Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry (% of total freshwater withdrawal) by country

Name: Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry (% of total freshwater withdrawal)
Creator: AQUASTAT - FAO's Global Information System on Water and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Countries reporting

173

Highest

94.2%

Montenegro

Lowest

0.0%

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Median

7.7%

Years covered

1965–2022

Data points

6,201

What the numbers show

Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry (% of total freshwater withdrawal) is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 94.2% in Montenegro; the lowest is 0.0% in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.7%, and the mean is 18.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4,004.

Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 319.8%), and the largest decrease in Nicaragua (down 98.5%).

Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Montenegro	94.2%	2022	up 7.2%	rising
2	Estonia	94.2%	2022	down 1.8%	rising
3	Austria	93.3%	2022	up 23.9%	flat
4	Belgium	84.1%	2022	down 0.8%	flat
5	Slovenia	78.0%	2022	down 5.3%	flat
6	Serbia	77.9%	2022	down 2.7%	rising
7	Canada	75.8%	2022	down 0.9%	flat
8	Hungary	75.7%	2022	down 4.8%	rising
9	Republic of Moldova	73.1%	2022	down 7.8%	rising
10	Puerto Rico	72.2%	2022	down 3.2%	falling
11	Bulgaria	71.3%	2022	up 6.7%	rising
12	Iceland	71.1%	2022	up 4.7%	volatile
13	Netherlands	70.2%	2022	down 20.3%	falling
14	France	68.1%	2022	down 3.3%	flat
15	Poland	65.5%	2022	down 1.7%	falling
16	Sweden	61.3%	2022	up 6.0%	falling
17	Germany	54.3%	2022	down 16.8%	falling
18	Czechia	53.7%	2022	down 6.8%	falling
19	Lebanon	48.9%	2022	up 21.8%	volatile
20	Romania	48.3%	2022	down 27.7%	rising
21	United States of America	47.2%	2022	down 4.9%	falling
22	Croatia	46.8%	2022	down 7.2%	rising
23	Finland	46.4%	2022	down 34.6%	falling
24	Lesotho	45.7%	2022	unchanged	rising
25	Singapore	45.1%	2022	down 13.3%	flat
26	Ukraine	44.8%	2022	down 2.2%	falling
27	Russian Federation	44.8%	2022	down 25.1%	falling
28	Papua New Guinea	42.7%	2022	unchanged	flat
29	Slovakia	39.8%	2022	down 19.4%	falling
30	Norway	39.8%	2022	up 1.6%	rising
31	Switzerland	37.1%	2022	up 15.7%	rising
32	Liberia	36.6%	2022	unchanged	rising
33	Mongolia	35.9%	2022	up 7.5%	rising
34	South Sudan	34.2%	2022	unchanged	flat
35	Angola	33.9%	2022	unchanged	rising
36	Trinidad and Tobago	33.6%	2022	unchanged	rising
37	Ireland	31.8%	2022	up 17.0%	falling
38	Belarus	30.4%	2022	down 3.6%	flat
39	Malaysia	29.9%	2022	unchanged	rising
40	Portugal	29.7%	2022	up 27.3%	rising
41	Lithuania	29.3%	2022	down 61.5%	falling
42	Seychelles	27.7%	2022	unchanged	rising
43	Georgia	27.4%	2022	up 54.9%	rising
44	Congo	26.2%	2022	unchanged	rising
45	Sierra Leone	26.2%	2022	unchanged	rising
46	New Zealand	24.0%	2022	up 2.9%	rising
47	Kazakhstan	23.9%	2022	down 20.5%	rising
48	South Africa	23.2%	2022	up 124.0%	rising
49	Italy	22.7%	2022	down 7.1%	falling
50	Suriname	22.0%	2022	unchanged	volatile
51	Antigua and Barbuda	21.7%	2022	unchanged	rising
52	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	21.5%	2022	unchanged	rising
53	Belize	21.0%	2022	unchanged	rising
54	Gambia	20.9%	2022	unchanged	rising
55	Côte d'Ivoire	20.8%	2022	up 0.4%	rising
56	Spain	19.0%	2022	up 5.7%	falling
57	Australia	18.6%	2022	up 10.8%	rising
58	Guatemala	18.1%	2022	unchanged	flat
59	China	17.7%	2022	down 24.9%	rising
60	Latvia	17.6%	2022	down 18.8%	falling
61	Central African Republic	16.6%	2022	unchanged	falling
62	Republic of Korea	16.4%	2022	up 2.0%	rising
63	Japan	16.4%	2022	up 15.4%	falling
64	Tajikistan	16.3%	2022	up 310.6%	volatile
65	Nigeria	15.8%	2022	unchanged	rising
66	Equatorial Guinea	15.2%	2022	unchanged	rising
67	Brazil	15.0%	2022	down 19.8%	falling
68	Philippines	14.9%	2022	up 39.3%	rising
69	Uruguay	13.4%	2022	up 50.2%	volatile
70	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	13.2%	2022	unchanged	flat
71	Benin	12.8%	2022	down 3.5%	falling
72	Oman	12.4%	2022	up 83.0%	volatile
73	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	12.0%	2022	down 12.2%	volatile
74	Chad	11.8%	2022	unchanged	rising
75	Botswana	11.4%	2022	down 39.0%	falling
