Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution in Spain
Spain: Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution was 5,468 Cubic metres in 2020. ▼ Falling
Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution in Spain, 2005–2020
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Cubic metres.
Analysis
In 2020, water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution in Spain stood at 5,468 Cubic metres.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and down 33.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution in Spain peaked at 9,816 Cubic metres in 2009 and was at its lowest, 5,340 Cubic metres, in 2019.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9,241 Cubic metres | 8,612 Cubic metres | 9,816 Cubic metres | 5 |
| 2010s | 7,560 Cubic metres | 5,340 Cubic metres | 9,193 Cubic metres | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,468 Cubic metres | 5,468 Cubic metres | 5,468 Cubic metres | 1 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.67 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.402 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.3 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import -29.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 0.0027 t per person (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.05 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.05 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value -2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution in Spain?
- Water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution in Spain was 5,468 Cubic metres in 2020, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 9,816 Cubic metres in 2009.
- What is the lowest water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,340 Cubic metres in 2019.
- How does Spain rank for water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution?
- Spain ranks 3rd out of 18 countries with data for 2020.
- Is water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Spain 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