Industrial water as a share of total water withdrawals by country
Countries reporting
173
Highest
94.2
Montenegro
Lowest
0.0235
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
7.65
Years covered
58
1965–2022
Data points
5,690
What the numbers show
Industrial water as a share of total water withdrawals is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 94.2 in Montenegro; the lowest is 0.0235 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.65, and the mean is 18.78.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4,004.
Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 319.8%), and the largest decrease in Nicaragua (down 98.5%).
Industrial water as a share of total water withdrawals: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montenegro | 94.2 | 2022 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 2 | Estonia | 94.19 | 2022 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 3 | Austria | 93.31 | 2022 | up 23.9% | flat |
| 4 | Belgium | 84.11 | 2022 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 5 | Slovenia | 77.99 | 2022 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 6 | Serbia | 77.92 | 2022 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 7 | Canada | 75.81 | 2022 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 8 | Hungary | 75.66 | 2022 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 9 | Republic of Moldova | 73.06 | 2022 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 10 | Puerto Rico | 72.22 | 2022 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 11 | Bulgaria | 71.26 | 2022 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 12 | Iceland | 71.15 | 2022 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Netherlands | 70.25 | 2022 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 14 | France | 68.13 | 2022 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 15 | Poland | 65.49 | 2022 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 16 | Sweden | 61.27 | 2022 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 17 | Germany | 54.3 | 2022 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 18 | Czechia | 53.67 | 2022 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 19 | Lebanon | 48.91 | 2022 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Romania | 48.34 | 2022 | down 27.7% | rising |
| 21 | United States of America | 47.2 | 2022 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 22 | Croatia | 46.75 | 2022 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 23 | Finland | 46.41 | 2022 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 24 | Lesotho | 45.66 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 25 | Singapore | 45.07 | 2022 | down 13.3% | flat |
| 26 | Ukraine | 44.84 | 2022 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 27 | Russian Federation | 44.79 | 2022 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 28 | Papua New Guinea | 42.74 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Slovakia | 39.84 | 2022 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 30 | Norway | 39.82 | 2022 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 31 | Switzerland | 37.09 | 2022 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 32 | Liberia | 36.6 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Mongolia | 35.94 | 2022 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 34 | South Sudan | 34.19 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Angola | 33.95 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 36 | Trinidad and Tobago | 33.64 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 37 | Ireland | 31.79 | 2022 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 38 | Belarus | 30.41 | 2022 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 39 | Malaysia | 29.9 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 40 | Portugal | 29.66 | 2022 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 41 | Lithuania | 29.28 | 2022 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 42 | Seychelles | 27.74 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 43 | Georgia | 27.41 | 2022 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 44 | Congo | 26.17 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 45 | Sierra Leone | 26.15 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 46 | New Zealand | 23.98 | 2022 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 47 | Kazakhstan | 23.85 | 2022 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 48 | South Africa | 23.16 | 2022 | up 124.0% | rising |
| 49 | Italy | 22.75 | 2022 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 50 | Suriname | 22 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 51 | Antigua and Barbuda | 21.74 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 52 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 21.47 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 53 | Belize | 20.99 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 54 | Gambia | 20.87 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 55 | Côte d'Ivoire | 20.83 | 2022 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 56 | Spain | 18.95 | 2022 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 57 | Australia | 18.59 | 2022 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 58 | Guatemala | 18.14 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 59 | China | 17.73 | 2022 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 60 | Latvia | 17.58 | 2022 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 61 | Central African Republic | 16.55 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 62 | Republic of Korea | 16.43 | 2022 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 63 | Japan | 16.35 | 2022 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 64 | Tajikistan | 16.26 | 2022 | up 310.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Nigeria | 15.75 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 66 | Equatorial Guinea | 15.15 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 67 | Brazil | 15.01 | 2022 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 68 | Philippines | 14.94 | 2022 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 69 | Uruguay | 13.39 | 2022 | up 50.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 13.23 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 71 | Benin | 12.82 | 2022 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 72 | Oman | 12.43 | 2022 | up 83.0% | volatile |
| 73 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 12 | 2022 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Chad | 11.79 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 75 | Botswana | 11.39 | 2022 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 76 | Fiji | 11.31 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 77 | Iraq | 10.65 | 2022 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Cuba | 10.63 | 2022 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 79 | Argentina | 10.59 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 80 | Gabon | 10.14 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 81 | Cameroon | 9.61 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 82 | Jamaica | 9.5 | 2022 | down 82.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Palestine, State of | 8.9 | 2021 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 84 | Mexico | 8.86 | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 85 | Zambia | 8.27 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 86 | Uganda | 7.85 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 87 | Barbados | 7.65 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 88 | Kenya | 7.51 | 2022 | up 93.5% | rising |
