Iceland vs Libya: Water withdrawals per capita

Iceland
844.9 m³ per person per year
in 2015
Libya
927.9 m³ per person per year
in 2010
Iceland rank
10th
Libya rank
8th

Water withdrawals per capita over time

  • Iceland
  • Libya
02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k197519952015

How they compare

Libya currently reports 927.9 m³ per person per year against 844.9 m³ per person per year in Iceland, a difference of 83 m³ per person per year.

That makes Libya's figure about 1.1 times Iceland's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Iceland ahead.

Iceland ranks 10th and Libya ranks 8th of 44 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Water withdrawals per capita
Unit
m³ per person per year
Source
FAO (2017) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
44 places, 293 data points, 1970–2015
Last refreshed

Total water withdrawals from agricultural, industrial and municipal purposes per capita, measured in cubic meters (m³) per year.