Municipal water as a share of total water withdrawals by country
Countries reporting
180
Highest
164.67
Brunei
Lowest
0.4548
Somalia
Median
20.29
Years covered
58
1965β2022
Data points
5,812
What the numbers show
Municipal water as a share of total water withdrawals is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 164.67 in Brunei; the lowest is 0.4548 in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 20.29, and the mean is 29.53.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 362.
Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Iraq (up 301.5%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 93.4%).
Municipal water as a share of total water withdrawals: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brunei | 164.67 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 2 | Monaco | 100 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 99.98 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 98.72 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Dominica | 95 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Maldives | 94.92 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 91.18 | 2022 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 8 | Grenada | 85.11 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Djibouti | 84.21 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 10 | Central African Republic | 82.9 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Equatorial Guinea | 79.8 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 73.95 | 2022 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 13 | Jamaica | 73.43 | 2022 | up 245.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Congo | 69.47 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 68.01 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Ireland | 66.1 | 2022 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 17 | Seychelles | 65.69 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 18 | Malta | 63.85 | 2022 | up 72.1% | falling |
| 19 | Bahrain | 63.44 | 2022 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 20 | Togo | 63.09 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Panama | 62.66 | 2022 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 22 | Antigua and Barbuda | 62.61 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Qatar | 62.39 | 2022 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 24 | Trinidad and Tobago | 62 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 25 | Benin | 61.97 | 2022 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 26 | Gabon | 60.89 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 27 | Botswana | 60.64 | 2022 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 28 | Cape Verde | 58.89 | 2022 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 29 | Papua New Guinea | 57 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Palestine | 56.43 | 2021 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 31 | Liberia | 54.97 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 32 | Singapore | 54.93 | 2022 | up 19.8% | flat |
| 33 | Slovakia | 54.33 | 2022 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 34 | Switzerland | 53.67 | 2022 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 35 | Latvia | 53.35 | 2022 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 52.31 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 37 | Uganda | 51.49 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 38 | Mauritius | 50.55 | 2022 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 39 | Comoros | 48 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | United Arab Emirates | 47.68 | 2022 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 41 | Burkina Faso | 45.92 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 42 | Croatia | 45.77 | 2022 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 43 | Lesotho | 45.66 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 44 | Lithuania | 45.54 | 2022 | up 206.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Angola | 45.27 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 46 | Jordan | 45.02 | 2022 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 47 | Czechia | 43.29 | 2022 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 48 | Belarus | 42.43 | 2022 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 49 | Germany | 41.53 | 2022 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 50 | Denmark | 40.97 | 2022 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 51 | Gambia | 40.55 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 52 | Nigeria | 40.08 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 53 | Georgia | 39.04 | 2022 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 54 | Cyprus | 38.75 | 2022 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 55 | Rwanda | 38.27 | 2022 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 56 | Israel | 38.17 | 2021 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 57 | Sao Tome and Principe | 35.94 | 2022 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 58 | Kuwait | 35.86 | 2022 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 59 | Ukraine | 34.02 | 2022 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 60 | Sweden | 33.8 | 2022 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 61 | Costa Rica | 32.16 | 2022 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 62 | Algeria | 30.92 | 2022 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 63 | Fiji | 29.8 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 64 | South Sudan | 29.33 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Saint Lucia | 29.14 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 66 | Norway | 28.76 | 2022 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 67 | Iceland | 28.75 | 2022 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 68 | Albania | 27.73 | 2022 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 69 | Cote d'Ivoire | 27.54 | 2022 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 70 | Italy | 27.03 | 2022 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 71 | Netherlands | 26.53 | 2022 | up 133.8% | rising |
| 72 | Russia | 26.46 | 2022 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 73 | Guinea | 25.84 | 2022 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 74 | Mozambique | 25.25 | 2022 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 75 | Guatemala | 25.12 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 76 | Barbados | 24.69 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | South Korea | 24.64 | 2022 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 78 | Malaysia | 24.45 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 79 | Cuba | 24.43 | 2022 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 80 | Puerto Rico | 24.31 | 2022 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 81 | Brazil | 24.13 | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 82 | Tunisia | 22.73 | 2022 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 83 | Cameroon | 22.68 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 84 | Venezuela | 22.64 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 85 | El Salvador | 22.35 | 2022 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 86 | Namibia | 21.9 | 2022 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 87 | Slovenia | 21.64 | 2022 | up 24.2% | flat |
