Water Use Per Capita
WorldPopulationEconomicThe estimated amount of water each person uses, by country.
FAOA map shows global water use per capita in cubic meters per year per person. The high to highest water use (dark pink to pink) is seen in Canada, the United States, and Australia, while the lowest (medium pink to light pink) is seen in countries across Africa (Algeria) and some parts of Asia (China).
Class | Rank | Cubic meters | Commercial gardening | Dairy | Grain | Intensive subsistence, wet rice not dominant | Little or no agriculture | Livestock Ranching | Mediterranean | Mixed crop and livestock | Plantation | Class | Rank | Percent of world production | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.08% | 11.3% | 13.0% | 1.03% | 22.1% | 20.9% | 34.7% | 36.3% | 10.6% | |||||||
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