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6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Agriculture (ISIC4 A01 A0210 A0322)) β€” Value by country

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Countries reporting
160
Highest
35.1 USD/m3
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Lowest
0 USD/m3
Niger
Median
0.39 USD/m3
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,444

What the numbers show

6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Agriculture (ISIC4 A01 A0210 A0322)) β€” Value is currently reported for 160 countries. The highest value is 35.1 USD/m3 in Netherlands (Kingdom of the); the lowest is 0 USD/m3 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.39 USD/m3, and the mean is 1.12 USD/m3.

Over the past decade 102 countries rose and 44 fell. The largest increase was in Jamaica (up 555.9%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 97.1%).

6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Agriculture (ISIC4 A01 A0210 A0322)): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 35.1 USD/m3 2023 up 73.5% flat
2 Djibouti 17.76 USD/m3 2023 up 112.2% rising
3 Switzerland 6.22 USD/m3 2023 up 32.1% rising
4 Brunei Darussalam 6.02 USD/m3 2023 up 72.5% rising
5 Seychelles 5.95 USD/m3 2023 up 70.5% rising
6 Slovenia 4.66 USD/m3 2023 up 49.8% flat
7 New Zealand 4.37 USD/m3 2023 up 6.1% rising
8 Palestine 4.23 USD/m3 2023 down 12.2% rising
9 Jamaica 3.87 USD/m3 2023 up 555.9% volatile
10 Sierra Leone 3.44 USD/m3 2023 up 10.3% rising
11 Malta 3.42 USD/m3 2023 up 103.6% flat
12 Sweden 2.81 USD/m3 2023 up 17.1% rising
13 Germany 2.35 USD/m3 2023 up 15.2% rising
14 Lebanon 2.33 USD/m3 2023 down 10.4% volatile
15 Antigua and Barbuda 2.32 USD/m3 2023 up 63.4% rising
16 Israel 2.28 USD/m3 2023 down 2.6% rising
17 China, mainland 2.23 USD/m3 2023 up 61.6% rising
18 France 2.22 USD/m3 2023 up 52.1% rising
19 Puerto Rico 2.1 USD/m3 2023 down 35.4% falling
20 Austria 2.09 USD/m3 2023 down 35.3% falling
21 Belgium 2.01 USD/m3 2023 up 89.6% rising
22 Albania 1.96 USD/m3 2023 up 31.5% rising
23 Trinidad and Tobago 1.88 USD/m3 2023 down 3.1% flat
24 Slovak Republic 1.69 USD/m3 2023 down 18.4% falling
25 Qatar 1.63 USD/m3 2023 up 232.7% volatile
26 Jordan 1.51 USD/m3 2023 up 19.8% rising
27 United Arab Emirates 1.47 USD/m3 2023 up 86.1% rising
27 North Macedonia 1.47 USD/m3 2023 down 8.7% rising
29 Czechia 1.41 USD/m3 2023 up 21.6% flat
30 Grenada 1.39 USD/m3 2023 down 11.5% rising
31 Oman 1.38 USD/m3 2023 up 160.4% rising
32 Malaysia 1.34 USD/m3 2023 up 26.4% rising
33 Croatia 1.33 USD/m3 2023 up 137.5% volatile
34 Australia and New Zealand 1.26 USD/m3 2023 up 18.9% rising
35 Algeria 1.21 USD/m3 2023 up 70.4% rising
36 Bangladesh 1.05 USD/m3 2023 up 43.8% rising
37 Guatemala 1.04 USD/m3 2023 up 33.3% rising
38 Barbados 1 USD/m3 2023 down 2.0% rising
39 Saudi Arabia 0.99 USD/m3 2023 up 37.5% rising
40 Montenegro 0.95 USD/m3 2023 down 53.9% volatile
