6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Services (G to T)) — Value by country

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Countries reporting
184
Highest
1,443 USD/m3
Singapore
Lowest
6.12 USD/m3
Syrian Arab Republic
Median
64 USD/m3
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,968

What the numbers show

6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Services (G to T)) — Value is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 1,443 USD/m3 in Singapore; the lowest is 6.12 USD/m3 in Syrian Arab Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 64 USD/m3, and the mean is 140.53 USD/m3.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 236.

Over the past decade 151 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Turkmenistan (up 354.7%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (down 73.5%).

6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Services (G to T)) — Value: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 1,443 USD/m3 2023 up 216.2% volatile
2 Luxembourg 1,308 USD/m3 2023 up 16.3% rising
3 Monaco 976.55 USD/m3 2023 up 1.9% rising
4 Bermuda 832.16 USD/m3 2023 up 4.8% falling
5 Maldives 781.94 USD/m3 2023 up 54.0% rising
6 Switzerland 637.5 USD/m3 2023 up 19.6% rising
7 Denmark 618.26 USD/m3 2023 up 25.9% rising
8 Sweden 555.92 USD/m3 2023 up 69.5% rising
9 Belgium 523.25 USD/m3 2023 up 20.5% rising
10 Liechtenstein 504.84 USD/m3 2023 up 9.9% rising
11 Australia 494.56 USD/m3 2023 up 160.0% rising
12 Australia and New Zealand 445.12 USD/m3 2023 up 136.0% volatile
13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 377.22 USD/m3 2023 up 3.4% rising
14 France 370.74 USD/m3 2023 up 17.4% rising
15 Malta 361.65 USD/m3 2023 down 22.0% rising
16 Austria 348.81 USD/m3 2023 up 9.1% flat
17 Oman 346.68 USD/m3 2023 up 46.4% rising
18 Bahamas 335.1 USD/m3 2023 up 11.8% falling
19 Finland 328.57 USD/m3 2023 down 7.8% rising
20 Israel 309.87 USD/m3 2023 up 26.0% rising
21 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 306.33 USD/m3 2023 down 29.6% falling
22 Norway 294.68 USD/m3 2023 up 21.6% rising
23 Estonia 292.65 USD/m3 2023 up 24.1% rising
24 Equatorial Guinea 279.09 USD/m3 2023 up 10.2% rising
25 New Zealand 269.99 USD/m3 2023 up 52.2% rising
26 Canada 260.87 USD/m3 2023 up 29.2% rising
27 Germany 259.01 USD/m3 2023 up 34.2% rising
28 Lithuania 258.59 USD/m3 2023 up 4.2% rising
29 Ireland 240.78 USD/m3 2023 up 0.2% rising
30 Czechia 238.21 USD/m3 2023 up 40.1% rising
31 Latvia 236.68 USD/m3 2023 up 127.3% rising
32 Japan 232.81 USD/m3 2023 up 8.3% rising
33 Spain 218.54 USD/m3 2023 up 22.5% rising
34 Barbados 216.01 USD/m3 2023 up 4.0% rising
35 Slovakia 206.86 USD/m3 2023 up 14.3% rising
36 Cyprus 202.08 USD/m3 2023 up 10.4% falling
37 Iceland 200.47 USD/m3 2023 up 53.9% rising
38 Poland 189.75 USD/m3 2023 up 40.2% rising
39 Somalia 184.54 USD/m3 2023 up 108.9% rising
40 Slovenia 183.07 USD/m3 2023 up 23.0% rising
41 Djibouti 182.57 USD/m3 2023 up 63.6% volatile
42 Portugal 175.9 USD/m3 2023 up 16.6% rising
43 Republic of Korea 169.58 USD/m3 2023 up 49.6% rising
44 Malaysia 167.18 USD/m3 2023 up 57.6% rising
45 Antigua and Barbuda 164.44 USD/m3 2023 up 10.8% falling
46 Belize 156.24 USD/m3 2023 up 33.2% rising
47 Seychelles 155.56 USD/m3 2023 up 63.3% rising
48 Viet Nam 150.52 USD/m3 2023 up 95.0% rising
49 Comoros 148.01 USD/m3 2023 up 41.8% rising
50 Italy 147.73 USD/m3 2023 up 11.8% flat
51 Cambodia 142.96 USD/m3 2023 up 60.4% rising
