Water Use Per Capita
WorldPopulationEconomicThe estimated amount of water each person uses, by country.
A 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 | Class | Rank | Percent of GNI | Value | Specialty crop or livestock farming | Mixed farming | Commercial wheat and other small grain farming | Dairy farming | General farming | Livestock ranching | Irrigated agriculture | Mediterranean agriculture (with irrigation) | Nonfarming | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43.3% | 21.9% | 22.8% | 19.7% | 16.2% | 48.0% | 3.25% | 42.1% | 2.53% | ||||||||
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