Which country has the highest Total Water Withdrawal per Capita?

Montenegro has the highest Total Water Withdrawal per Capita in 2022, at 3,591 m³, followed by Turkmenistan (2,404 m³) and Guyana (1,758 m³).

Which country has the lowest Total Water Withdrawal per Capita?

DR Congo has the lowest Total Water Withdrawal per Capita in 2022, at 6.68 m³.

What is the median Total Water Withdrawal per Capita across countries?

The median is 285 m³ across the 180 countries with data in 2022.

Where does this water consumption by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: AQUASTAT - FAO; Metadata Glossary - Renewable internal freshwater resources - World Bank.

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Water Consumption by Country

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Montenegro has the highest Total Water Withdrawal per Capita in 2022 (3,591 m³), followed by Turkmenistan (2,404 m³) and Guyana (1,758 m³). DR Congo has the lowest (6.68 m³).

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Median

285 m³

Middle half 103 m³ – 631 m³

Average

426 m³

180 countries

Highest

3,591 m³

Montenegro

Lowest

6.68 m³

DR Congo

Over time · 2000–2022

The top 5 in 2022, against the median.

Median of all countries
Montenegro
Turkmenistan
Guyana
Chile
Uruguay

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181 countries · # = rank by Total Water Withdrawal per Capita

