Water Use Efficiency (United States dollars per cubic meter) by country

Countries reporting
169
Highest
1,378 USD/m3
Luxembourg
Lowest
0.38 USD/m3
Madagascar
Median
17.07 USD/m3
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,396

What the numbers show

Water Use Efficiency (United States dollars per cubic meter) is currently reported for 169 countries. The highest value is 1,378 USD/m3 in Luxembourg; the lowest is 0.38 USD/m3 in Madagascar.

The median across all reporting countries is 17.07 USD/m3, and the mean is 58.73 USD/m3.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,627.

Over the past decade 142 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 369.0%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 78.2%).

Water Use Efficiency: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Luxembourg 1,378 USD/m3 2023 up 16.1% rising
2 Singapore 1,013 USD/m3 2023 up 272.3% volatile
3 Switzerland 448.02 USD/m3 2023 up 20.0% rising
4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 337.07 USD/m3 2023 up 3.5% rising
5 Denmark 325.78 USD/m3 2023 up 8.3% falling
6 Malta 264.7 USD/m3 2023 up 42.5% rising
7 Sweden 245.58 USD/m3 2023 up 49.5% rising
8 Ireland 233.71 USD/m3 2023 up 16.7% rising
9 Qatar 196.12 USD/m3 2023 up 2.6% rising
10 Slovakia 165.4 USD/m3 2023 up 14.2% rising
11 Lithuania 165.3 USD/m3 2023 up 148.5% volatile
12 Czechia 149.71 USD/m3 2023 up 60.4% rising
13 Latvia 148.45 USD/m3 2023 up 75.4% rising
14 Israel 147.84 USD/m3 2023 up 18.9% rising
15 Germany 145.76 USD/m3 2023 up 58.1% rising
16 Norway 142.24 USD/m3 2023 up 18.7% rising
17 Angola 132.91 USD/m3 2023 down 11.2% rising
18 Antigua and Barbuda 128.5 USD/m3 2023 up 19.6% flat
19 Austria 119.36 USD/m3 2023 up 21.4% rising
20 Seychelles 116.77 USD/m3 2023 up 56.3% rising
21 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 110.84 USD/m3 2023 up 65.5% rising
22 Gabon 106.04 USD/m3 2023 up 23.6% rising
23 Kuwait 105.57 USD/m3 2023 down 5.8% rising
24 Congo 105.21 USD/m3 2023 down 8.8% falling
25 France 100.49 USD/m3 2023 up 29.4% rising
26 Belgium 96.03 USD/m3 2023 up 13.1% rising
27 United Arab Emirates 90.59 USD/m3 2023 up 29.1% rising
28 Cyprus 88.31 USD/m3 2023 up 31.4% rising
29 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 86.03 USD/m3 2023 up 20.1% rising
30 Comoros 83.82 USD/m3 2023 up 39.9% rising
31 Bahrain 82.54 USD/m3 2023 up 21.2% rising
32 Australia 81.84 USD/m3 2023 up 48.9% rising
33 Finland 77.53 USD/m3 2023 down 6.5% falling
34 Botswana 76.49 USD/m3 2023 up 15.3% rising
35 Australia and New Zealand 72.67 USD/m3 2023 up 45.3% rising
36 Iceland 71.58 USD/m3 2023 up 39.1% rising
37 Melanesia 69.13 USD/m3 2023 up 27.0% rising
38 Malaysia 67.22 USD/m3 2023 up 50.2% rising
39 Democratic Republic of the Congo 66.59 USD/m3 2023 up 90.7% rising
40 Republic of Korea 63.91 USD/m3 2023 up 33.7% rising
41 Barbados 61.68 USD/m3 2023 up 2.7% flat
42 Japan 59.33 USD/m3 2023 up 10.4% rising
42 Panama 59.33 USD/m3 2023 up 55.3% rising
44 Poland 56.84 USD/m3 2023 up 61.2% rising
45 Trinidad and Tobago 54.03 USD/m3 2023 down 17.0% rising
46 Italy 52.61 USD/m3 2023 up 11.7% rising
