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Botswana vs Qatar: Annual freshwater withdrawals

Botswana
213.26 million billion cubic meters
in 2022
Qatar
250.00 million billion cubic meters
in 2022
Botswana rank
148th
Qatar rank
145th

Annual freshwater withdrawals over time

  • Botswana
  • Qatar
0100.0M200.0M300.0M197519982022

How they compare

Qatar currently reports 250.00 million billion cubic meters against 213.26 million billion cubic meters in Botswana, a difference of 36.74 million billion cubic meters.

That makes Qatar's figure about 1.2 times Botswana's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Qatar ahead.

Botswana ranks 148th and Qatar ranks 145th of 181 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual freshwater withdrawals
Unit
billion cubic meters
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
181 places, 6,284 data points, 1962–2022
Last refreshed

Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins, measured in cubic metres (m³) per year. Total water withdrawals are the sum of withdrawals for agriculture, industry and municipal (domestic uses). Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source.