What is the difference in water withdrawals per capita between Italy and Portugal?

22.56 cubic meters per person, with Portugal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Portugal?

33 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

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

Italy vs Portugal: Water withdrawals per capita

Italy

568.88 cubic meters per person

in 2023

Portugal

591.44 cubic meters per person

in 2023

Italy rank

51st

Portugal rank

49th

Water withdrawals per capita over time

Italy
Portugal

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 591.44 cubic meters per person against 568.88 cubic meters per person in Italy, a difference of 22.56 cubic meters per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Portugal ahead.

Italy ranks 51st and Portugal ranks 49th of 180 countries.

Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Italy	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1990s	762.98 cubic meters per person	1,128 cubic meters per person	365.44 cubic meters per person	Portugal
2000s	690.98 cubic meters per person	913.76 cubic meters per person	222.79 cubic meters per person	Portugal
2010s	563.66 cubic meters per person	659.72 cubic meters per person	96.06 cubic meters per person	Portugal
2020s	567.08 cubic meters per person	593.06 cubic meters per person	25.98 cubic meters per person	Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher water withdrawals per capita, Italy or Portugal?: Portugal, at 591.44 cubic meters per person against 568.88 cubic meters per person in Italy as of 2023.
What is the difference in water withdrawals per capita between Italy and Portugal?: 22.56 cubic meters per person, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Portugal?: 33 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2023.
How do Italy and Portugal rank globally for water withdrawals per capita?: Italy ranks 51st and Portugal ranks 49th of 180 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – AQUASTAT (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Water withdrawals per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Water withdrawals per capita
Unit: cubic meters per person
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – AQUASTAT (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 180 places, 6,452 data points, 1962–2023
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Water withdrawn each year for agriculture, industry, and municipal uses, divided by the population.