Congo vs Lesotho: Annual freshwater withdrawals

Congo
46.00 million billion cubic meters
in 2022
Lesotho
43.80 million billion cubic meters
in 2022
Congo rank
166th
Lesotho rank
167th

Annual freshwater withdrawals over time

  • Congo
  • Lesotho
010.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M50.0M198720042022

How they compare

Congo currently reports 46.00 million billion cubic meters against 43.80 million billion cubic meters in Lesotho, a difference of 2.20 million billion cubic meters.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Lesotho ahead.

Congo ranks 166th and Lesotho ranks 167th 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.