40 Republic of Korea 0.95 USD/m3 2023 down 6.9% falling
42 Iceland 0.87 USD/m3 2023 down 33.1% falling
42 Suriname 0.87 USD/m3 2023 down 23.7% rising
44 Egypt 0.79 USD/m3 2023 up 46.3% rising
45 Georgia 0.78 USD/m3 2023 up 90.2% rising
45 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.78 USD/m3 2023 up 239.1% rising
47 Benin 0.77 USD/m3 2023 up 71.1% rising
47 Italy 0.77 USD/m3 2023 down 23.0% falling
49 Brazil 0.72 USD/m3 2023 up 75.6% rising
49 Uzbekistan 0.72 USD/m3 2023 up 75.6% rising
51 Kuwait 0.71 USD/m3 2023 up 16.4% rising
52 Japan 0.68 USD/m3 2023 up 6.2% flat
52 Nepal 0.68 USD/m3 2023 up 13.3% rising
54 Bahrain 0.67 USD/m3 2023 up 24.1% rising
55 India 0.65 USD/m3 2023 up 91.2% rising
56 Denmark 0.63 USD/m3 2023 down 65.2% volatile
57 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.62 USD/m3 2023 up 47.6% rising
58 Rwanda 0.61 USD/m3 2023 up 238.9% volatile
58 Yemen 0.61 USD/m3 2023 down 44.0% falling
60 Ecuador 0.59 USD/m3 2023 up 34.1% rising
61 Portugal 0.58 USD/m3 2023 up 75.8% rising
62 Greece 0.57 USD/m3 2023 up 58.3% falling
63 Cyprus 0.55 USD/m3 2023 down 33.7% falling
63 Peru 0.55 USD/m3 2023 up 89.7% rising
65 Angola 0.54 USD/m3 2023 up 134.8% rising
66 Spain 0.53 USD/m3 2023 up 35.9% rising
67 Estonia 0.51 USD/m3 2023 up 325.0% volatile
68 Fiji 0.48 USD/m3 2023 up 45.5% rising
68 Mauritius 0.48 USD/m3 2023 up 50.0% rising
70 Morocco 0.46 USD/m3 2023 up 17.9% rising
70 Mongolia 0.46 USD/m3 2023 up 58.6% rising
72 Cambodia 0.45 USD/m3 2023 up 18.4% rising
72 Norway 0.45 USD/m3 2023 up 95.7% falling
74 Costa Rica 0.43 USD/m3 2023 up 26.5% rising
74 Pakistan 0.43 USD/m3 2023 up 38.7% rising
76 Panama 0.41 USD/m3 2023 up 32.3% rising
76 Sao Tome and Principe 0.41 USD/m3 2023 up 32.3% rising
78 Australia 0.4 USD/m3 2023 up 33.3% falling
78 Thailand 0.4 USD/m3 2023 down 9.1% rising
80 Bhutan 0.39 USD/m3 2023 up 77.3% rising
80 Hungary 0.39 USD/m3 2023 down 26.4% rising
80 Tajikistan 0.39 USD/m3 2023 up 160.0% volatile
80 Turkmenistan 0.39 USD/m3 2023 up 254.5% volatile
84 Indonesia 0.38 USD/m3 2023 up 31.0% rising
85 Canada 0.33 USD/m3 2023 up 26.9% falling
85 Gabon 0.33 USD/m3 2023 up 135.7% rising
85 Romania 0.33 USD/m3 2023 up 43.5% volatile
88 Sri Lanka 0.32 USD/m3 2023 up 18.5% rising
88 Mauritania 0.32 USD/m3 2023 up 68.4% rising
90 Congo 0.3 USD/m3 2023 up 100.0% rising
91 Mexico 0.28 USD/m3 2023 up 27.3% rising
92 Honduras 0.27 USD/m3 2023 up 35.0% rising
93 Nigeria 0.26 USD/m3 2023 up 36.8% rising
94 Dominican Republic 0.25 USD/m3 2023 up 78.6% falling
95 Uruguay 0.24 USD/m3 2023 up 9.1% rising
96 Serbia 0.23 USD/m3 2023 up 76.9% rising
97 Belize 0.22 USD/m3 2023 up 22.2% rising
97 Paraguay 0.22 USD/m3 2023 up 15.8% rising
99 Chile 0.21 USD/m3 2023 up 16.7% rising
99 Ethiopia 0.21 USD/m3 2023 up 61.5% rising
99 Haiti 0.21 USD/m3 2023 down 4.5% flat
99 Philippines 0.21 USD/m3 2023 up 23.5% rising
99 Tunisia 0.21 USD/m3 2023 down 8.7% rising
104 Somalia 0.2 USD/m3 2023 up 100.0% rising