| 88 | France | 21.58 | 2022 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 89 | Poland | 21.49 | 2022 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 90 | Ghana | 20.46 | 2022 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 91 | China | 20.13 | 2022 | up 66.6% | rising |
| 92 | Moldova | 20.05 | 2022 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 93 | Honduras | 19.6 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | Kazakhstan | 19.4 | 2022 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 95 | Zambia | 18.45 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 96 | Guinea-Bissau | 17.95 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 97 | Finland | 17.86 | 2022 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 98 | Armenia | 17.64 | 2022 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 99 | South Africa | 17.44 | 2022 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 100 | Japan | 16.98 | 2022 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 101 | Greece | 16.75 | 2022 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 102 | Iraq | 15.88 | 2022 | up 301.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Spain | 15.71 | 2022 | up 25.2% | flat |
| 104 | Argentina | 15.48 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 105 | Romania | 15.41 | 2022 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 106 | Bulgaria | 15.39 | 2022 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 107 | Burundi | 15.39 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 108 | Belgium | 15.04 | 2022 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 109 | Paraguay | 15 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 110 | Portugal | 14.91 | 2022 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 111 | Nicaragua | 14.91 | 2022 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 112 | Mexico | 14.84 | 2022 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 113 | Australia | 14.52 | 2022 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 114 | North Macedonia | 14.06 | 2022 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 115 | Egypt | 13.87 | 2022 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 116 | Serbia | 13.79 | 2022 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 117 | Colombia | 13.68 | 2022 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 118 | Canada | 13.49 | 2022 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 119 | Hungary | 13.29 | 2022 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 120 | United States | 13.14 | 2022 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 121 | Haiti | 13.1 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 122 | Saudi Arabia | 13.05 | 2022 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 123 | Lebanon | 13.04 | 2022 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 124 | Ecuador | 13.04 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 125 | Kenya | 12.28 | 2022 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 126 | Peru | 12.12 | 2022 | up 85.9% | rising |
| 127 | Libya | 12.01 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 128 | Chad | 11.79 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 129 | Bolivia | 11.47 | 2022 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Belize | 11.29 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 131 | Zimbabwe | 11.14 | 2022 | down 30.4% | flat |
| 132 | New Zealand | 11.08 | 2022 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Turkey | 11.06 | 2022 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 134 | Indonesia | 10.69 | 2022 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 135 | Malawi | 10.55 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 136 | Philippines | 10.43 | 2022 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 137 | North Korea | 10.43 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 138 | Morocco | 10.19 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 139 | Tanzania | 10.17 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 140 | Bangladesh | 10.04 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | Myanmar | 9.95 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 142 | Mongolia | 9.8 | 2022 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 143 | Dominican Republic | 9.42 | 2022 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 144 | Uruguay | 9.42 | 2022 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 145 | Tajikistan | 9.21 | 2022 | up 86.2% | rising |
| 146 | Syria | 8.8 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 147 | Senegal | 8.64 | 2022 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 148 | East Timor | 8.45 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Suriname | 8 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 150 | Ethiopia | 7.68 | 2022 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 151 | Niger | 7.48 | 2022 | up 51.7% | falling |
| 152 | Yemen | 7.43 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | India | 7.36 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 154 | Mauritania | 7.07 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 155 | Oman | 6.79 | 2022 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 156 | Iran | 6.65 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 157 | Sri Lanka | 6.22 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 158 | Montenegro | 5.5 | 2022 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Estonia | 5.39 | 2022 | up 44.2% | falling |
| 160 | Eritrea | 5.33 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 161 | Pakistan | 5.26 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 162 | Uzbekistan | 5.17 | 2022 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 163 | Bhutan | 5.03 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 164 | Thailand | 4.78 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 165 | Cambodia | 4.49 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Guyana | 4.24 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 167 | Chile | 3.99 | 2022 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 168 | Eswatini | 3.87 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 169 | Sudan | 3.53 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 170 | Azerbaijan | 3.15 | 2022 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 171 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.92 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 172 | Madagascar | 2.91 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 173 | Turkmenistan | 2.61 | 2022 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 174 | Mali | 2.06 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 175 | Laos | 1.77 | 2022 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 176 | Nepal | 1.55 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 177 | Vietnam | 1.47 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 178 | Austria | 1.45 | 2022 | down 93.4% | flat |
| 179 | Afghanistan | 0.9984 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 180 | Somalia | 0.4548 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |