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6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Industries) — Value by country

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Countries reporting
175
Highest
55,290 USD/m3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Lowest
0.19 USD/m3
Montenegro
Median
68.62 USD/m3
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,771

What the numbers show

6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Industries) — Value is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 55,290 USD/m3 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; the lowest is 0.19 USD/m3 in Montenegro.

The median across all reporting countries is 68.62 USD/m3, and the mean is 629.43 USD/m3.

Over the past decade 141 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Nicaragua (up 9,263.6%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 75.8%).

6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Industries) — Value: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 55,290 USD/m3 2023 up 27.9% rising
2 Nicaragua 6,088 USD/m3 2023 up 9,263.6% volatile
3 United Arab Emirates 5,217 USD/m3 2023 up 38.5% rising
4 Senegal 3,941 USD/m3 2023 up 1,758.0% volatile
5 Luxembourg 3,427 USD/m3 2023 up 29.0% volatile
6 Panama 3,028 USD/m3 2023 up 141.6% volatile
7 Kuwait 2,935 USD/m3 2023 down 15.3% rising
8 Qatar 2,558 USD/m3 2023 down 53.1% falling
9 Denmark 1,883 USD/m3 2023 up 247.7% rising
10 Malta 1,849 USD/m3 2023 up 45.9% falling
11 Equatorial Guinea 1,586 USD/m3 2023 down 54.2% falling
12 Maldives 1,577 USD/m3 2023 up 98.4% rising
13 Bahrain 1,101 USD/m3 2023 up 57.5% rising
14 Mali 1,041 USD/m3 2023 up 112.0% volatile
15 United Republic of Tanzania 779.87 USD/m3 2023 up 89.2% volatile
16 Eritrea 743.15 USD/m3 2023 up 34.9% volatile
17 Guyana 638.31 USD/m3 2023 up 1,164.0% volatile
18 Israel 636.78 USD/m3 2023 up 47.2% rising
19 Gabon 584.63 USD/m3 2023 up 11.3% rising
20 Ethiopia 505.54 USD/m3 2023 up 393.7% volatile
21 Singapore 499.26 USD/m3 2023 up 304.8% volatile
22 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 483.47 USD/m3 2023 up 7.5% rising
23 Algeria 430.92 USD/m3 2023 up 104.1% rising
24 Cambodia 416.8 USD/m3 2023 up 138.7% volatile
25 Somalia 305.57 USD/m3 2023 up 108.4% rising
26 Rwanda 290.9 USD/m3 2023 up 250.6% volatile
27 Switzerland 283.89 USD/m3 2023 up 19.8% rising
28 Jordan 275.88 USD/m3 2023 up 22.0% rising
29 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 268.91 USD/m3 2023 up 8.1% rising
30 Comoros 254.18 USD/m3 2023 up 29.8% rising
31 Saudi Arabia 253.95 USD/m3 2023 down 37.1% falling
32 Türkiye 252.29 USD/m3 2023 up 165.6% volatile
33 Bermuda 250.12 USD/m3 2023 up 3.5% falling
34 Mauritius 244.42 USD/m3 2023 up 52.1% rising
35 Albania 239.85 USD/m3 2023 up 1,528.3% volatile
36 Ireland 238.29 USD/m3 2023 up 50.7% volatile
37 Togo 227.73 USD/m3 2023 up 49.7% rising
38 Burkina Faso 226.09 USD/m3 2023 up 91.2% rising
39 Sudan 221.56 USD/m3 2023 up 7.6% rising
40 Timor-Leste 211.02 USD/m3 2023 up 41.8% volatile
41 Peru 210.82 USD/m3 2023 up 578.3% volatile
42 Ghana 209.32 USD/m3 2023 up 30.3% rising
43 Congo 207.98 USD/m3 2023 down 30.0% falling
44 Angola 204.28 USD/m3 2023 down 15.8% rising
45 Oman 201.95 USD/m3 2023 down 41.6% volatile
46 Palestine 198.15 USD/m3 2023 up 118.4% rising