105 Azerbaijan 0.18 USD/m3 2023 down 5.3% rising
106 Gambia 0.17 USD/m3 2023 up 30.8% rising
106 Guinea-Bissau 0.17 USD/m3 2023 up 54.5% rising
106 Nicaragua 0.17 USD/m3 2023 down 5.6% rising
109 Kenya 0.16 USD/m3 2023 down 11.1% rising
110 Armenia 0.15 USD/m3 2023 down 40.0% falling
110 Cuba 0.15 USD/m3 2023 down 21.1% falling
110 Poland 0.15 USD/m3 2023 up 50.0% rising
113 Colombia 0.14 USD/m3 2023 down 22.2% falling
113 Comoros 0.14 USD/m3 2023 up 75.0% rising
113 Myanmar 0.14 USD/m3 2023 unchanged rising
113 South Africa 0.14 USD/m3 2023 down 12.5% falling
117 Afghanistan 0.13 USD/m3 2023 up 18.2% rising
118 Central African Republic 0.12 USD/m3 2023 up 9.1% falling
118 Libya 0.12 USD/m3 2023 unchanged falling
118 Eswatini 0.12 USD/m3 2023 unchanged rising
121 Kyrgyzstan 0.11 USD/m3 2023 unchanged falling
122 Malawi 0.1 USD/m3 2023 up 100.0% rising
122 Senegal 0.1 USD/m3 2023 up 66.7% rising
124 Bulgaria 0.09 USD/m3 2023 down 30.8% rising
124 Botswana 0.09 USD/m3 2023 up 200.0% volatile
126 Chad 0.08 USD/m3 2023 up 60.0% rising
127 Argentina 0.07 USD/m3 2023 down 36.4% falling
127 Belarus 0.07 USD/m3 2023 up 40.0% rising
127 Cameroon 0.07 USD/m3 2023 up 40.0% rising
127 Mozambique 0.07 USD/m3 2023 up 40.0% rising
127 Namibia 0.07 USD/m3 2023 unchanged rising
132 Burundi 0.06 USD/m3 2023 unchanged rising
132 Ghana 0.06 USD/m3 2023 down 57.1% falling
132 Guyana 0.06 USD/m3 2023 down 88.5% volatile
132 Mali 0.06 USD/m3 2023 up 100.0% volatile
132 Russian Federation 0.06 USD/m3 2023 down 14.3% falling
137 Burkina Faso 0.05 USD/m3 2023 unchanged rising
137 Kazakhstan 0.05 USD/m3 2023 up 25.0% rising
137 El Salvador 0.05 USD/m3 2023 down 28.6% rising
137 Uganda 0.05 USD/m3 2023 up 25.0% rising
141 Guinea 0.04 USD/m3 2023 up 100.0% volatile
141 Iraq 0.04 USD/m3 2023 down 69.2% falling
141 Lithuania 0.04 USD/m3 2023 up 33.3% rising
141 Madagascar 0.04 USD/m3 2023 down 20.0% falling
141 Sudan 0.04 USD/m3 2023 down 80.0% falling
141 Zambia 0.04 USD/m3 2023 down 50.0% falling
147 Luxembourg 0.03 USD/m3 2014 down 97.1% volatile
147 Latvia 0.03 USD/m3 2023 up 200.0% rising
149 Eritrea 0.02 USD/m3 2023 unchanged rising
149 Finland 0.02 USD/m3 2023 down 84.6% volatile
149 Ireland 0.02 USD/m3 2004 β€” volatile
149 Liberia 0.02 USD/m3 2023 unchanged falling
149 Lesotho 0.02 USD/m3 2023 unchanged rising
149 Togo 0.02 USD/m3 2023 up 100.0% rising
149 Ukraine 0.02 USD/m3 2023 down 60.0% falling
149 Zimbabwe 0.02 USD/m3 2023 down 50.0% falling
157 Dominica 0.01 USD/m3 2023 β€” volatile
157 South Sudan 0.01 USD/m3 2023 down 50.0% falling
159 Saint Lucia 0 USD/m3 2023 β€” flat
159 Niger 0 USD/m3 2023 β€” volatile

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Indicator
6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Agriculture (ISIC4 A01 A0210 A0322)) β€” Value
Unit
USD/m3
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
203 places, 4,444 data points, 2000–2023
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