76	Fiji	11.3%	2022	unchanged	falling
77	Iraq	10.7%	2022	up 46.2%	volatile
78	Cuba	10.6%	2022	down 4.9%	falling
79	Argentina	10.6%	2022	unchanged	falling
80	Gabon	10.1%	2022	unchanged	falling
81	Cameroon	9.6%	2022	unchanged	falling
82	Jamaica	9.5%	2022	down 82.6%	volatile
83	Palestine, State of	8.9%	2021	up 28.2%	rising
84	Mexico	8.9%	2022	down 1.0%	flat
85	Zambia	8.3%	2022	unchanged	rising
86	Uganda	7.8%	2022	unchanged	falling
87	Barbados	7.7%	2022	unchanged	flat
88	Kenya	7.5%	2022	up 93.5%	rising
89	Dominican Republic	7.3%	2022	down 6.4%	rising
90	Costa Rica	7.1%	2022	up 93.5%	rising
91	Honduras	7.1%	2022	unchanged	flat
92	Egypt	7.0%	2022	up 319.8%	falling
93	Guinea	6.7%	2022	down 10.0%	rising
94	Namibia	6.6%	2022	up 15.5%	rising
95	Ghana	6.5%	2022	down 10.2%	falling
96	Peru	6.4%	2022	down 3.7%	rising
97	Sri Lanka	6.4%	2022	unchanged	rising
98	Paraguay	6.4%	2022	unchanged	falling
99	Guinea-Bissau	6.3%	2022	unchanged	rising
100	Cyprus	5.9%	2022	up 255.7%	volatile
101	Ecuador	5.5%	2022	unchanged	rising
102	Saudi Arabia	5.4%	2022	up 33.4%	rising
103	Burundi	5.4%	2022	unchanged	rising
104	Chile	5.1%	2022	down 40.5%	falling
105	Maldives	5.1%	2022	unchanged	rising
106	Comoros	5.0%	2022	unchanged	flat
107	Armenia	4.9%	2022	down 38.2%	rising
108	El Salvador	4.9%	2022	down 55.9%	falling
109	Thailand	4.8%	2022	unchanged	flat
110	Denmark	4.8%	2022	down 73.0%	volatile
111	Libya	4.8%	2022	unchanged	rising
112	Turkmenistan	4.6%	2022	up 54.7%	rising
113	Azerbaijan	4.6%	2022	down 12.6%	volatile
114	Kyrgyzstan	4.4%	2022	unchanged	rising
115	Qatar	4.3%	2022	up 80.6%	volatile
116	Colombia	4.1%	2022	down 58.9%	falling
117	Indonesia	4.1%	2022	down 42.7%	volatile
118	Israel	4.0%	2021	down 38.1%	flat
119	Luxembourg	3.8%	2022	down 53.9%	volatile
120	Viet Nam	3.7%	2022	unchanged	falling
121	Syrian Arab Republic	3.7%	2022	unchanged	rising
122	Haiti	3.5%	2022	unchanged	volatile
123	Malawi	3.5%	2022	unchanged	rising
124	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	3.5%	2022	unchanged	falling
125	Jordan	3.3%	2022	down 14.1%	falling
126	Bahrain	3.2%	2022	down 30.7%	falling
127	Togo	2.8%	2022	unchanged	volatile
128	Greece	2.8%	2022	up 119.0%	falling
129	Uzbekistan	2.7%	2022	down 25.9%	rising
130	Burkina Faso	2.7%	2022	unchanged	volatile
131	Mauritania	2.4%	2022	unchanged	rising
132	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.3%	2022	down 9.3%	falling
133	India	2.2%	2022	unchanged	falling
134	Bangladesh	2.1%	2022	unchanged	flat
135	Cape Verde	2.1%	2022	up 64.4%	rising
136	Morocco	2.0%	2022	unchanged	falling
137	Türkiye	2.0%	2022	down 45.9%	volatile
138	Eswatini	1.9%	2022	unchanged	flat
139	Kuwait	1.9%	2022	down 10.9%	falling
140	Yemen	1.8%	2022	unchanged	rising
141	Tunisia	1.7%	2022	down 60.0%	falling
142	Mozambique	1.7%	2022	down 18.7%	falling
143	Rwanda	1.7%	2022	down 53.5%	volatile
144	Zimbabwe	1.7%	2022	down 56.4%	falling
145	Algeria	1.7%	2022	down 66.5%	volatile
146	Malta	1.6%	2022	down 35.5%	volatile
147	Mauritius	1.6%	2022	down 16.4%	volatile
148	Cambodia	1.5%	2022	unchanged	flat
149	Niger	1.5%	2022	up 36.6%	falling
150	Myanmar	1.5%	2022	unchanged	rising
151	Sao Tome and Principe	1.5%	2022	unchanged	flat
152	North Macedonia	1.5%	2022	down 79.8%	volatile
153	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	1.5%	2022	down 3.7%	volatile
154	Guyana	1.4%	2022	unchanged	rising
155	Albania	1.4%	2022	down 90.3%	falling
156	Madagascar	1.2%	2022	unchanged	rising
157	Iran, Islamic Republic of	1.2%	2022	unchanged	falling
158	United Arab Emirates	1.1%	2022	up 9.2%	volatile
159	Bhutan	0.9%	2022	unchanged	flat
160	Afghanistan	0.8%	2022	unchanged	rising
161	Pakistan	0.8%	2022	unchanged	falling
162	Panama	0.5%	2022	down 35.7%	falling
163	Ethiopia	0.5%	2022	down 9.3%	falling
164	Tanzania, United Republic of	0.5%	2022	unchanged	falling
165	Nepal	0.3%	2022	unchanged	falling
166	Sudan	0.3%	2022	unchanged	flat
167	Eritrea	0.2%	2022	unchanged	volatile
168	Timor-Leste	0.2%	2022	unchanged	flat
169	Mali	0.1%	2022	unchanged	volatile
170	Somalia	0.1%	2022	unchanged	volatile
171	Nicaragua	0.0%	2022	down 98.5%	volatile
172	Senegal	0.0%	2022	down 94.5%	volatile
173	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.0%	2022	unchanged	flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

