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Water productivity, total (constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal) by country

Water productivity is calculated as GDP in constant prices divided by annual total water withdrawal.

Countries reporting
179
Highest
1,929
Singapore
Lowest
0.7556
Afghanistan
Median
23.5
Years covered
61
1962–2022
Data points
8,489

What the numbers show

Water productivity, total (constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal) is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 1,929 in Singapore; the lowest is 0.7556 in Afghanistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 23.5, and the mean is 98.84.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,553.

Over the past decade 150 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Bolivia, Plurinational State of (up 686.9%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of (down 71.7%).

Water productivity, total (constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 1,929 2022 up 574.6% volatile
2 Monaco 1,669 2022 up 64.1% rising
3 Luxembourg 1,470 2022 up 18.2% volatile
4 Maldives 1,220 2022 up 66.4% volatile
5 Qatar 683.63 2022 up 18.5% volatile
6 Equatorial Guinea 503.19 2022 down 33.9% volatile
7 Switzerland 480.89 2022 up 44.3% rising
8 Malta 455.56 2022 up 102.0% rising
9 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 388.91 2022 up 13.4% rising
10 Denmark 373.44 2022 down 5.5% rising
11 Antigua and Barbuda 366.28 2022 up 15.5% falling
12 Ireland 304.71 2022 up 37.8% volatile
13 Israel 249.83 2021 up 21.3% volatile
14 Bahrain 248.06 2022 up 63.1% volatile
15 Sweden 229.35 2022 up 26.6% rising
16 Congo 221.2 2022 down 13.0% rising
17 United Arab Emirates 186.07 2022 up 50.1% rising
18 Slovakia 182.77 2022 up 48.3% volatile
19 Latvia 179.08 2022 up 82.5% rising
20 Lithuania 177.93 2022 up 155.3% volatile
21 Djibouti 177.13 2022 up 59.7% rising
22 Norway 170.05 2022 up 22.3% rising
23 Seychelles 164.22 2022 up 48.6% rising
24 Kuwait 158.41 2022 down 12.5% falling
25 Czechia 152.34 2022 up 59.0% rising
26 Germany 144.53 2022 up 48.1% rising
27 Brunei Darussalam 141.31 2022 down 4.4% rising
28 Angola 141.29 2022 up 7.5% rising
29 Australia 137.04 2022 up 72.5% volatile
30 Austria 136.3 2022 up 24.8% rising
31 Cyprus 132.72 2022 up 61.5% rising
32 Benin 128.97 2022 up 70.8% rising
33 Belgium 120.92 2022 up 44.0% volatile
34 Gabon 114.07 2022 up 26.3% flat
35 Comoros 114.03 2022 up 27.4% rising
36 Netherlands 111.3 2022 up 59.5% rising
37 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 110.22 2022 up 20.9% rising
38 Namibia 109.61 2022 up 116.4% volatile
39 Puerto Rico 109.09 2022 down 1.2% rising
40 France 108.49 2022 up 28.2% rising
41 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 103.58 2022 up 686.9% volatile
42 Croatia 94.37 2022 up 22.7% rising
43 Barbados 85.97 2022 up 5.8% rising
44 Finland 85.22 2022 up 44.9% rising
45 Botswana 81.91 2022 up 31.5% rising
46 Saint Kitts and Nevis 80.6 2022 up 17.6% rising
47 Grenada 77.99 2022 up 20.7% falling
48 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 76.92 2022 up 75.5% rising
49 Iceland 75.91 2022 up 38.1% rising
50 Uganda 69.3 2022 up 56.1% rising
51 Poland 67.89 2022 up 77.2% rising
52 Bosnia and Herzegovina 64.98 2022 up 87.2% rising
53 Slovenia 64.55 2022 up 46.4% rising
54 Papua New Guinea 64.2 2022 up 45.6% rising
55 Trinidad and Tobago 63.83 2022 down 14.7% rising
56 Republic of Korea 63.37 2022 up 31.9% rising
57 Italy 59.2 2022 up 7.8% rising
58 Japan 58.79 2022 up 9.5% rising
59 Côte d'Ivoire 58.25 2022 up 106.1% rising
60 Panama 57.97 2022 up 40.6% rising
61 Malaysia 57.89 2022 up 36.9% rising
62 Fiji 57.3 2022 up 20.1% falling
63 Oman 54.4 2022 up 22.9% rising
64 Jordan 51.07 2022 up 11.3% rising
65 Lesotho 50.5 2022 up 0.1% rising
66 Canada 49.47 2022 up 22.7% rising
67 United States of America 48.35 2022 up 22.2% rising
68 Ghana 47.31 2022 up 41.9% rising
69 Saint Lucia 46.92 2022 up 10.9% rising
70 Spain 46.44 2022 up 45.8% rising
71 Palestine, State of 44.87 2021 down 1.4% rising
72 Sierra Leone 42.01 2022 up 32.8% rising
73 Belarus 40.51 2022 up 8.1% rising
74 Nigeria 40.33 2022 up 18.8% rising
75 Portugal 37.52 2022 up 68.4% rising
76 Cameroon 37.03 2022 up 46.8% falling
77 Saudi Arabia 36.75 2022 up 28.3% rising
78 Togo 35.12 2022 up 60.4% rising
79 Hungary 33.73 2022 up 50.1% rising
80 Mongolia 31.23 2022 up 62.5% volatile
81 China 29.39 2022 up 93.3% volatile
82 Dominica 28.7 2022 down 2.7% flat
83 Romania 28.22 2022 up 10.8% volatile
84 Central African Republic 28.05 2022 down 20.3% falling
85 Brazil 27.96 2022 up 8.2% rising
86 Belize 24.97 2022 up 27.8% falling
87 Guatemala 23.54 2022 up 41.8% rising
88 Estonia 23.52 2022 up 76.2% rising
89 Kenya 23.51 2022 up 23.5% rising
90 Liberia 23.5 2022 up 16.2% rising
91 Russian Federation 22.9 2022 up 8.0% rising
92 New Zealand 21.98 2022 up 2.7% falling
93 Mauritius 21.38 2022 up 14.0% volatile
94 Greece 21.35 2022 up 7.1% falling
95 Rwanda 20.94 2022 up 27.2% rising
96 Costa Rica 20.54 2022 down 6.4% flat
97 Burkina Faso 20.37 2022 up 61.5% rising
98 Algeria 20.08 2022 down 7.9% falling
99 Türkiye 18.81 2022 up 31.8% rising
100 Lebanon 18.73 2022 down 35.9% rising
101 Gambia 18.44 2022 up 43.5% falling
102 Chad 18.1 2022 up 18.6% rising
103 Albania 18.05 2022 up 88.1% volatile
104 Paraguay 17.38 2022 up 36.0% falling
105 South Africa 17.1 2022 down 20.6% rising
106 Zambia 16.65 2022 up 39.4% rising
107 Georgia 16.47 2022 up 108.6% volatile
108 Honduras 16.16 2022 up 36.2% rising
109 Argentina 16 2022 up 4.0% rising
110 Cambodia 15.84 2022 up 78.7% rising
111 Guinea 15.59 2022 up 47.7% rising
112 Ukraine 14.88 2022 up 70.8% rising
113 Colombia 14.62 2022 down 0.2% falling
114 Mexico 14.34 2022 up 3.8% rising
115 El Salvador 14.11 2022 up 31.0% falling
116 Uruguay 13.73 2022 up 5.1% falling
117 Dominican Republic 13.69 2022 up 65.5% rising
118 Mozambique 13.22 2022 up 36.5% rising
119 Tanzania, United Republic of 12.96 2022 up 71.4% rising
120 Jamaica 12.64 2022 up 28.6% falling
121 Burundi 12.54 2022 up 36.1% falling
122 Tunisia 12.5 2022 down 3.4% rising
123 Cuba 12 2022 down 0.7% rising
124 Morocco 11.95 2022 up 27.7% volatile
125 Cape Verde 11.6 2022 down 38.6% falling
126 Nicaragua 11.5 2022 up 52.6% rising
127 Bulgaria 11.4 2022 up 33.2% rising
128 Ecuador 10.98 2022 up 25.3% rising
129 Republic of Moldova 10.79 2022 up 34.2% rising
130 Yemen 10.32 2018 down 34.7% rising
131 Serbia 10.29 2022 up 9.7% flat
132 Haiti 9.97 2022 up 6.0% rising
133 Guyana 9.88 2022 up 253.8% volatile
134 Ethiopia 9.64 2022 up 100.0% rising
135 Guinea-Bissau 9.05 2022 up 52.1% volatile
136 Kazakhstan 8.87 2022 up 21.5% rising
137 Libya 8.84 2022 down 35.0% volatile
138 Peru 8.62 2022 up 17.2% falling
139 Bangladesh 8.52 2022 up 87.6% rising
140 Malawi 8.5 2022 up 43.2% rising
141 Senegal 8.26 2022 up 28.6% rising
142 Chile 7.89 2022 up 23.7% rising
143 Thailand 7.86 2022 up 20.1% rising
144 Sao Tome and Principe 7.76 2022 up 17.0% falling
145 Bhutan 7.74 2022 up 37.4% rising
146 Suriname 7.16 2022 down 14.2% rising
147 Sri Lanka 6.91 2022 up 21.3% rising
148 Egypt 5.86 2022 up 41.1% rising
149 Mauritania 5.72 2022 up 42.7% rising
150 Niger 5.54 2022 down 6.4% falling
151 North Macedonia 5.27 2022 down 63.3% rising
152 Iran, Islamic Republic of 5.26 2022 up 21.9% rising
153 Indonesia 5.04 2022 up 32.9% rising
154 Armenia 4.63 2022 up 42.5% rising
155 India 4.62 2022 up 75.5% volatile
156 Iraq 4.58 2022 up 35.7% volatile
157 Zimbabwe 4.48 2022 down 17.5% falling
158 Philippines 4.48 2022 up 48.7% rising
159 Viet Nam 4.41 2022 up 81.1% volatile
160 Azerbaijan 4.36 2022 up 8.1% volatile
161 Eswatini 4.22 2022 up 24.5% rising
162 Mali 3.91 2022 up 51.9% rising
163 Eritrea 3.87 2011 down 14.6% falling
164 Nepal 3.48 2022 up 55.0% rising
165 Uzbekistan 3.35 2022 up 115.9% volatile
166 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.66 2022 up 53.4% rising
167 Somalia 2.48 2022 up 77.8% rising
168 Pakistan 2.23 2022 up 58.3% volatile
169 Montenegro 2.2 2022 down 47.2% volatile
170 Turkmenistan 2.08 2022 up 110.6% volatile
171 Myanmar 1.9 2022 up 32.9% volatile
172 Timor-Leste 1.85 2022 up 50.1% rising
173 Sudan 1.78 2022 up 1.0% flat
174 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.72 2022 down 71.7% falling
175 Tajikistan 1.27 2022 up 99.7% volatile
176 Syria 1.15 2022 down 38.1% falling
177 Kyrgyzstan 1.1 2022 up 51.7% rising
178 Madagascar 0.9916 2022 up 28.5% rising
179 Afghanistan 0.7556 2022 down 11.9% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Water productivity, total (constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal)
Source
AQUASTAT - FAO's Global Information System on Water and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
226 places, 8,489 data points, 1962–2022
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Water productivity is calculated as GDP in constant prices divided by annual total water withdrawal.