47 Croatia 50.95 USD/m3 2023 up 42.9% falling
48 Slovenia 50.31 USD/m3 2023 up 70.3% rising
49 Oman 49.75 USD/m3 2023 up 19.0% rising
50 Benin 49.74 USD/m3 2023 up 65.7% rising
51 Côte d'Ivoire 48.88 USD/m3 2023 up 124.8% volatile
52 Uganda 46.39 USD/m3 2023 up 85.5% rising
53 Canada 45.43 USD/m3 2023 up 22.5% rising
54 Fiji 43.57 USD/m3 2023 up 18.5% rising
55 Spain 42.6 USD/m3 2023 up 34.7% rising
56 New Zealand 41.74 USD/m3 2023 up 37.0% rising
57 Lesotho 40.78 USD/m3 2023 down 5.4% rising
58 Jordan 35.33 USD/m3 2023 down 0.3% rising
59 Namibia 34.91 USD/m3 2023 up 12.8% rising
60 Ghana 34.66 USD/m3 2023 up 31.5% rising
61 Nigeria 33.84 USD/m3 2023 up 18.9% rising
62 Belarus 33.38 USD/m3 2023 up 7.6% rising
63 Portugal 32.78 USD/m3 2023 up 40.4% rising
64 Sierra Leone 30.7 USD/m3 2023 up 142.9% volatile
65 State of Palestine 30.22 USD/m3 2023 down 3.9% rising
66 Estonia 30 USD/m3 2023 up 179.9% rising
67 Puerto Rico 29.45 USD/m3 2023 up 1.9% rising
68 Cameroon 29 USD/m3 2023 up 41.8% rising
69 Hungary 28.53 USD/m3 2023 up 40.2% rising
70 Saudi Arabia 28.24 USD/m3 2023 up 2.7% rising
71 China 27.6 USD/m3 2023 up 84.0% volatile
72 Togo 27.36 USD/m3 2023 up 60.5% rising
73 Mongolia 27.01 USD/m3 2023 up 57.2% rising
74 Jamaica 26.42 USD/m3 2023 up 233.2% rising
75 Romania 25.93 USD/m3 2023 up 21.4% rising
76 Brazil 25.03 USD/m3 2023 up 11.1% rising
77 Greece 21.51 USD/m3 2023 up 27.1% falling
78 Guatemala 20.96 USD/m3 2023 up 41.0% rising
79 Belize 20.67 USD/m3 2023 up 29.2% rising
80 Russian Federation 20.48 USD/m3 2023 up 7.2% rising
81 Lebanon 19.42 USD/m3 2023 down 24.8% rising
81 Mauritius 19.42 USD/m3 2023 up 24.2% rising
83 Costa Rica 19.02 USD/m3 2023 up 1.3% flat
84 Liberia 18.12 USD/m3 2023 up 63.1% volatile
85 Algeria 17.07 USD/m3 2023 up 9.1% flat
86 Türkiye 16.19 USD/m3 2023 up 27.9% rising
87 Rwanda 15.72 USD/m3 2023 up 41.0% rising
88 Burkina Faso 15.29 USD/m3 2023 up 74.1% rising
89 Paraguay 15.03 USD/m3 2023 up 33.5% rising
90 Georgia 14.54 USD/m3 2023 up 110.7% rising
91 Kenya 14.47 USD/m3 2023 down 3.2% rising
92 Albania 14.19 USD/m3 2023 up 87.5% rising
93 Honduras 14.16 USD/m3 2023 up 32.6% rising
94 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 13.9 USD/m3 2023 up 42.1% rising
95 Gambia 13.65 USD/m3 2023 up 53.2% rising
96 Mexico 13.57 USD/m3 2023 up 1.8% rising
97 Argentina 13.27 USD/m3 2023 down 0.7% rising
98 Cambodia 13.14 USD/m3 2023 up 88.0% rising
99 Chad 12.28 USD/m3 2023 up 36.1% rising
100 Cuba 11.91 USD/m3 2023 up 4.6% rising
101 Colombia 11.83 USD/m3 2023 down 7.0% falling
102 Uruguay 11.79 USD/m3 2023 up 9.9% rising
103 El Salvador 11.78 USD/m3 2023 down 14.8% rising
104 Guyana 11.63 USD/m3 2023 up 369.0% volatile
105 Tunisia 11.46 USD/m3 2023 up 6.2% rising
106 Ukraine 10.78 USD/m3 2023 up 55.3% rising
107 Guinea 10.69 USD/m3 2023 up 39.2% rising
108 Bulgaria 10.27 USD/m3 2023 up 40.9% rising
108 Ecuador 10.27 USD/m3 2023 up 18.0% rising
110 Morocco 10.26 USD/m3 2023 up 27.5% rising
111 Bangladesh 10.14 USD/m3 2023 up 102.8% rising
112 Peru 10.02 USD/m3 2023 up 61.9% rising
113 Dominican Republic 9.84 USD/m3 2023 up 46.4% rising
113 South Sudan 9.84 USD/m3 2023 up 33.3% rising
