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Agricultural Water Consumption
WorldAgricultureAgricultural water withdrawal as a percentage of total renewable water resources by country
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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Class | Rank | Percent | Class | Rank | Acres | Class | Rank | Million Metric Tons | Value | No data | Arid and low water use | Low (<10%) | Low-medium (10-20%) | Medium-high (20-40%) | High (40-80%) | Extremely high (>80%) | |
| 45.1% | 2.35% | 50.6% | 1.59% | ||||||||||||||
| 73.2% | 13.0% | 2.98% | 2.29% | 34.2% | 17.3% | 7.81% | |||||||||||
| 45.6% | 9.63% | 3.10% | 4.20% | 2.27% | 18.6% | ||||||||||||
| 1.78% | 29.9% | 6.11% | 3.99% | 1.88% | 1.38% | 6.36% | |||||||||||
| 85.9% | 2.78% | 32.9% | 3.31% | 66.3% | |||||||||||||
| 6.13% | 37.1% | 12.5% | 12.7% | 15.9% | 11.2% | ||||||||||||
| 1.80% | 8.19% | 79.9% | 2.33% | 1.98% | 1.76% | 2.19% | |||||||||||
| 93.6% | 69.2% | 25.7% | 4.41% | ||||||||||||||
| 1.65% | 13.9% | 1.24% | 1.43% | 2.01% | 3.75% | ||||||||||||
| 50.0% | 9.74% | 13.7% | 3.74% | 3.44% | 9.51% | 25.8% | |||||||||||
| 49.1% | 8.12% | 7.78% | 3.15% | 3.22% | |||||||||||||
| 49.2% | 4.55% | 4.78% | 6.81% | 6.24% | 20.8% | ||||||||||||
| 20.0% | 26.2% | 74.8% | 4.33% | 3.28% | 2.95% | 2.37% | |||||||||||
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