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6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (No breakdown) — Value by country

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Countries reporting
170
Highest
1,378 USD/m3
Luxembourg
Lowest
0.38 USD/m3
Madagascar
Median
16.63 USD/m3
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,396

What the numbers show

6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (No breakdown) — Value is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 1,378 USD/m3 in Luxembourg; the lowest is 0.38 USD/m3 in Madagascar.

The median across all reporting countries is 16.63 USD/m3, and the mean is 58.48 USD/m3.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,627.

Over the past decade 143 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 369.0%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 78.2%).

6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (No breakdown) — Value: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Luxembourg 1,378 USD/m3 2023 up 16.1% rising
2 Singapore 1,013 USD/m3 2023 up 272.3% volatile
3 Switzerland 448.02 USD/m3 2023 up 20.0% rising
4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 337.07 USD/m3 2023 up 3.5% rising
5 Denmark 325.78 USD/m3 2023 up 8.3% falling
6 Malta 264.7 USD/m3 2023 up 42.5% rising
7 Sweden 245.58 USD/m3 2023 up 49.5% rising
8 Ireland 233.71 USD/m3 2023 up 16.7% rising
9 Qatar 196.12 USD/m3 2023 up 2.6% rising
10 Slovakia 165.4 USD/m3 2023 up 14.2% rising
11 Lithuania 165.3 USD/m3 2023 up 148.5% volatile
12 Czechia 149.71 USD/m3 2023 up 60.4% rising
13 Latvia 148.45 USD/m3 2023 up 75.4% rising
14 Israel 147.84 USD/m3 2023 up 18.9% rising
15 Germany 145.76 USD/m3 2023 up 58.1% rising
16 Norway 142.24 USD/m3 2023 up 18.7% rising
17 Angola 132.91 USD/m3 2023 down 11.2% rising
18 Antigua and Barbuda 128.5 USD/m3 2023 up 19.6% flat
19 Austria 119.36 USD/m3 2023 up 21.4% rising
20 Seychelles 116.77 USD/m3 2023 up 56.3% rising
21 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 110.84 USD/m3 2023 up 65.5% rising
22 Gabon 106.04 USD/m3 2023 up 23.6% rising
23 Kuwait 105.57 USD/m3 2023 down 5.8% rising
24 Congo 105.21 USD/m3 2023 down 8.8% falling
25 France 100.49 USD/m3 2023 up 29.4% rising
26 Belgium 96.03 USD/m3 2023 up 13.1% rising
27 United Arab Emirates 90.59 USD/m3 2023 up 29.1% rising
28 Cyprus 88.31 USD/m3 2023 up 31.4% rising
29 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 86.03 USD/m3 2023 up 20.1% rising
30 Comoros 83.82 USD/m3 2023 up 39.9% rising
31 Bahrain 82.54 USD/m3 2023 up 21.2% rising
32 Australia 81.84 USD/m3 2023 up 48.9% rising
33 Finland 77.53 USD/m3 2023 down 6.5% falling
34 Botswana 76.49 USD/m3 2023 up 15.3% rising
35 Australia and New Zealand 72.67 USD/m3 2023 up 45.3% rising
36 Iceland 71.58 USD/m3 2023 up 39.1% rising
37 Melanesia 69.13 USD/m3 2023 up 27.0% rising
38 Malaysia 67.22 USD/m3 2023 up 50.2% rising
39 Democratic Republic of the Congo 66.59 USD/m3 2023 up 90.7% rising
40 Republic of Korea 63.91 USD/m3 2023 up 33.7% rising
41 Barbados 61.68 USD/m3 2023 up 2.7% flat
42 Japan 59.33 USD/m3 2023 up 10.4% rising
42 Panama 59.33 USD/m3 2023 up 55.3% rising
44 Poland 56.84 USD/m3 2023 up 61.2% rising
45 Trinidad and Tobago 54.03 USD/m3 2023 down 17.0% rising
46 Italy 52.61 USD/m3 2023 up 11.7% rising
47 Croatia 50.95 USD/m3 2023 up 42.9% falling
48 Slovenia 50.31 USD/m3 2023 up 70.3% rising
49 Oman 49.75 USD/m3 2023 up 19.0% rising
50 Benin 49.74 USD/m3 2023 up 65.7% rising
51 Côte d'Ivoire 48.88 USD/m3 2023 up 124.8% volatile
52 Uganda 46.39 USD/m3 2023 up 85.5% rising
53 Canada 45.43 USD/m3 2023 up 22.5% rising
54 Fiji 43.57 USD/m3 2023 up 18.5% rising
55 Spain 42.6 USD/m3 2023 up 34.7% rising
56 New Zealand 41.74 USD/m3 2023 up 37.0% rising
57 Lesotho 40.78 USD/m3 2023 down 5.4% rising
58 Jordan 35.33 USD/m3 2023 down 0.3% rising
59 Namibia 34.91 USD/m3 2023 up 12.8% rising
60 Ghana 34.66 USD/m3 2023 up 31.5% rising
61 Nigeria 33.84 USD/m3 2023 up 18.9% rising
62 Belarus 33.38 USD/m3 2023 up 7.6% rising
63 Portugal 32.78 USD/m3 2023 up 40.4% rising
64 Sierra Leone 30.7 USD/m3 2023 up 142.9% volatile
65 Palestine 30.22 USD/m3 2023 down 3.9% rising
66 Estonia 30 USD/m3 2023 up 179.9% rising
67 Puerto Rico 29.45 USD/m3 2023 up 1.9% rising
68 Cameroon 29 USD/m3 2023 up 41.8% rising
69 Hungary 28.53 USD/m3 2023 up 40.2% rising
70 Saudi Arabia 28.24 USD/m3 2023 up 2.7% rising
71 China, mainland 27.6 USD/m3 2023 up 84.0% volatile
72 Togo 27.36 USD/m3 2023 up 60.5% rising
73 Mongolia 27.01 USD/m3 2023 up 57.2% rising
74 Jamaica 26.42 USD/m3 2023 up 233.2% rising
75 Romania 25.93 USD/m3 2023 up 21.4% rising
76 Brazil 25.03 USD/m3 2023 up 11.1% rising
77 Greece 21.51 USD/m3 2023 up 27.1% falling
78 Guatemala 20.96 USD/m3 2023 up 41.0% rising
79 Belize 20.67 USD/m3 2023 up 29.2% rising
80 Russian Federation 20.48 USD/m3 2023 up 7.2% rising
81 Lebanon 19.42 USD/m3 2023 down 24.8% rising
81 Mauritius 19.42 USD/m3 2023 up 24.2% rising
83 Costa Rica 19.02 USD/m3 2023 up 1.3% flat
84 Liberia 18.12 USD/m3 2023 up 63.1% volatile
85 Algeria 17.07 USD/m3 2023 up 9.1% flat
86 Türkiye 16.19 USD/m3 2023 up 27.9% rising
87 Caribbean 15.81 USD/m3 2023 up 11.7% flat
88 Rwanda 15.72 USD/m3 2023 up 41.0% rising
89 Burkina Faso 15.29 USD/m3 2023 up 74.1% rising
90 Paraguay 15.03 USD/m3 2023 up 33.5% rising
91 Georgia 14.54 USD/m3 2023 up 110.7% rising
92 Kenya 14.47 USD/m3 2023 down 3.2% rising
93 Albania 14.19 USD/m3 2023 up 87.5% rising
94 Honduras 14.16 USD/m3 2023 up 32.6% rising
95 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 13.9 USD/m3 2023 up 42.1% rising
96 Gambia 13.65 USD/m3 2023 up 53.2% rising
97 Mexico 13.57 USD/m3 2023 up 1.8% rising
98 Argentina 13.27 USD/m3 2023 down 0.7% rising
99 Cambodia 13.14 USD/m3 2023 up 88.0% rising
100 Chad 12.28 USD/m3 2023 up 36.1% rising
101 Cuba 11.91 USD/m3 2023 up 4.6% rising
102 Colombia 11.83 USD/m3 2023 down 7.0% falling
103 Uruguay 11.79 USD/m3 2023 up 9.9% rising
104 El Salvador 11.78 USD/m3 2023 down 14.8% rising
105 Guyana 11.63 USD/m3 2023 up 369.0% volatile
106 Tunisia 11.46 USD/m3 2023 up 6.2% rising
107 Ukraine 10.78 USD/m3 2023 up 55.3% rising
108 Guinea 10.69 USD/m3 2023 up 39.2% rising
109 Bulgaria 10.27 USD/m3 2023 up 40.9% rising
109 Ecuador 10.27 USD/m3 2023 up 18.0% rising
111 Morocco 10.26 USD/m3 2023 up 27.5% rising
112 Bangladesh 10.14 USD/m3 2023 up 102.8% rising
