Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution in Italy

Italy: Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution was 3,388 Cubic metres in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
3,388 Cubic metres
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
4th
of 18 countries
All-time high
3,445 Cubic metres
in 2015
All-time low
2,594 Cubic metres
in 2005
Years of data
18
2005–2022

Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution in Italy, 2005–2022

01.0k2.0k3.0k2005201320222005: 2.6k Cubic metres2006: 2.6k Cubic metres2007: 2.6k Cubic metres2008: 2.6k Cubic metres2009: 2.7k Cubic metres2010: 2.9k Cubic metres2011: 3.0k Cubic metres2012: 3.1k Cubic metres2013: 3.2k Cubic metres2014: 3.3k Cubic metres2015: 3.4k Cubic metres2016: 3.4k Cubic metres2017: 3.4k Cubic metres2018: 3.4k Cubic metres2019: 3.4k Cubic metres2020: 3.4k Cubic metres2021: 3.4k Cubic metres2022: 3.4k Cubic metres

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Cubic metres.

Analysis

In 2022, water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution in Italy stood at 3,388 Cubic metres.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution in Italy peaked at 3,445 Cubic metres in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2,594 Cubic metres, in 2005.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.

Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution in Italy, year by year

Annual values for Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution in Italy, 2005 to 2022.
Year Cubic metres Change
2005 2,594 Cubic metres
2006 2,599 Cubic metres +0.2%
2007 2,605 Cubic metres +0.2%
2008 2,610 Cubic metres +0.2%
2009 2,739 Cubic metres +4.9%
2010 2,867 Cubic metres +4.7%
2011 2,996 Cubic metres +4.5%
2012 3,125 Cubic metres +4.3%
2013 3,232 Cubic metres +3.4%
2014 3,338 Cubic metres +3.3%
2015 3,445 Cubic metres +3.2%
2016 3,442 Cubic metres -0.1%
2017 3,438 Cubic metres -0.1%
2018 3,434 Cubic metres -0.1%
2019 3,428 Cubic metres -0.2%
2020 3,423 Cubic metres -0.2%
2021 3,405 Cubic metres -0.5%
2022 3,388 Cubic metres -0.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 2,629 Cubic metres 2,594 Cubic metres 2,739 Cubic metres 5
2010s 3,275 Cubic metres 2,867 Cubic metres 3,445 Cubic metres 10
2020s 3,405 Cubic metres 3,388 Cubic metres 3,423 Cubic metres 3

Countries ranked near Italy

  1. 1 Mexico 31,333 Cubic metres compare
  2. 2 Russia 6,661 Cubic metres compare
  3. 3 Spain 5,468 Cubic metres compare
  4. 5 Azerbaijan 3,034 Cubic metres compare
  5. 6 Australia 1,430 Cubic metres compare
  6. 7 Costa Rica 758.81 Cubic metres compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution in Italy?
Water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution in Italy was 3,388 Cubic metres in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
What is the highest water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution recorded in Italy?
The highest recorded value was 3,445 Cubic metres in 2015.
What is the lowest water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution recorded in Italy?
The lowest recorded value was 2,594 Cubic metres in 2005.
How does Italy rank for water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution?
Italy ranks 4th out of 18 countries with data for 2022.
Is water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution rising or falling in Italy?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Italy 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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Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution
Unit
Cubic metres
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
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Coverage
25 places, 526 data points, 1990–2024
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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