Freshwater withdrawn
% of internal resources · showing the worst first
177 of 216 countries report a figure for freshwater withdrawn
World average: 126.9%
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #177 | Egypt | 7,750.0% | 2022 | |
| #176 | Bahrain | 3,877.5% | 2022 | |
| #175 | Turkmenistan | 1,868.0% | 2022 | |
| #174 | United Arab Emirates | 1,509.9% | 2022 | |
| #173 | Saudi Arabia | 974.2% | 2022 | |
| #172 | Libya | 817.1% | 2022 | |
| #171 | Sudan | 673.4% | 2022 | |
| #170 | Qatar | 446.4% | 2022 | |
| #169 | Mauritania | 337.1% | 2022 | |
| #168 | Pakistan | 326.0% | 2022 | |
| #167 | Uzbekistan | 262.5% | 2022 | |
| #166 | Israel | 204.0% | 2021 | |
| #165 | Syria | 195.8% | 2022 | |
| #164 | Yemen | 169.8% | 2022 | |
| #163 | Azerbaijan | 160.5% | 2022 | |
| #162 | Jordan | 139.3% | 2022 | |
| #161 | Iraq | 120.5% | 2022 | |
| #160 | Oman | 116.7% | 2022 | |
| #159 | Tunisia | 92.1% | 2022 | |
| #158 | Algeria | 91.5% | 2022 | |
| #157 | Barbados | 87.5% | 2022 | |
| #156 | Hungary | 78.2% | 2022 | |
| #155 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 74.9% | 2022 | |
| #154 | Niger | 73.8% | 2022 | |
| #153 | Malta | 72.6% | 2022 | |
| #152 | Iran | 72.3% | 2022 | |
| #151 | Serbia | 60.6% | 2022 | |
| #150 | Cape Verde | 59.7% | 2022 | |
| #149 | Somalia | 55.0% | 2022 | |
| #148 | Moldova | 52.2% | 2022 | |
| #147 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 50.8% | 2022 | |
| #146 | South Africa | 47.1% | 2022 | |
| #145 | South Korea | 45.0% | 2022 | |
| #144 | Armenia | 44.8% | 2022 | |
| #143 | India | 44.8% | 2022 | |
| #142 | Afghanistan | 43.0% | 2022 | |
| #141 | Palestine | 41.2% | 2021 | |
| #140 | Eswatini | 40.5% | 2022 | |
| #139 | North Macedonia | 40.2% | 2022 | |
| #138 | Zimbabwe | 40.0% | 2022 | |
| #137 | Kazakhstan | 38.8% | 2022 | |
| #136 | Lebanon | 37.8% | 2022 | |
| #135 | Morocco | 36.5% | 2022 | |
| #134 | Belgium | 35.8% | 2022 | |
| #133 | Bangladesh | 34.2% | 2022 | |
| #132 | Singapore | 33.3% | 2022 | |
| #131 | Dominican Republic | 30.4% | 2022 | |
| #130 | Cyprus | 28.6% | 2022 | |
| #129 | Turkey | 28.4% | 2022 | |
| #128 | Spain | 26.1% | 2022 | |
| #127 | Bulgaria | 25.9% | 2022 | |
| #126 | Thailand | 25.5% | 2022 | |
| #125 | Sri Lanka | 24.5% | 2022 | |
| #124 | Germany | 24.1% | 2022 | |
| #123 | Mauritius | 23.0% | 2022 | |
| #122 | Vietnam | 22.8% | 2022 | |
| #121 | Mexico | 22.0% | 2022 | |
| #120 | Eritrea | 20.8% | 2022 | |
| #119 | People's Republic of China | 20.2% | 2022 | |
| #118 | Kenya | 19.5% | 2022 | |
| #117 | Romania | 19.2% | 2022 | |
| #116 | Philippines | 19.0% | 2022 | |
| #115 | Japan | 18.5% | 2022 | |
| #114 | Italy | 18.5% | 2022 | |
| #113 | Cuba | 18.3% | 2022 | |
| #112 | Poland | 17.5% | 2022 | |