Central Europe and the Baltics 63.1%
North America 49.4%
Other small states 46.8%
European Union 44.3%
Post-demographic dividend 41.9%
Euro area 41.8%
High income 39.9%
Small states 37.1%
OECD members 34.5%
Europe & Central Asia 28.7%
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 21.8%
Late-demographic dividend 17.4%
World 15.7%
East Asia & Pacific 12.9%
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 12.3%
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 12.3%
Upper middle income 11.5%
Pacific island small states 11.3%
Caribbean Small States 11.1%
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 10.4%
IBRD only 10.2%
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 9.4%
Latin America & Caribbean 9.1%
IDA & IBRD total 8.9%
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 8.9%
Africa Western and Central 8.9%
Middle income 8.0%
Low & middle income 7.7%
Sub-Saharan Africa 7.1%
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 7.1%
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 7.1%
Africa Eastern and Southern 6.6%
Arab World 6.0%
Pre-demographic dividend 5.7%
Early-demographic dividend 4.1%
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 3.3%
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 3.2%
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 3.2%
Lower middle income 2.8%
IDA only 2.8%

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Indicator: Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry (% of total freshwater withdrawal)
Unit: % of total freshwater withdrawal
Source: AQUASTAT - FAO's Global Information System on Water and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 226 places, 6,201 data points, 1965–2022
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

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 industry are total withdrawals for direct industrial use (including withdrawals for cooling thermoelectric plants). Data are for the most recent year available for 1987-2002.