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1	Montenegro	3,591 m³	2.2B m³	2.2B m³
2	Turkmenistan	2,404 m³	17.4B m³	26.2B m³
3	Guyana	1,758 m³	1.4B m³	1.4B m³
4	Chile	1,655 m³	32.4B m³	35.4B m³
5	Uruguay	1,329 m³	4.5B m³	4.5B m³
6	United States	1,301 m³	444.3B m³	444.3B m³
7	Uzbekistan	1,274 m³	44.5B m³	42.9B m³
8	Azerbaijan	1,260 m³	13B m³	13B m³
9	Kazakhstan	1,255 m³	25.1B m³	25B m³
10	North Macedonia	1,180 m³	2.2B m³	2.2B m³
11	Kyrgyzstan	1,101 m³	7.7B m³	7.7B m³
12	Armenia	1,066 m³	3.1B m³	3.1B m³
13	Iran	1,042 m³	93.3B m³	93B m³
14	Puerto Rico	1,010 m³	3.3B m³	875M m³
15	Suriname	988 m³	615.9M m³	615.9M m³
16	Laos	972 m³	7.4B m³	7.4B m³
17	Tajikistan	972 m³	9.9B m³	10.6B m³
18	Greece	967 m³	10.1B m³	10B m³
19	Iraq	963 m³	42.4B m³	42.4B m³
20	New Zealand	962 m³	4.9B m³	9.9B m³
21	Canada	930 m³	36.1B m³	36.1B m³
22	Estonia	893 m³	1.2B m³	1.2B m³
23	Eswatini	876 m³	1.1B m³	1.1B m³
24	Timor-Leste	856 m³	1.2B m³	1.2B m³
25	Argentina	832 m³	37.8B m³	37.7B m³
26	Vietnam	823 m³	82B m³	81.9B m³
27	Dominican Republic	808 m³	9.1B m³	7.1B m³
28	Saudi Arabia	808 m³	26B m³	23.4B m³
29	Libya	807 m³	5.8B m³	5.7B m³
30	Venezuela	802 m³	22.6B m³	22.6B m³
31	Thailand	799 m³	57.3B m³	57.3B m³
32	Philippines	799 m³	91B m³	91B m³
33	Indonesia	798 m³	222.6B m³	222.6B m³
34	Bulgaria	797 m³	5.4B m³	5.4B m³
35	Peru	774 m³	25.9B m³	25.9B m³
36	Pakistan	753 m³	183.5B m³	179.3B m³
37	Serbia	750 m³	5.1B m³	5.1B m³
38	Syria	746 m³	16.8B m³	14B m³
39	Turkey	742 m³	64.6B m³	64.5B m³
40	Iceland	732 m³	278.3M m³	290M m³
41	Mexico	698 m³	89.8B m³	89.8B m³
42	Egypt	688 m³	77.5B m³	77.5B m³
43	Costa Rica	678 m³	3.4B m³	3.4B m³
44	Australia	639 m³	16.7B m³	11.6B m³
45	Japan	636 m³	79.5B m³	79.7B m³
46	Cuba	629 m³	7B m³	7B m³
47	Myanmar	621 m³	33.4B m³	33.2B m³
48	Spain	607 m³	29B m³	29B m³
49	Portugal	592 m³	6.2B m³	6.1B m³
50	Italy	568 m³	33.8B m³	33.8B m³
51	Sri Lanka	567 m³	12.9B m³	12.9B m³
52	Ecuador	556 m³	9.9B m³	9.9B m³
53	Sudan	545 m³	26.9B m³	26.9B m³
54	India	534 m³	761B m³	647.5B m³
55	South Korea	523 m³	27.1B m³	29.2B m³
56	Hungary	513 m³	5B m³	4.7B m³
57	Cape Verde	509 m³	264.7M m³	179.1M m³
58	Finland	503 m³	2.8B m³	3B m³
59	Afghanistan	502 m³	20.4B m³	20.3B m³
60	Mauritius	496 m³	633M m³	632M m³
61	Norway	493 m³	2.7B m³	2.7B m³
62	Colombia	481 m³	24.9B m³	24.3B m³
63	United Arab Emirates	470 m³	4.8B m³	2.3B m³
64	Netherlands	460 m³	8.2B m³	8.2B m³
65	Madagascar	445 m³	13.6B m³	13.5B m³
66	Russia	445 m³	64.8B m³	64.8B m³
67	Bhutan	433 m³	338M m³	337.9M m³
68	Romania	425 m³	8.2B m³	8.2B m³
69	Belgium	423 m³	4.9B m³	4.3B m³
70	Oman	405 m³	1.9B m³	1.6B m³
71	China	399 m³	581.3B m³	568.5B m³
72	Slovenia	391 m³	827M m³	827M m³
73	France	369 m³	24.4B m³	24.4B m³
74	Paraguay	357 m³	2.4B m³	2.4B m³
75	Georgia	341 m³	1.3B m³	1.3B m³
76	Saint Kitts and Nevis	334 m³	15.6M m³	12.2M m³
77	North Korea	329 m³	8.7B m³	8.7B m³
78	Ireland	327 m³	1.7B m³	1.7B m³
79	Brazil	323 m³	67.9B m³	67.9B m³
80	Qatar	323 m³	934.2M m³	250M m³
81	Lebanon	320 m³	1.8B m³	1.8B m³
82	Nepal	320 m³	9.5B m³	9.5B m³
83	South Africa	320 m³	19.9B m³	21.1B m³
84	El Salvador	309 m³	1.9B m³	1.9B m³
85	Germany	307 m³	25.8B m³	25.8B m³
86	Zimbabwe	306 m³	4.9B m³	4.9B m³
87	Dominica	299 m³	20M m³	20M m³
88	Tunisia	296 m³	3.6B m³	3.9B m³
89	Barbados	287 m³	81M m³	70M m³
90	Israel	286 m³	2.6B m³	1.5B m³
91	Bahrain	283 m³	434.4M m³	155.1M m³
92	Albania	282 m³	797M m³	797M m³
93	Morocco	279 m³	10.4B m³	10.6B m³
94	Mauritania	277 m³	1.4B m³	1.3B m³
95	Panama	275 m³	1.2B m³	1.2B m³
96	Kuwait	272 m³	1.3B m³	770.1M m³
97	Moldova	263 m³	798M m³	846M m³
98	Austria	261 m³	2.4B m³	3.1B m³
99	Croatia	260 m³	1B m³	679M m³
100	Poland	256 m³	9.8B m³	9.4B m³
101	Trinidad and Tobago	256 m³	383.2M m³	336.2M m³
102	Belize	251 m³	101M m³	101M m³
103	Algeria	241 m³	11B m³	10.3B m³
104	Saint Lucia	240 m³	42.9M m³	42.9M m³
105	Mali	225 m³	5.2B m³	5.2B m³
106	Cyprus	217 m³	289M m³	223M m³
107	Bangladesh	212 m³	35.9B m³	35.9B m³
108	Brunei	202 m³	92M m³	92M m³
109	Sweden	197 m³	2.1B m³	2.5B m³
110	Switzerland	197 m³	1.7B m³	1.7B m³
111	Nicaragua	189 m³	1.3B m³	1.3B m³
112	Guatemala	186 m³	3.3B m³	3.3B m³
113	Somalia	185 m³	3.3B m³	3.3B m³
114	Bolivia	183 m³	2.2B m³	360.1M m³
115	Sao Tome and Principe	181 m³	40.9M m³	40.9M m³
116	Senegal	171 m³	3B m³	3.1B m³
117	Eritrea	171 m³	582M m³	582M m³
118	Jamaica	163 m³	462.8M m³	1.3B m³
119	Denmark	158 m³	934.4M m³	934.4M m³
120	Malaysia	158 m³	5.5B m³	6.7B m³
121	Belarus	154 m³	1.4B m³	1.4B m³
122	Honduras	154 m³	1.6B m³	1.6B m³
123	Mongolia	137 m³	462.4M m³	462.4M m³
124	Czechia	135 m³	1.4B m³	1.4B m³
125	Monaco	128 m³	5M m³	5M m³
126	Cambodia	127 m³	2.2B m³	2.2B m³
127	Haiti	126 m³	1.5B m³	1.5B m³
128	Antigua and Barbuda	124 m³	11.5M m³	4.4M m³
129	United Kingdom	123 m³	8.4B m³	8.4B m³
130	Grenada	121 m³	14.1M m³	14.1M m³
131	Ukraine	119 m³	4.9B m³	4.9B m³
132	Malta	117 m³	61.9M m³	36.7M m³
133	Seychelles	109 m³	13.7M m³	11.3M m³
134	Lithuania	107 m³	300.4M m³	300.4M m³
135	Slovakia	103 m³	563.6M m³	563.6M m³
136	Niger	102 m³	2.6B m³	2.6B m³
137	Jordan	98.16 m³	1.1B m³	949.9M m³
138	Namibia	97.3 m³	281.2M m³	103M m³
139	Yemen	93.27 m³	3.6B m³	3.6B m³
140	Fiji	92.34 m³	84.9M m³	84.9M m³
141	Latvia	91.62 m³	172.3M m³	172.3M m³
142	Guinea-Bissau	90.24 m³	190M m³	175M m³
143	Botswana	87.42 m³	213.3M m³	213.3M m³
144	Ethiopia	84.13 m³	10.5B m³	10.5B m³
145	Palestine	84.07 m³	446M m³	337.3M m³
146	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	83.32 m³	8.5M m³	7.9M m³
147	Tanzania	80.11 m³	5.2B m³	5.2B m³
148	Zambia	78 m³	1.6B m³	1.6B m³
149	Kenya	74.32 m³	4B m³	4B m³
150	Luxembourg	73.07 m³	47.7M m³	47.7M m³
151	Malawi	65.96 m³	1.4B m³	1.4B m³
152	Singapore	63.87 m³	360.8M m³	199.5M m³
153	Guinea	63.32 m³	890M m³	890M m³
154	South Sudan	59.7 m³	658M m³	658M m³
155	Gabon	57.23 m³	139.1M m³	139.1M m³
156	Nigeria	55.9 m³	12.5B m³	12.5B m³
157	Chad	47.66 m³	879.6M m³	879.6M m³
158	Mozambique	45.11 m³	1.5B m³	1.5B m³
159	Ghana	44.18 m³	1.5B m³	1.4B m³
160	Rwanda	44.03 m³	601M m³	610M m³
161	Cameroon	39.39 m³	1.1B m³	1.1B m³
162	Gambia	38.54 m³	101.6M m³	101.6M m³
163	Papua New Guinea	38.43 m³	392.1M m³	392.1M m³
164	Ivory Coast	38.23 m³	1.2B m³	1.2B m³
165	Burkina Faso	36.34 m³	818M m³	818M m³
166	Liberia	27.15 m³	145.9M m³	145.9M m³
167	Sierra Leone	25.64 m³	212.2M m³	212.2M m³
168	Togo	24.53 m³	223M m³	223M m³
169	Burundi	21.03 m³	280.1M m³	280.1M m³
170	Angola	19.81 m³	705.8M m³	705.7M m³
171	Lesotho	19.16 m³	43.8M m³	43.8M m³
172	Benin	17.01 m³	234M m³	130M m³
173	Djibouti	16.71 m³	19M m³	19M m³
174	Republic of the Congo	15.19 m³	91.7M m³	46M m³
175	Central African Republic	14.22 m³	72.5M m³	72.5M m³
176	Uganda	13.46 m³	637M m³	637M m³
177	Comoros	11.99 m³	10M m³	10M m³
178	Maldives	11.26 m³	5.9M m³	4.7M m³
179	Equatorial Guinea	10.98 m³	19.8M m³	19.8M m³
180	DR Congo	6.68 m³	683.6M m³	683.6M m³
—	Bosnia and Herzegovina	—	—	312M m³