| #111 | Greece | 17.3% | 2022 | |
| #110 | Tajikistan | 16.7% | 2022 | |
| #109 | Portugal | 16.1% | 2022 | |
| #108 | United States | 15.8% | 2022 | |
| #107 | Kyrgyzstan | 15.8% | 2022 | |
| #106 | Maldives | 15.7% | 2022 | |
| #105 | Denmark | 15.6% | 2022 | |
| #104 | Saint Lucia | 14.3% | 2022 | |
| #103 | Timor-Leste | 14.3% | 2022 | |
| #102 | North Korea | 12.9% | 2022 | |
| #101 | Argentina | 12.9% | 2022 | |
| #100 | El Salvador | 12.4% | 2022 | |
| #99 | Jamaica | 12.4% | 2022 | |
| #98 | Puerto Rico | 12.3% | 2022 | |
| #97 | France | 12.2% | 2022 | |
| #96 | Senegal | 11.9% | 2022 | |
| #95 | Haiti | 11.1% | 2022 | |
| #94 | Indonesia | 11.0% | 2022 | |
| #93 | Czech Republic | 11.0% | 2022 | |
| #92 | Dominica | 10.0% | 2022 | |
| #91 | Estonia | 9.5% | 2022 | |
| #90 | Botswana | 8.9% | 2022 | |
| #89 | Ukraine | 8.8% | 2022 | |
| #88 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.8% | 2022 | |
| #87 | Ethiopia | 8.6% | 2022 | |
| #86 | Mali | 8.6% | 2022 | |
| #85 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8.5% | 2022 | |
| #84 | Malawi | 8.4% | 2022 | |
| #83 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.9% | 2022 | |
| #82 | Grenada | 7.1% | 2022 | |
| #81 | Burkina Faso | 6.5% | 2022 | |
| #80 | Rwanda | 6.4% | 2022 | |
| #79 | Djibouti | 6.3% | 2022 | |
| #78 | Tanzania | 6.2% | 2022 | |
| #77 | Chad | 5.9% | 2022 | |
| #76 | United Kingdom | 5.8% | 2022 | |
| #75 | Austria | 5.7% | 2022 | |
| #74 | Nigeria | 5.6% | 2022 | |
| #73 | Uruguay | 4.9% | 2022 | |
| #72 | Nepal | 4.8% | 2022 | |
| #71 | Ghana | 4.8% | 2022 | |
| #70 | Luxembourg | 4.8% | 2022 | |
| #69 | Slovakia | 4.5% | 2022 | |
| #68 | Slovenia | 4.4% | 2022 | |
| #67 | Switzerland | 4.2% | 2022 | |
| #66 | Belarus | 4.2% | 2022 | |
| #65 | Chile | 4.0% | 2022 | |
| #64 | Madagascar | 4.0% | 2022 | |
| #63 | Laos | 3.9% | 2022 | |
| #62 | Ireland | 3.4% | 2022 | |
| #61 | The Gambia | 3.4% | 2022 | |
| #60 | Myanmar | 3.3% | 2022 | |
| #59 | Costa Rica | 3.1% | 2022 | |
| #58 | Guatemala | 3.0% | 2022 | |
| #57 | New Zealand | 3.0% | 2022 | |
| #56 | Albania | 3.0% | 2022 | |
| #55 | Venezuela | 2.8% | 2022 | |
| #54 | Finland | 2.8% | 2022 | |
| #53 | Burundi | 2.8% | 2022 | |
| #52 | South Sudan | 2.5% | 2022 | |
| #51 | Australia | 2.4% | 2022 | |
| #50 | Ecuador | 2.2% | 2022 | |
| #49 | Georgia | 2.2% | 2022 | |
| #48 | Paraguay | 2.1% | 2022 | |
| #47 | Zambia | 2.0% | 2022 | |
| #46 | Lithuania | 1.9% | 2022 | |
| #45 | Togo | 1.9% | 2022 | |
| #44 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 1.9% | 2022 | |
| #43 | Cambodia | 1.8% | 2022 | |
| #42 | Croatia | 1.8% | 2022 | |
| #41 | Honduras | 1.8% | 2022 | |
| #40 | Namibia | 1.7% | 2022 | |
| #39 | Uganda | 1.6% | 2022 | |
