Water withdrawals by sector. % of total withdrawals

Water withdrawals by sector are presented in this chart as a percentage of total withdrawals for the latest available year, as detailed in the map on page 1.
Withdrawals of water represent the annual quantity of self-supplied water used by each sector. Agriculture includes water used for irrigation, livestock and aquaculture purposes, whilst industrial uses also include the dairy and meat industries and industrial processing of harvested agricultural products. Municipal water withdrawals are primarily for the direct use of the population and are usually calculated as the total water withdrawn by the public distribution network. The ratio between net consumption and the water withdrawn can vary from 5 to 15% in urban areas and from 10 to 50% in rural areas.