What is the difference in municipal water withdrawal between Croatia and Finland?

29.00 million cubic meters, with Finland ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Finland?

28 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – AQUASTAT (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Municipal water withdrawal. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Croatia vs Finland: Municipal water withdrawal

Croatia

471.00 million cubic meters

in 2023

Finland

500.00 million cubic meters

in 2023

Croatia rank

85th

Finland rank

83rd

Municipal water withdrawal over time

Croatia
Finland

How they compare

Finland currently reports 500.00 million cubic meters against 471.00 million cubic meters in Croatia, a difference of 29.00 million cubic meters.

That makes Finland's figure about 1.1 times Croatia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Croatia ahead.

Croatia ranks 85th and Finland ranks 83rd of 183 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Croatia averaged higher in 3 and Finland in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Croatia	Finland	Difference	Ahead
1990s	527.05 million cubic meters	386.31 million cubic meters	140.74 million cubic meters	Croatia
2000s	516.00 million cubic meters	405.84 million cubic meters	110.16 million cubic meters	Croatia
2010s	471.98 million cubic meters	412.44 million cubic meters	59.54 million cubic meters	Croatia
2020s	449.50 million cubic meters	500.00 million cubic meters	50.50 million cubic meters	Finland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher municipal water withdrawal, Croatia or Finland?: Finland, at 500.00 million cubic meters against 471.00 million cubic meters in Croatia as of 2023.
What is the difference in municipal water withdrawal between Croatia and Finland?: 29.00 million cubic meters, with Finland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Finland?: 28 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2023.
How do Croatia and Finland rank globally for municipal water withdrawal?: Croatia ranks 85th and Finland ranks 83rd of 183 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – AQUASTAT (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Municipal water withdrawal. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Municipal water withdrawal
Unit: cubic meters
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – AQUASTAT (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 183 places, 6,389 data points, 1965–2023
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Water withdrawn each year for direct use by the population, usually measured as the total supplied by the public distribution network.