47 Uganda 196.47 USD/m3 2023 up 33.0% volatile
48 Botswana 193.32 USD/m3 2023 up 26.0% rising
49 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 192.11 USD/m3 2023 up 31.6% rising
50 Colombia 185.44 USD/m3 2023 up 6.7% volatile
51 Namibia 170.64 USD/m3 2023 up 10.7% rising
52 Bangladesh 166.72 USD/m3 2023 up 139.5% volatile
53 Bhutan 163.88 USD/m3 2023 down 0.7% rising
54 Latvia 160.66 USD/m3 2023 up 91.1% rising
55 Cyprus 158.05 USD/m3 2023 down 65.1% falling
56 Mozambique 154.47 USD/m3 2023 up 124.2% volatile
57 Democratic Republic of the Congo 148.89 USD/m3 2023 up 85.0% rising
58 Norway 144.02 USD/m3 2023 up 21.7% rising
59 Tunisia 139.11 USD/m3 2023 up 42.4% volatile
60 Morocco 135.92 USD/m3 2023 up 22.8% volatile
61 Slovakia 132.82 USD/m3 2023 up 24.2% rising
62 Republic of Korea 131.28 USD/m3 2023 up 20.9% rising
63 Lithuania 130.59 USD/m3 2023 up 386.9% volatile
64 Kenya 129.55 USD/m3 2023 up 53.5% rising
65 Japan 120.44 USD/m3 2023 up 28.8% rising
66 Antigua and Barbuda 115.88 USD/m3 2023 up 76.5% rising
67 Australia 114.75 USD/m3 2023 up 6.6% rising
68 Nepal 113.4 USD/m3 2023 up 27.7% rising
69 Barbados 100.23 USD/m3 2023 down 4.9% flat
70 Benin 97.68 USD/m3 2023 up 73.2% rising
71 Cameroon 96.31 USD/m3 2023 up 38.9% rising
72 Sweden 93.91 USD/m3 2023 up 51.6% rising
73 Australia and New Zealand 91.96 USD/m3 2023 up 13.7% volatile
74 Nigeria 88.52 USD/m3 2023 up 53.3% rising
75 Malaysia 86.04 USD/m3 2023 up 40.3% rising
76 Greece 84.43 USD/m3 2023 down 48.9% volatile
77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 82.86 USD/m3 2023 up 135.6% falling
78 Czechia 81.91 USD/m3 2023 up 72.8% rising
79 Haiti 80.94 USD/m3 2023 up 28.6% falling
80 Paraguay 75.34 USD/m3 2023 up 43.0% falling
81 Mauritania 73.79 USD/m3 2023 up 14.5% rising
82 Sao Tome and Principe 72.76 USD/m3 2023 down 3.9% falling
83 Germany 70.5 USD/m3 2023 up 78.1% rising
84 Niger 70.44 USD/m3 2023 down 18.8% rising
85 Fiji 69.86 USD/m3 2023 up 8.4% rising
86 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 69.83 USD/m3 2023 down 67.4% falling
87 Guinea 69.29 USD/m3 2023 up 71.6% rising
88 Eswatini 68.62 USD/m3 2023 up 5.3% rising
89 Côte d'Ivoire 68.26 USD/m3 2023 up 135.7% volatile
90 Zimbabwe 66.98 USD/m3 2023 up 89.1% volatile
91 Melanesia 64.65 USD/m3 2023 up 59.4% rising
92 Chad 64.07 USD/m3 2023 up 41.2% rising
93 El Salvador 60.62 USD/m3 2023 up 95.4% rising
94 Libya 60.4 USD/m3 2023 down 58.0% volatile
95 China, mainland 60.13 USD/m3 2023 up 110.0% volatile
96 North Macedonia 58.79 USD/m3 2023 up 265.6% volatile
97 Myanmar 57.92 USD/m3 2023 up 71.1% volatile
98 Yemen 57.07 USD/m3 2023 down 75.8% volatile
99 Trinidad and Tobago 54.64 USD/m3 2023 down 33.3% falling
100 Jamaica 54.46 USD/m3 2023 up 2,087.2% volatile
101 Italy 54.05 USD/m3 2023 up 23.0% rising
102 Honduras 53.59 USD/m3 2023 up 27.9% rising
103 Costa Rica 53.45 USD/m3 2023 down 22.7% falling
104 Papua New Guinea 52.7 USD/m3 2023 up 93.8% rising
105 Pakistan 51.66 USD/m3 2023 up 39.7% rising
106 Seychelles 51.13 USD/m3 2023 up 19.3% falling
107 Ecuador 51.02 USD/m3 2023 down 15.8% rising
108 Mexico 50.73 USD/m3 2023 up 12.4% rising
109 Indonesia 50.47 USD/m3 2023 up 107.8% volatile
110 Thailand 48.34 USD/m3 2023 up 2.2% rising
111 Chile 45.26 USD/m3 2023 up 88.2% volatile
112 Dominican Republic 45.16 USD/m3 2023 up 72.0% volatile
