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Water Use Per Capita

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The estimated amount of water each person uses, by country.

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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). 

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Water Use Per Capita

Wheat Production

Spanish as Official or de facto Language

Prevailing Agricultural Practices

Class

Rank

Cubic meters

Class

Rank

Million Metric Tons

Value

Commercial gardening

Dairy

Grain

Intensive subsistence, wet rice not dominant

Little or no agriculture

Livestock Ranching

Mediterranean

Mixed crop and livestock

Plantation

5.08%11.3%13.0%1.03%22.1%20.9%34.7%36.3%10.6%
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