Kazakhstan

Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

Turkmenistan

Afghanistan

Central Asia

Mongolia

China

East Asia

Iceland

Europe

Chile

Argentina

Bolivia

Ecuador

Peru

Latin America

Mauritania

None

Mexico

North America

India

Pakistan

South Asia

Western Sahara

Kuwait

United Arab Emirates

Algeria

Jordan

Lebanon

Morocco

Oman

Qatar

Tunisia

Egypt

Iraq

Israel

Palestine

Saudi Arabia

Iran

Libya

Syria

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Angola

Djibouti

Namibia

Niger

Ethiopia

Kenya

Chad

Eritrea

Mali

Sudan

Somalia

Sub-Saharan Africa

Barren or sparsely vegetated areas are highlighted in orange, including regions in northern Africa (Libya, Algeria), the Middle East, parts of Central Asia (Saudi Arabia), and the western coast of South America.

Areas with little or no vegetation

Barren or Sparsely Vegetated Areas

World

Global Land Cover Facility

Australia

Fiji

New Zealand

Papua New Guinea

Australia & Oceania

Antigua and Barbuda

Barbados

Cuba

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Haiti

Jamaica

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

Caribbean

Kyrgyzstan

Japan

Nepal

North Korea

South Korea

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Belize

Brazil

Colombia

Costa Rica

El Salvador

Guatemala

Guyana

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Mauritius

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Canada

United States

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Maldives

Sri Lanka

Brunei

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Bahrain

Turkey

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cabo Verde

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Comoros

Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of Congo

Equatorial Guinea

eSwatini

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Lesotho

Liberia

Madagascar

Malawi

Mozambique

Nigeria

Republic of the Congo

Rwanda

Senegal

Sierra Leone

South Africa

South Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

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.

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

Countries

Agricultural Water Consumption

Percent

Barren or Sparsely Vegetated Areas	Agricultural Water Consumption
Barren or Sparsely Vegetated Areas	Class	Rank	Percent


15.0%
19.4%

4.35%
6.73%
86.4%
1.42%
7.43%

84.6%
39.9%