113 Azerbaijan 43.46 USD/m3 2023 up 0.7% rising
114 India 43.43 USD/m3 2023 up 52.9% rising
115 Sierra Leone 42.72 USD/m3 2023 up 120.7% volatile
116 Austria 42.26 USD/m3 2023 up 21.2% rising
117 Spain 41.77 USD/m3 2023 up 43.5% flat
118 Viet Nam 40.97 USD/m3 2023 up 80.5% rising
119 Finland 40.57 USD/m3 2023 up 39.2% rising
120 Argentina 38.59 USD/m3 2023 up 5.0% rising
121 Belarus 38.25 USD/m3 2023 down 3.9% rising
122 Malawi 37.5 USD/m3 2023 up 84.4% rising
123 Mongolia 35.5 USD/m3 2023 up 62.0% volatile
124 Burundi 35.22 USD/m3 2023 up 31.3% rising
125 Cabo Verde 35.18 USD/m3 2023 down 63.5% volatile
126 Brazil 34.58 USD/m3 2023 up 26.7% rising
127 Zambia 33.65 USD/m3 2023 up 19.1% rising
128 New Zealand 31.9 USD/m3 2023 up 33.6% volatile
129 Uzbekistan 31.31 USD/m3 2023 up 313.6% volatile
130 Iraq 30.43 USD/m3 2023 down 9.5% volatile
131 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 29.86 USD/m3 2023 up 101.6% rising
132 Lao People's Democratic Republic 28.05 USD/m3 2023 up 65.9% volatile
133 Lesotho 27.43 USD/m3 2023 up 3.9% rising
134 Guatemala 26.9 USD/m3 2023 up 41.1% rising
135 Caribbean 26.48 USD/m3 2023 up 33.8% rising
136 France 26.02 USD/m3 2023 up 31.3% rising
137 Sri Lanka 25.8 USD/m3 2023 down 3.5% rising
138 Egypt 25.68 USD/m3 2023 down 72.3% volatile
139 Cuba 24.75 USD/m3 2023 up 2.7% rising
140 Turkmenistan 24.67 USD/m3 2023 up 2.1% rising
141 Poland 24.5 USD/m3 2023 up 72.8% rising
142 Croatia 24.41 USD/m3 2023 up 57.1% volatile
143 Armenia 21.52 USD/m3 2023 up 20.2% rising
144 Portugal 20.98 USD/m3 2023 up 19.6% falling
145 Belgium 20.6 USD/m3 2023 up 2.9% rising
146 Guinea-Bissau 20.27 USD/m3 2023 up 76.6% rising
147 Iceland 19.61 USD/m3 2023 up 52.5% volatile
148 Puerto Rico 19.15 USD/m3 2023 up 1.8% rising
149 Slovenia 18.65 USD/m3 2023 up 89.1% rising
150 Uruguay 18.06 USD/m3 2023 down 26.4% falling
151 South Sudan 16.01 USD/m3 2023 up 27.0% rising
152 Madagascar 15.73 USD/m3 2023 up 24.6% rising
153 Liberia 15.24 USD/m3 2023 up 76.2% volatile
154 Russian Federation 15.17 USD/m3 2023 up 58.5% rising
155 Belize 13.76 USD/m3 2023 up 9.4% rising
156 Canada 13.45 USD/m3 2023 up 6.2% rising
157 Gambia 13.09 USD/m3 2023 up 100.5% rising
158 Romania 12.89 USD/m3 2023 up 18.9% rising
159 Suriname 12.68 USD/m3 2023 down 3.6% falling
160 Kazakhstan 11.84 USD/m3 2023 up 39.5% rising
161 Hungary 10.63 USD/m3 2023 up 48.1% rising
162 Afghanistan 10.5 USD/m3 2023 down 1.4% rising
163 Georgia 10.36 USD/m3 2023 up 30.5% rising
164 Philippines 7.8 USD/m3 2023 down 5.0% falling
165 Estonia 6.84 USD/m3 2023 up 147.8% rising
166 Kyrgyzstan 5.94 USD/m3 2023 up 41.4% rising
167 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 5.61 USD/m3 2023 down 9.4% rising
168 Syrian Arab Republic 5.59 USD/m3 2023 down 35.4% volatile
169 Ukraine 4.8 USD/m3 2023 up 26.0% rising
170 Lebanon 4.67 USD/m3 2023 down 49.1% volatile
171 Bulgaria 3.21 USD/m3 2023 up 28.4% rising
172 Republic of Moldova 2.93 USD/m3 2023 up 45.8% rising
173 Serbia 2.81 USD/m3 2023 down 6.3% falling
174 Tajikistan 1.85 USD/m3 2023 down 57.7% falling
175 Montenegro 0.19 USD/m3 2023 down 45.7% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Industries) — Value
Unit
USD/m3
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
204 places, 4,771 data points, 2000–2023
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