Water withdrawals from the agricultural sector worldwide 2020, by select country

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Erick Burgueño Salas,
Nov 25, 2024
India has the largest agricultural water withdrawals worldwide, at an estimated 688 billion cubic meters each year. This was followed by China, which withdraws 361 billion cubic meters for its agriculture sector annually. Agricultural accounts for approximately 72 percent of global water withdrawals.

Total agricultural water withdrawals worldwide in 2020, by select country (in billion cubic meters)

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May 2023

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2020

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Figures refer to the annual quantity of self-supplied water withdrawn for irrigation, livestock and aquaculture purposes. It can include water from renewable freshwater resources, as well as water from over-abstraction of renewable groundwater or withdrawal from fossil groundwater, direct use of agricultural drainage water, direct use of (treated) wastewater, and desalinated water. Water for the dairy and meat industries and industrial processing of harvested agricultural products is included under industrial water withdrawal.
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