Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution in Australia
Australia: Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution was 1,430 Cubic metres in 2011. ▼ Falling
Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution in Australia, 2001–2011
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Cubic metres.
Analysis
The most recent figure for water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution in Australia is 1,430 Cubic metres, measured in 2011. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is down 20.8% on the previous year and down 32.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution in Australia peaked at 2,206 Cubic metres in 2009 and was at its lowest, 1,430 Cubic metres, in 2011.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,115 Cubic metres | 2,022 Cubic metres | 2,206 Cubic metres | 3 |
| 2010s | 1,618 Cubic metres | 1,430 Cubic metres | 1,805 Cubic metres | 2 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More environment data for Australia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.345 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import -1.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 0.0001 t per person (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.91 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.11 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value -4.99 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution in Australia?
- Water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution in Australia was 1,430 Cubic metres in 2011, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,206 Cubic metres in 2009.
- What is the lowest water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,430 Cubic metres in 2011.
- How does Australia rank for water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution?
- Australia ranks 6th out of 18 countries with data for 2011.
- Is water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Water flow accounts describe flows of water, in physical units, encompassing the initial abstraction of water resources from the environment into the economy, to the water flows within the economy in the form of supply and use by industries and households, and finally, flows of water back to the environment. Physical supply and use tables can be compiled at various levels of detail, depending on the required policy and analytical focus and data availability. A basic PSUT for water contains information on the supply and use of water and provides an overview of water flows. The PSUT is divided into five sections which organize information on (a) abstraction of water from the environment; (b) distribution and use of abstracted water across enterprises and households; (c) flows of wastewater and reused water (between households and enterprises); (d) return flows of water to the environment; and (e) evaporation, transpiration and water incorporated into products. Data source(s): Joint OECD/Eurostat questionnaire on Inland Waters. Data for non-OECD countries is sourced from UNSD (https://unstats.un.org/unsd/envstats/country_files) Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: April 15, 2026 Database documentation