113 Peru 10.02 USD/m3 2023 up 61.9% rising
114 Dominican Republic 9.84 USD/m3 2023 up 46.4% rising
114 South Sudan 9.84 USD/m3 2023 up 33.3% rising
116 Republic of Moldova 9.06 USD/m3 2023 up 37.5% rising
117 Nicaragua 9.04 USD/m3 2023 up 48.7% rising
118 United Republic of Tanzania 8.93 USD/m3 2023 up 60.6% rising
119 Mozambique 8.71 USD/m3 2023 up 33.6% rising
120 Kazakhstan 8.63 USD/m3 2023 up 27.5% rising
121 Sao Tome and Principe 8.21 USD/m3 2023 up 13.7% rising
122 Serbia 7.73 USD/m3 2023 up 4.7% flat
123 Chile 7.67 USD/m3 2023 up 23.1% rising
123 Thailand 7.67 USD/m3 2023 up 20.6% rising
125 Haiti 7.55 USD/m3 2023 down 1.6% rising
126 Burundi 7.51 USD/m3 2023 up 41.7% rising
127 Suriname 7.12 USD/m3 2023 down 11.1% rising
128 Bhutan 7.05 USD/m3 2023 up 44.8% rising
129 Cabo Verde 6.84 USD/m3 2023 down 17.2% volatile
130 Libya 6.83 USD/m3 2023 down 46.1% falling
131 Senegal 6.54 USD/m3 2023 up 28.7% rising
132 Ethiopia 6.5 USD/m3 2023 up 128.9% rising
133 Sri Lanka 6.05 USD/m3 2023 up 14.4% rising
134 Malawi 5.93 USD/m3 2023 up 76.5% volatile
135 Egypt 5.57 USD/m3 2023 up 32.9% rising
136 Zambia 5.3 USD/m3 2023 unchanged rising
137 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 5.19 USD/m3 2023 up 26.3% rising
138 Mauritania 4.8 USD/m3 2023 up 43.3% rising
139 Yemen 4.76 USD/m3 2023 down 57.7% falling
140 Indonesia 4.73 USD/m3 2023 up 41.6% rising
141 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4.56 USD/m3 2023 down 70.6% falling
142 Philippines 4.43 USD/m3 2023 up 50.2% rising
143 Armenia 4.29 USD/m3 2023 up 64.4% rising
144 Zimbabwe 4.2 USD/m3 2023 down 8.9% rising
145 Iraq 4.17 USD/m3 2023 up 11.2% rising
146 Viet Nam 4.05 USD/m3 2023 up 77.6% rising
147 Guinea-Bissau 4.04 USD/m3 2023 up 39.8% rising
148 Azerbaijan 3.93 USD/m3 2023 up 0.3% rising
149 Eswatini 3.89 USD/m3 2023 up 19.7% rising
150 India 3.8 USD/m3 2023 up 78.4% rising
151 Eritrea 3.6 USD/m3 2023 up 35.3% rising
152 North Macedonia 3.28 USD/m3 2023 down 78.2% volatile
153 Turkmenistan 3.07 USD/m3 2023 up 160.2% volatile
154 Nepal 2.99 USD/m3 2023 up 49.5% rising
155 Uzbekistan 2.77 USD/m3 2023 up 116.4% volatile
156 Niger 2.69 USD/m3 2023 down 29.6% falling
157 Mali 2.43 USD/m3 2023 up 89.8% rising
158 Sudan 2.35 USD/m3 2023 up 9.8% rising
159 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.2 USD/m3 2023 up 58.3% rising
160 Myanmar 2.01 USD/m3 2023 up 58.3% volatile
161 Pakistan 1.94 USD/m3 2023 up 41.6% rising
162 Montenegro 1.76 USD/m3 2023 down 34.1% falling
163 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.65 USD/m3 2023 down 5.2% rising
164 Timor-Leste 1.35 USD/m3 2023 up 21.6% rising
165 Tajikistan 1.26 USD/m3 2023 up 85.3% rising
166 Somalia 1.23 USD/m3 2023 up 108.5% rising
167 Kyrgyzstan 1.01 USD/m3 2023 up 44.3% rising
168 Syrian Arab Republic 0.94 USD/m3 2023 down 21.0% falling
169 Afghanistan 0.61 USD/m3 2023 down 23.8% rising
170 Madagascar 0.38 USD/m3 2023 up 11.8% falling

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 (No breakdown) — Value
Unit
USD/m3
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
199 places, 4,396 data points, 2000–2023
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