 Suriname 70.0% 2022 unchanged falling
75 Belize 67.7% 2022 unchanged flat
76 Cameroon 67.7% 2022 unchanged rising
77 Barbados 67.7% 2022 unchanged falling
78 Algeria 67.4% 2022 up 13.8% falling
79 Guinea 67.4% 2022 up 6.6% falling
80 Australia 66.9% 2022 up 11.8% falling
81 Japan 66.7% 2022 down 0.7% flat
82 Spain 65.3% 2022 down 6.0% flat
83 New Zealand 64.9% 2022 up 2.9% rising
84 Cuba 64.9% 2022 up 2.7% rising
85 Sao Tome and Principe 62.6% 2022 unchanged flat
86 Kuwait 62.3% 2022 up 8.0% rising
87 China 62.1% 2022 down 3.4% falling
88 Cyprus 61.2% 2022 down 9.0% falling
89 Brazil 60.8% 2022 up 6.1% flat
90 Costa Rica 60.7% 2022 down 15.1% falling
91 Rwanda 60.1% 2022 down 3.4% falling
92 South Africa 59.4% 2022 down 4.9% falling
93 South Korea 58.9% 2022 up 2.0% falling
94 Fiji 58.9% 2022 unchanged flat
95 Kazakhstan 56.7% 2022 down 2.8% falling
96 Guatemala 56.7% 2022 unchanged flat
97 Portugal 55.4% 2022 down 14.1% falling
98 Mongolia 54.3% 2022 up 5.0% rising
99 Denmark 54.2% 2022 up 108.2% rising
100 Jordan 51.6% 2022 down 5.1% falling
101 Cote d'Ivoire 51.6% 2022 up 7.7% falling
102 Burkina Faso 51.4% 2022 unchanged falling
103 United Arab Emirates 51.2% 2022 down 13.1% falling
104 Italy 50.2% 2022 up 5.1% falling
105 Palestine 49.2% 2021 up 8.9% falling
106 Israel 48.4% 2021 down 14.0% falling
107 Mauritius 47.9% 2022 down 23.7% falling
108 Comoros 47.0% 2022 unchanged flat
109 Malaysia 45.6% 2022 unchanged falling
110 Nigeria 44.2% 2022 unchanged falling
111 Uganda 40.7% 2022 unchanged falling
112 United States 39.7% 2022 up 6.0% rising
113 Cape Verde 39.0% 2022 up 5.0% falling
114 Gambia 38.6% 2022 unchanged falling
115 Lebanon 38.0% 2022 down 11.7% falling
116 Panama 36.8% 2022 down 8.3% falling
117 South Sudan 36.5% 2022 unchanged flat
118 Romania 36.3% 2022 up 115.0% falling
119 Finland 35.7% 2022 up 206.4% volatile
120 Malta 34.5% 2022 down 42.8% rising
121 Togo 34.1% 2022 unchanged falling
122 Georgia 33.6% 2022 down 24.1% falling
123 Bahrain 33.3% 2022 down 1.1% falling
124 Qatar 33.3% 2022 down 13.8% falling
125 Norway 31.4% 2022 up 1.6% flat
126 Latvia 29.1% 2022 up 85.4% rising
127 Gabon 29.0% 2022 unchanged rising
128 Russia 28.8% 2022 up 44.2% rising
129 Botswana 28.0% 2022 down 26.8% falling
130 Belarus 27.2% 2022 down 14.0% rising
131 Benin 25.2% 2022 down 3.5% falling
132 Sierra Leone 21.5% 2022 unchanged volatile
133 Ukraine 21.1% 2022 down 33.7% rising
134 Angola 20.8% 2022 unchanged volatile
135 Lithuania 19.6% 2022 up 114.6% volatile
136 Jamaica 17.1% 2022 down 29.2% volatile
137 Djibouti 15.8% 2022 unchanged volatile
138 Antigua and Barbuda 15.7% 2022 unchanged falling
139 Grenada 14.9% 2022 down 7.0% falling
140 United Kingdom 14.0% 2022 up 10.0% rising
141 Bulgaria 13.3% 2022 down 19.7% falling
142 Poland 13.0% 2022 up 35.6% falling
143 Hungary 11.0% 2022 up 73.3% volatile
144 Canada 10.7% 2022 up 4.8% rising
145 Democratic Republic of Congo 10.5% 2022 unchanged falling
146 France 10.3% 2022 down 0.8% falling
147 Switzerland 9.2% 2022 up 15.7% rising
148 Lesotho 8.7% 2022 unchanged volatile
149 Liberia 8.4% 2022 unchanged volatile
150 Serbia 8.3% 2022 down 48.6% flat
151 Croatia 7.5% 2022 up 13.0% volatile
152 Moldova 6.9% 2022 up 56.6% volatile
153 Seychelles 6.6% 2022 unchanged falling
154 North Macedonia 6.4% 2022 down 91.9% volatile
155 Slovakia 5.8% 2022 up 26.3% falling
156 Brunei 5.8% 2022 unchanged flat
157 Austria 5.2% 2022 up 100.1% falling
158 Equatorial Guinea 5.1% 2022 unchanged falling
159 Dominica 5.0% 2022 unchanged flat
160 Sweden 4.9% 2022 up 42.4% rising
161 Maldives 4.5% 2022 up 732.5% volatile
162 Congo 4.4% 2022 unchanged falling
163 Trinidad and Tobago 4.4% 2022 unchanged falling
164 Germany 4.2% 2022 up 64.7% rising
165 Puerto Rico 3.5% 2022 up 57.1% falling
166 Netherlands 3.2% 2022 up 473.4% volatile
167 Czechia 3.0% 2022 up 29.7% rising
168 Ireland 2.4% 2022 down 67.8% falling
169 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.3% 2022 unchanged flat
170 Luxembourg 1.0% 2022 up 128.4% volatile
171 Belgium 0.9% 2022 up 18.3% volatile
172 Central African Republic 0.6% 2022 unchanged falling
173 Estonia 0.4% 2022 up 52.5% volatile
174 Slovenia 0.4% 2022 up 65.9% falling
175 Montenegro 0.3% 2022 down 3.8% volatile
176 Papua New Guinea 0.3% 2022 unchanged falling
177 Iceland 0.1% 2022 up 5.7% volatile
178 Singapore 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
178 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Agricultural water as a share of total water withdrawals
Unit
% of total freshwater withdrawal
Source
AQUASTAT - FAO's Global Information System on Water and Agriculture, FAO, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
180 places, 5,827 data points, 1965–2022
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Agricultural water withdrawals as a percentage of total water withdrawals (which is the sum of water used for agriculture, industry and domestic purposes). Agricultural water is defined as the annual quantity of self-supplied water withdrawn for irrigation, livestock and aquaculture purposes.