| #38 | Peru | 1.6% | 2022 | |
| #37 | Ivory Coast | 1.5% | 2022 | |
| #36 | Russia | 1.5% | 2022 | |
| #35 | Mozambique | 1.5% | 2022 | |
| #34 | Sweden | 1.5% | 2022 | |
| #33 | Mongolia | 1.3% | 2022 | |
| #32 | Canada | 1.3% | 2022 | |
| #31 | Benin | 1.3% | 2022 | |
| #30 | Brazil | 1.2% | 2022 | |
| #29 | Malaysia | 1.2% | 2022 | |
| #28 | Colombia | 1.1% | 2022 | |
| #27 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.1% | 2022 | |
| #26 | Brunei | 1.1% | 2022 | |
| #25 | Latvia | 1.0% | 2022 | |
| #24 | Panama | 0.9% | 2022 | |
| #23 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.9% | 2022 | |
| #22 | Lesotho | 0.8% | 2022 | |
| #21 | Comoros | 0.8% | 2022 | |
| #20 | Nicaragua | 0.8% | 2022 | |
| #19 | Norway | 0.7% | 2022 | |
| #18 | Belize | 0.7% | 2022 | |
| #17 | Suriname | 0.6% | 2022 | |
| #16 | Guyana | 0.6% | 2022 | |
| #15 | Angola | 0.5% | 2022 | |
| #14 | Bhutan | 0.4% | 2022 | |
| #13 | Cameroon | 0.4% | 2022 | |
| #12 | Guinea | 0.4% | 2022 | |
| #11 | Fiji | 0.3% | 2022 | |
| #10 | Iceland | 0.2% | 2022 | |
| #9 | Sierra Leone | 0.1% | 2022 | |
| #8 | Bolivia | 0.1% | 2022 | |
| #7 | Gabon | 0.1% | 2022 | |
| #6 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.1% | 2022 | |
| #5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.1% | 2022 | |
| #4 | Liberia | 0.1% | 2022 | |
| #3 | Central African Republic | 0.1% | 2022 | |
| #2 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| #1 | Republic of the Congo | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| — | American Samoa | — | — | |
| — | Andorra | — | — | |
| — | Aruba | — | — | |
| — | The Bahamas | — | — | |
| — | Bermuda | — | — | |
| — | British Virgin Islands | — | — | |
| — | Cayman Islands | — | — | |
| — | Curaçao | — | — | |
| — | Faroe Islands | — | — | |
| — | French Polynesia | — | — | |
| — | Gibraltar | — | — | |
| — | Greenland | — | — | |
| — | Guam | — | — | |
| — | Hong Kong | — | — | |
| — | Isle of Man | — | — | |
| — | Kiribati | — | — | |
| — | Kosovo | — | — | |
| — | Kuwait | — | — | |
| — | Liechtenstein | — | — | |
| — | Macau | — | — | |
| — | Marshall Islands | — | — | |
| — | Federated States of Micronesia | — | — | |
| — | Monaco | — | — | |
| — | Montenegro | — | — | |
| — | Nauru | — | — | |
| — | New Caledonia | — | — | |
| — | Northern Mariana Islands | — | — | |
| — | Palau | — | — | |
| — | Samoa | — | — | |
| — | San Marino | — | — | |
| — | Seychelles | — | — | |
| — | Sint Maarten | — | — | |
| — | Solomon Islands | — | — | |
| — | Saint-Martin | — | — | |
| — | Tonga | — | — | |
| — | Turks and Caicos Islands | — | — | |
| — | Tuvalu | — | — | |
| — | Vanuatu | — | — | |
| — | United States Virgin Islands | — | — |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)