Mexico vs Spain: Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution
Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution over time
- Mexico
- Spain
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 31,333 Cubic metres against 5,468 Cubic metres in Spain, a difference of 25,865 Cubic metres.
That makes Mexico's figure about 5.7 times Spain's.
Across all 16 years both countries report, Mexico has been ahead every year.
Mexico ranks 1st and Spain ranks 3rd of 18 countries.
Mexico has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28,184 Cubic metres | 9,241 Cubic metres | 18,943 Cubic metres | Mexico |
| 2010s | 30,312 Cubic metres | 7,560 Cubic metres | 22,752 Cubic metres | Mexico |
| 2020s | 31,911 Cubic metres | 5,468 Cubic metres | 26,443 Cubic metres | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution, Mexico or Spain?
- Mexico, at 31,333 Cubic metres against 5,468 Cubic metres in Spain as of 2023.
- What is the difference in water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution between Mexico and Spain?
- 25,865 Cubic metres, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Spain?
- 16 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2020.
- How do Mexico and Spain rank globally for water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution?
- Mexico ranks 1st and Spain ranks 3rd of 18 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Water flow accounts describe flows of water, in physical units, encompassing the initial abstraction of water resources from the environment into the economy, to the water flows within the economy in the form of supply and use by industries and households, and finally, flows of water back to the environment. Physical supply and use tables can be compiled at various levels of detail, depending on the required policy and analytical focus and data availability. A basic PSUT for water contains information on the supply and use of water and provides an overview of water flows. The PSUT is divided into five sections which organize information on (a) abstraction of water from the environment; (b) distribution and use of abstracted water across enterprises and households; (c) flows of wastewater and reused water (between households and enterprises); (d) return flows of water to the environment; and (e) evaporation, transpiration and water incorporated into products. Data source(s): Joint OECD/Eurostat questionnaire on Inland Waters. Data for non-OECD countries is sourced from UNSD (https://unstats.un.org/unsd/envstats/country_files) Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: April 15, 2026 Database documentation