52 Mongolia 142.95 USD/m3 2023 up 112.6% volatile
53 Kuwait 140.59 USD/m3 2023 up 39.0% rising
54 Angola 140.18 USD/m3 2023 down 5.7% rising
55 Qatar 137.16 USD/m3 2023 up 45.8% rising
56 Hungary 134.01 USD/m3 2023 up 18.2% rising
57 Chile 129.5 USD/m3 2023 up 18.8% rising
58 Saint Lucia 128.37 USD/m3 2023 up 15.1% rising
59 Nepal 127.03 USD/m3 2023 up 73.4% rising
60 Côte d'Ivoire 125.45 USD/m3 2023 up 136.1% volatile
61 Lebanon 124.58 USD/m3 2023 down 7.3% rising
62 Romania 120.53 USD/m3 2023 up 31.0% rising
63 Greece 119.47 USD/m3 2023 up 25.7% falling
64 Fiji 118.74 USD/m3 2023 up 20.8% rising
65 Namibia 107.63 USD/m3 2023 up 9.4% rising
66 Saudi Arabia 105.34 USD/m3 2023 up 20.1% rising
67 Thailand 104.02 USD/m3 2023 up 35.5% rising
68 Bhutan 103.79 USD/m3 2023 up 63.4% rising
69 Ghana 102.88 USD/m3 2023 up 30.0% rising
70 Türkiye 99.2 USD/m3 2023 up 16.8% rising
71 Uruguay 98.1 USD/m3 2023 up 20.7% rising
72 Kenya 91.6 USD/m3 2023 up 191.9% rising
73 United Arab Emirates 90.28 USD/m3 2023 up 16.3% falling
74 Cameroon 86.86 USD/m3 2023 up 43.3% rising
75 Melanesia 86.39 USD/m3 2023 up 14.5% rising
76 Croatia 86.28 USD/m3 2023 up 35.8% rising
77 Botswana 85.28 USD/m3 2023 down 1.0% rising
78 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 83.56 USD/m3 2023 up 21.5% rising
79 China, mainland 77.64 USD/m3 2023 up 23.8% rising
80 Brazil 77.03 USD/m3 2023 up 11.5% rising
81 Gabon 76.67 USD/m3 2023 up 43.5% rising
82 Mali 76.03 USD/m3 2023 up 80.8% rising
83 Lao People's Democratic Republic 75.52 USD/m3 2023 up 57.4% rising
84 Bahrain 73.4 USD/m3 2023 up 28.5% rising
85 Congo 73.07 USD/m3 2023 up 35.0% rising
86 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 73.04 USD/m3 2023 up 18.8% rising
87 Panama 69.72 USD/m3 2023 up 45.1% falling
88 Morocco 69.54 USD/m3 2023 up 29.9% volatile
89 Dominican Republic 67.43 USD/m3 2023 up 50.6% rising
90 Paraguay 66.93 USD/m3 2023 up 29.7% falling
91 Sri Lanka 66.28 USD/m3 2023 up 23.2% rising
92 Grenada 64.06 USD/m3 2023 up 14.0% rising
93 Puerto Rico 63.95 USD/m3 2023 up 0.9% falling
94 Eswatini 63.41 USD/m3 2023 up 31.0% rising
95 Lesotho 61.88 USD/m3 2023 down 9.0% rising
96 Guatemala 61.67 USD/m3 2023 up 41.3% rising
97 Colombia 61.26 USD/m3 2023 up 36.5% rising
98 Guyana 60.25 USD/m3 2023 up 101.1% rising
99 Uganda 60.1 USD/m3 2023 up 131.0% rising
100 Turkmenistan 59.97 USD/m3 2023 up 354.7% volatile
101 Benin 59.75 USD/m3 2023 up 63.5% rising
102 Mexico 59.7 USD/m3 2023 down 0.7% flat
103 Argentina 58.99 USD/m3 2023 down 2.8% rising
104 Trinidad and Tobago 57.37 USD/m3 2023 down 4.9% rising
105 Madagascar 56.53 USD/m3 2023 up 166.1% volatile
106 Jordan 56.29 USD/m3 2023 down 4.8% flat
107 Bangladesh 56.22 USD/m3 2023 up 96.9% rising
108 Azerbaijan 56.18 USD/m3 2023 up 61.5% volatile
109 Peru 54.79 USD/m3 2023 down 8.3% rising
110 Caribbean 53.99 USD/m3 2023 up 9.9% rising
111 Ecuador 53.44 USD/m3 2023 up 39.6% rising
112 Senegal 53.21 USD/m3 2023 up 39.9% falling
113 Honduras 51.84 USD/m3 2023 up 34.3% rising
114 Russian Federation 51.65 USD/m3 2023 down 21.8% rising
115 Democratic Republic of the Congo 50.84 USD/m3 2023 up 96.4% rising
116 Bulgaria 50.59 USD/m3 2023 up 56.3% rising
117 Ethiopia 50.23 USD/m3 2023 up 89.5% rising
118 Papua New Guinea 49.5 USD/m3 2023 up 19.3% rising
119 Nigeria 49.36 USD/m3 2023 up 2.7% rising
120 Belarus 48.87 USD/m3 2023 down 4.2% rising
121 United Republic of Tanzania 48.83 USD/m3 2023 up 44.4% rising