| 89 | Dominican Republic | 7.27 | 2022 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 90 | Costa Rica | 7.12 | 2022 | up 93.5% | rising |
| 91 | Honduras | 7.09 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 92 | Egypt | 6.97 | 2022 | up 319.8% | falling |
| 93 | Guinea | 6.74 | 2022 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 94 | Namibia | 6.62 | 2022 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 95 | Ghana | 6.49 | 2022 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 96 | Peru | 6.43 | 2022 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 97 | Sri Lanka | 6.42 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 98 | Paraguay | 6.38 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 99 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.26 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 100 | Cyprus | 5.88 | 2022 | up 255.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Ecuador | 5.54 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 102 | Saudi Arabia | 5.39 | 2022 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 103 | Burundi | 5.36 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 104 | Chile | 5.13 | 2022 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 105 | Maldives | 5.08 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 106 | Comoros | 5 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Armenia | 4.88 | 2022 | down 38.2% | rising |
| 108 | El Salvador | 4.87 | 2022 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 109 | Thailand | 4.85 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 110 | Denmark | 4.82 | 2022 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Libya | 4.8 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 112 | Turkmenistan | 4.64 | 2022 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 113 | Azerbaijan | 4.61 | 2022 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.39 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 115 | Qatar | 4.3 | 2022 | up 80.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Colombia | 4.15 | 2022 | down 58.9% | falling |
| 117 | Indonesia | 4.1 | 2022 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Israel | 4 | 2021 | down 38.1% | flat |
| 119 | Luxembourg | 3.83 | 2022 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Viet Nam | 3.75 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 121 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.67 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 122 | Haiti | 3.52 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 123 | Malawi | 3.52 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 124 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 3.51 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 125 | Jordan | 3.34 | 2022 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 126 | Bahrain | 3.25 | 2022 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 127 | Togo | 2.83 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 128 | Greece | 2.78 | 2022 | up 119.0% | falling |
| 129 | Uzbekistan | 2.7 | 2022 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 130 | Burkina Faso | 2.65 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 131 | Mauritania | 2.36 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 132 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.31 | 2022 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 133 | India | 2.23 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 134 | Bangladesh | 2.15 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 135 | Cape Verde | 2.12 | 2022 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 136 | Morocco | 2.03 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 137 | Türkiye | 2.01 | 2022 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Eswatini | 1.94 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Kuwait | 1.86 | 2022 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 140 | Yemen | 1.82 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 141 | Tunisia | 1.73 | 2022 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 142 | Mozambique | 1.7 | 2022 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 143 | Rwanda | 1.66 | 2022 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Zimbabwe | 1.66 | 2022 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 145 | Algeria | 1.65 | 2022 | down 66.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Malta | 1.62 | 2022 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Mauritius | 1.58 | 2022 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Cambodia | 1.51 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Niger | 1.5 | 2022 | up 36.6% | falling |
| 150 | Myanmar | 1.49 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 151 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.47 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 152 | North Macedonia | 1.45 | 2022 | down 79.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.45 | 2022 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Guyana | 1.41 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 155 | Albania | 1.38 | 2022 | down 90.3% | falling |
| 156 | Madagascar | 1.19 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 157 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.18 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 158 | United Arab Emirates | 1.14 | 2022 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Bhutan | 0.8876 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 160 | Afghanistan | 0.832 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 161 | Pakistan | 0.7632 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 162 | Panama | 0.5118 | 2022 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 163 | Ethiopia | 0.4844 | 2022 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 164 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.4823 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 165 | Nepal | 0.3106 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 166 | Sudan | 0.2784 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Eritrea | 0.1718 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 168 | Timor-Leste | 0.1706 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 169 | Mali | 0.0771 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 170 | Somalia | 0.0606 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 171 | Nicaragua | 0.0487 | 2022 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Senegal | 0.0468 | 2022 | down 94.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0235 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |