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Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal in Madagascar

Madagascar: Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal was 0.9916 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
0.9916 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal
Change on year
up 4.1%
World rank
178th
of 179 countries
All-time high
0.9916 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal
in 2022
All-time low
0.3438 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal
in 1984
Years of data
39
1984–2022

Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal in Madagascar, 1984–2022

0.40.60.811984200320221984: 0.344 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1985: 0.352 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1986: 0.363 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1987: 0.371 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1988: 0.389 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1989: 0.409 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1990: 0.427 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1991: 0.405 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1992: 0.415 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1993: 0.429 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1994: 0.434 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1995: 0.447 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1996: 0.463 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1997: 0.486 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1998: 0.512 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1999: 0.543 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2000: 0.575 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2001: 0.609 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2002: 0.532 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2003: 0.584 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2004: 0.614 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2005: 0.642 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2006: 0.677 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2007: 0.715 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2008: 0.763 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2009: 0.733 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2010: 0.738 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2011: 0.749 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2012: 0.772 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2013: 0.789 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2014: 0.816 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2015: 0.841 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2016: 0.875 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2017: 0.909 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2018: 0.938 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2019: 0.98 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2020: 0.91 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2021: 0.952 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2022: 0.992 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization (AQUASTAT), World Bank, and OECD (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal.

Analysis

Madagascar recorded 0.9916 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal for water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal in 2022. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.

The figure is up 4.1% on the previous year and up 28.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal in Madagascar peaked at 0.9916 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.3438 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal, in 1984.

Madagascar ranks 178th of 179 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.

Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal in Madagascar, year by year

Year constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal Change
1984 0.3438 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal —
1985 0.3518 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +2.3%
1986 0.3628 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +3.1%
1987 0.3713 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +2.4%
1988 0.3885 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +4.6%
1989 0.4092 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +5.3%
1990 0.427 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +4.4%
1991 0.405 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal -5.2%
1992 0.4148 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +2.4%
1993 0.4289 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +3.4%
1994 0.4341 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +1.2%
1995 0.4471 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +3.0%
1996 0.4626 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +3.5%
1997 0.486 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +5.1%
1998 0.5118 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +5.3%
1999 0.5431 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +6.1%
2000 0.5751 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +5.9%
2001 0.6087 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +5.8%
2002 0.5325 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal -12.5%
2003 0.5838 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +9.6%
2004 0.6137 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +5.1%
2005 0.642 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +4.6%
2006 0.6767 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +5.4%
2007 0.7153 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +5.7%
2008 0.7634 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +6.7%
2009 0.733 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal -4.0%
2010 0.7375 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +0.6%
2011 0.7492 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +1.6%
2012 0.7717 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +3.0%
2013 0.7895 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +2.3%
2014 0.8158 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +3.3%
2015 0.8414 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +3.1%
2016 0.875 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +4.0%
2017 0.9094 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +3.9%
2018 0.9385 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +3.2%
2019 0.9799 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +4.4%
2020 0.9099 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal -7.1%
2021 0.9522 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +4.7%
2022 0.9916 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +4.1%

Madagascar compared with similar countries

  • Madagascar's 0.9916 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal is below the median for low income countries, which is 10.32 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal, 10% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
  • Madagascar's 0.9916 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 20.37 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal, 5% of the median. (47 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.3712 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 0.3438 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 0.4092 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 6
1990s 0.4561 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 0.405 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 0.5431 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 10
2000s 0.6444 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 0.5325 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 0.7634 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 10
2010s 0.8408 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 0.7375 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 0.9799 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 10
2020s 0.9513 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 0.9099 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 0.9916 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 3

Countries ranked near Madagascar

  1. 175 Tajikistan 1.27 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal compare
  2. 176 Syria 1.15 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal compare
  3. 177 Kyrgyzstan 1.1 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal compare
  4. 179 Afghanistan 0.7556 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal in Madagascar?
Water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal in Madagascar was 0.9916 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization (AQUASTAT), World Bank, and OECD (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal recorded in Madagascar?
The highest recorded value was 0.9916 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal in 2022.
What is the lowest water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal recorded in Madagascar?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3438 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal in 1984.
How does Madagascar rank for water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal?
Madagascar ranks 178th out of 179 countries with data for 2022.
Is water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal rising or falling in Madagascar?
Over the last ten years it is up 28.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Madagascar data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization (AQUASTAT), World Bank, and OECD (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal
Unit
constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization (AQUASTAT), World Bank, and OECD (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
179 places, 6,112 data points, 1962–2022
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Water productivity is calculated as total gross domestic product (GDP), measured in constant 2015 US$ divided by annual total water withdrawal.