115 Republic of Moldova 9.06 USD/m3 2023 up 37.5% rising
116 Nicaragua 9.04 USD/m3 2023 up 48.7% rising
117 United Republic of Tanzania 8.93 USD/m3 2023 up 60.6% rising
118 Mozambique 8.71 USD/m3 2023 up 33.6% rising
119 Kazakhstan 8.63 USD/m3 2023 up 27.5% rising
120 Sao Tome and Principe 8.21 USD/m3 2023 up 13.7% rising
121 Serbia 7.73 USD/m3 2023 up 4.7% flat
122 Chile 7.67 USD/m3 2023 up 23.1% rising
122 Thailand 7.67 USD/m3 2023 up 20.6% rising
124 Haiti 7.55 USD/m3 2023 down 1.6% rising
125 Burundi 7.51 USD/m3 2023 up 41.7% rising
126 Suriname 7.12 USD/m3 2023 down 11.1% rising
127 Bhutan 7.05 USD/m3 2023 up 44.8% rising
128 Cabo Verde 6.84 USD/m3 2023 down 17.2% volatile
129 Libya 6.83 USD/m3 2023 down 46.1% falling
130 Senegal 6.54 USD/m3 2023 up 28.7% rising
131 Ethiopia 6.5 USD/m3 2023 up 128.9% rising
132 Sri Lanka 6.05 USD/m3 2023 up 14.4% rising
133 Malawi 5.93 USD/m3 2023 up 76.5% volatile
134 Egypt 5.57 USD/m3 2023 up 32.9% rising
135 Zambia 5.3 USD/m3 2023 unchanged rising
136 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 5.19 USD/m3 2023 up 26.3% rising
137 Mauritania 4.8 USD/m3 2023 up 43.3% rising
138 Yemen 4.76 USD/m3 2023 down 57.7% falling
139 Indonesia 4.73 USD/m3 2023 up 41.6% rising
140 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4.56 USD/m3 2023 down 70.6% falling
141 Philippines 4.43 USD/m3 2023 up 50.2% rising
142 Armenia 4.29 USD/m3 2023 up 64.4% rising
143 Zimbabwe 4.2 USD/m3 2023 down 8.9% rising
144 Iraq 4.17 USD/m3 2023 up 11.2% rising
145 Viet Nam 4.05 USD/m3 2023 up 77.6% rising
146 Guinea-Bissau 4.04 USD/m3 2023 up 39.8% rising
147 Azerbaijan 3.93 USD/m3 2023 up 0.3% rising
148 Eswatini 3.89 USD/m3 2023 up 19.7% rising
149 India 3.8 USD/m3 2023 up 78.4% rising
150 Eritrea 3.6 USD/m3 2023 up 35.3% rising
151 North Macedonia 3.28 USD/m3 2023 down 78.2% volatile
152 Turkmenistan 3.07 USD/m3 2023 up 160.2% volatile
153 Nepal 2.99 USD/m3 2023 up 49.5% rising
154 Uzbekistan 2.77 USD/m3 2023 up 116.4% volatile
155 Niger 2.69 USD/m3 2023 down 29.6% falling
156 Mali 2.43 USD/m3 2023 up 89.8% rising
157 Sudan 2.35 USD/m3 2023 up 9.8% rising
158 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.2 USD/m3 2023 up 58.3% rising
159 Myanmar 2.01 USD/m3 2023 up 58.3% volatile
160 Pakistan 1.94 USD/m3 2023 up 41.6% rising
161 Montenegro 1.76 USD/m3 2023 down 34.1% falling
162 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.65 USD/m3 2023 down 5.2% rising
163 Timor-Leste 1.35 USD/m3 2023 up 21.6% rising
164 Tajikistan 1.26 USD/m3 2023 up 85.3% rising
165 Somalia 1.23 USD/m3 2023 up 108.5% rising
166 Kyrgyzstan 1.01 USD/m3 2023 up 44.3% rising
167 Syrian Arab Republic 0.94 USD/m3 2023 down 21.0% falling
168 Afghanistan 0.61 USD/m3 2023 down 23.8% rising
169 Madagascar 0.38 USD/m3 2023 up 11.8% falling

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

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Indicator
Water Use Efficiency (United States dollars per cubic meter)
Unit
USD/m3
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
199 places, 4,396 data points, 2000–2023
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