Breakdown of water withdrawals worldwide 2020, by sector

Published by
Erick Burgueño Salas,
Mar 19, 2024
The agriculture sector accounted for approximately 72 percent of global water withdrawals as of 2020. Water withdrawals from this sector is mostly for irrigation purposes, as well as livestock and aquaculture. Asia accounts for more than three quarters of the world's agricultural water withdrawals.

Distribution of water withdrawals worldwide as of 2020, by sector

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May 2023

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2020

Special properties

Based on water withdrawals of 4.01 trillion cubic meters

Supplementary notes

Based on water withdrawals from municipal, industrial, and agricultural sectors. Manually calculated using country data available.

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