Asia records by far the largest water withdrawals worldwide, with more than 2.4 trillion cubic meters in 2021. This represented roughly two-thirds of global water withdrawals that year. Meanwhile, water withdrawals in Oceania stood below 22 billion cubic meters in 2021.
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