122 Sudan 48.13 USD/m3 2023 up 23.9% rising
123 Costa Rica 46.5 USD/m3 2023 down 23.3% volatile
124 Suriname 46.47 USD/m3 2023 down 13.8% rising
125 Saint Kitts and Nevis 43.82 USD/m3 2023 up 12.0% rising
126 Eritrea 43.15 USD/m3 2023 up 35.8% rising
127 Malawi 42.93 USD/m3 2023 up 73.9% volatile
128 Yemen 42.58 USD/m3 2023 down 46.9% falling
129 Serbia 41.4 USD/m3 2023 up 24.2% rising
130 Afghanistan 39.93 USD/m3 2023 down 34.5% rising
131 Nicaragua 39.8 USD/m3 2023 up 62.4% rising
132 Chad 39.54 USD/m3 2023 up 28.2% rising
133 Mauritania 39.28 USD/m3 2023 up 66.9% rising
134 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 38.58 USD/m3 2023 up 17.3% rising
135 Bosnia and Herzegovina 37.98 USD/m3 2023 up 41.0% rising
136 Cuba 37.57 USD/m3 2023 up 5.4% rising
137 Palestine 36.74 USD/m3 2023 down 23.5% rising
138 Tunisia 36.62 USD/m3 2023 down 12.8% falling
139 Burundi 36.27 USD/m3 2023 up 46.1% rising
140 Sierra Leone 35.91 USD/m3 2023 up 171.8% volatile
141 Haiti 34.58 USD/m3 2023 down 14.0% flat
142 Brunei Darussalam 34.52 USD/m3 2023 up 23.3% rising
143 El Salvador 33.99 USD/m3 2023 down 9.9% rising
144 Albania 33.65 USD/m3 2023 up 118.1% volatile
145 Republic of Moldova 33.6 USD/m3 2023 up 16.0% rising
146 Togo 33.16 USD/m3 2023 up 64.2% rising
147 Kazakhstan 32.43 USD/m3 2023 down 23.0% rising
148 Libya 31.89 USD/m3 2023 down 32.3% rising
149 India 30.54 USD/m3 2023 up 88.5% rising
150 Mauritius 30.15 USD/m3 2023 down 9.2% rising
151 Algeria 29.58 USD/m3 2023 up 35.9% rising
152 Philippines 29.51 USD/m3 2023 up 35.5% rising
153 Georgia 29.3 USD/m3 2023 up 132.7% rising
154 Montenegro 28.71 USD/m3 2023 up 22.0% rising
155 Jamaica 28.03 USD/m3 2023 down 10.5% falling
156 Zimbabwe 27.57 USD/m3 2023 up 37.0% rising
157 Rwanda 27.48 USD/m3 2023 up 14.8% falling
158 Ukraine 27.12 USD/m3 2023 up 16.4% rising
159 Gambia 26.77 USD/m3 2023 up 44.8% rising
160 Uzbekistan 24.49 USD/m3 2023 up 92.7% volatile
161 Mozambique 23.89 USD/m3 2023 up 15.9% rising
162 Guinea 23.17 USD/m3 2023 up 41.4% rising
163 Liberia 22.81 USD/m3 2023 up 57.9% volatile
164 Egypt 22.77 USD/m3 2023 up 36.9% rising
165 Kyrgyzstan 22.17 USD/m3 2023 up 55.5% rising
166 Indonesia 21.79 USD/m3 2023 up 38.2% rising
167 North Macedonia 21.78 USD/m3 2023 down 7.9% rising
168 Niger 21.77 USD/m3 2023 down 28.1% volatile
169 Pakistan 21.73 USD/m3 2023 up 42.9% rising
170 Zambia 20.72 USD/m3 2023 up 2.8% rising
171 Burkina Faso 20.19 USD/m3 2023 up 65.0% rising
172 Sao Tome and Principe 19.16 USD/m3 2023 up 32.2% rising
173 Armenia 17.71 USD/m3 2023 up 94.0% volatile
174 Dominica 17.69 USD/m3 2023 up 0.1% falling
175 South Sudan 14.88 USD/m3 2023 up 42.4% rising
176 Guinea-Bissau 14.69 USD/m3 2023 up 26.2% rising
177 Iraq 11.89 USD/m3 2023 down 71.5% volatile
178 Timor-Leste 10.91 USD/m3 2023 up 18.2% volatile
179 Cabo Verde 10.28 USD/m3 2023 down 8.8% volatile
180 Myanmar 10.22 USD/m3 2023 up 59.7% volatile
181 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 9.01 USD/m3 2023 down 73.5% falling
182 Tajikistan 7.26 USD/m3 2023 down 3.6% rising
183 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 6.2 USD/m3 2023 up 0.6% flat
184 Syrian Arab Republic 6.12 USD/m3 2023 down 26.4% 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 (Services (G to T)) — Value
Unit
USD/m3
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
213 places, 4,968 data points, 2000–2023
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