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Agricultural Water Consumption

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Agricultural water withdrawal as a percentage of total renewable water resources by country

FAO

A map highlights global agricultural water consumption. Dark blue regions show a rate higher than 99% in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Egypt, and Libya. Medium blue indicates a rate of 25% to 99% in south and southwestern Asian and north Africa. Light blue regions indicate a rate of 1% to 24% including the United States, parts of western Europe, China and Australia. The lightest blue indicates less than 1% in parts of Europe, South America, and Central and Southwestern Africa.

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Countries

Agricultural Water Consumption

Vegetable Production

Meat Production

African Union (AU) Members

Climate Zones

Class

Rank

Percent

Class

Rank

Acres

Class

Rank

Million Metric Tons

Value

Tropical rain forest (Af)

Tropical monsoon (Am)

Tropical savanna (Aw)

Tropical, subtropical hot desert (BWh)

Midlatitude cold desert (BWk)

Tropical, subtropical hot steppe (BSh)

Midlatitude cold steppe (BSk)

Humid subtropical moist all year, hot summer (Cfa)

Humid subtropical winter-dry, hot to warm summers (Cwa, Cwb)

Marine West Coast (Cfb, Cfc)

Mediterranean (Csa, Csb)

Humid continental, hot summers (Dfa, Dwa, Dsa)

Humid continental, mild summers (Dfb, Dwb, Dsb)

Subarctic, cool summer (Dfc, Dwc, Dsc)

Subarctic, cold winter (Dfd, Dwd)

Tundra (ET)

Ice cap and ice sheet (EF)

68.2%4.53%1.31%14.3%39.1%74.6%
19.8%18.1%71.5%20.1%7.58%
30.5%24.2%13.9%32.1%4.79%8.55%27.1%
1.64%18.9%13.3%14.4%9.82%6.80%5.24%2.75%
32.3%22.8%3.63%9.10%1.62%13.1%57.0%11.1%3.16%
1.22%8.22%42.0%28.3%2.78%14.3%37.0%23.8%8.79%35.9%32.2%7.44%
13.2%17.7%12.4%2.77%8.63%2.74%4.74%16.5%7.37%7.66%6.52%2.29%
56.1%5.24%3.41%98.5%1.43%7.98%18.0%94.9%
2.38%2.11%2.83%1.05%6.48%14.9%15.2%15.6%3.11%11.4%17.1%29.3%4.37%
18.7%1.92%32.0%18.4%2.44%9.66%5.85%25.3%5.06%4.17%1.97%4.40%27.6%2.37%
30.0%9.34%54.1%19.4%3.15%
76.3%3.57%5.81%15.3%3.53%4.00%8.68%5.69%8.16%
13.4%14.2%37.2%36.3%12.6%21.1%15.7%3.19%27.8%2.69%5.26%
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