What correlates with Total Water Withdrawal per Capita (2022)?

Pearson r against 1,434 other country metrics sharing at least 108 countries. Correlation is not causation.

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Places that have a higher Total Water Withdrawal per Capita tend to score higher on these

Son Bias (ratio of male births to female births)Most Dangerous Countries for Women
r = +0.41 · moderate · n = 180
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HousingSocial Progress Index by Country
r = +0.41 · moderate · n = 167
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Basic NeedsSocial Progress Index by Country
r = +0.41 · moderate · n = 167
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Wheat Consumption per CapitaWheat Consumption by Country
r = +0.40 · moderate · n = 171
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Water & SanitationSocial Progress Index by Country
r = +0.40 · moderate · n = 167
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% of Rural Population with Access to ElectricityCountries without Electricity
r = +0.40 · moderate · n = 178
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Total Water Withdrawal per Capita tend to score lower on these

Global Hunger IndexGlobal Hunger Index by Country
r = −0.41 · moderate · n = 129
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Hemoglobin DefectsBirth Defect Rates by Country
r = −0.39 · moderate · n = 120
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Syphilis RateSTD Rates by Country
r = −0.37 · moderate · n = 177
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Fertility Rate - Age 40-44Total Fertility Rate
r = −0.36 · moderate · n = 180
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% of Pop. Living on Less Than $3.65 USD/DayPoverty Rate by Country
r = −0.36 · moderate · n = 148
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Fertility Rate - Age 35-39Total Fertility Rate
r = −0.36 · moderate · n = 180
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Total Water Withdrawal per Capita?: Montenegro has the highest Total Water Withdrawal per Capita in 2022, at 3,591 m³, followed by Turkmenistan (2,404 m³) and Guyana (1,758 m³).
Which country has the lowest Total Water Withdrawal per Capita?: DR Congo has the lowest Total Water Withdrawal per Capita in 2022, at 6.68 m³.
What is the median Total Water Withdrawal per Capita across countries?: The median is 285 m³ across the 180 countries with data in 2022.
Where does this water consumption by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: AQUASTAT - FAO; Metadata Glossary - Renewable internal freshwater resources - World Bank.

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