Water withdrawn each year for agriculture, industry, and municipal uses, divided by the population.
cubic meters per person · annual
Values in cubic meters per person.
Exactly the columns a delivery carries.
| Date | Code | Series | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | OWID_WRL | World | 499.68127 |
| 2023 | USA | United States | 1293.506 |
| 2023 | CHN | China | 426.1257 |
| 2023 | IND | India | 529.18164 |
| 2023 | DEU | Germany | 271.45 |
| 2023 | GBR | United Kingdom | 122.59226 |
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Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.
| 2023 |
| JPN |
| Japan |
| 619.11566 |
| 2023 | BRA | Brazil | 306.89957 |
| 2022 | OWID_WRL | World | 504.84247 |
| 2022 | USA | United States | 1300.866 |
| 2022 | CHN | China | 420.8733 |
| 2022 | IND | India | 533.8765 |
| 2022 | DEU | Germany | 272.94147 |
| 2022 | GBR | United Kingdom | 123.49786 |
| 2022 | JPN | Japan | 616.01196 |
| 2022 | BRA | Brazil | 323.01917 |
| 2021 | OWID_WRL | World | 508.38266 |
| 2021 | USA | United States | 1306.1151 |
| 2021 | CHN | China | 415.03403 |
| 2021 | IND | India | 538.11194 |
| 2021 | DEU | Germany | 286.44058 |
| 2021 | GBR | United Kingdom | 124.42959 |
| 2021 | JPN | Japan | 625.4011 |
| 2021 | BRA | Brazil | 321.21167 |
| 2020 | OWID_WRL | World | 513.04034 |
| 2020 | USA | United States | 1308.9059 |
| 2020 | CHN | China | 407.6064 |
| 2020 | IND | India | 542.55695 |
| 2020 | DEU | Germany | 312.6236 |
| 2020 | GBR | United Kingdom | 125.01511 |
| 2020 | JPN | Japan | 631.0145 |
| 2020 | BRA | Brazil | 321.38278 |
| 2019 | OWID_WRL | World | 522.7244 |
| 2019 | USA | United States | 1315.2844 |
| 2019 | CHN | China | 422.97955 |
| 2019 | IND | India | 547.8642 |
| 2019 | DEU | Germany | 311.85794 |
| 2019 | GBR | United Kingdom | 125.46386 |
| 2019 | JPN | Japan | 618.78735 |
| 2019 | BRA | Brazil | 325.08182 |
| 2018 | OWID_WRL | World | 525.6369 |
| 2018 | USA | United States | 1326.0151 |
| 2018 | CHN | China | 423.92264 |
| 2018 | IND | India | 553.5918 |
| 2018 | DEU | Germany | 325.69067 |
| 2018 | GBR | United Kingdom | 126.13764 |
| 2018 | JPN | Japan | 623.25946 |
| 2018 | BRA | Brazil | 322.64752 |
| 2017 | OWID_WRL | World | 531.52716 |
| 2017 | USA | United States | 1337.3984 |
| 2017 | CHN | China | 427.89532 |
| 2017 | IND | India | 559.6998 |
| 2017 | DEU | Germany | 334.8968 |
| 2017 | GBR | United Kingdom | 126.89423 |
| 2017 | JPN | Japan | 624.09155 |
| 2017 | BRA | Brazil | 320.8544 |
| 2016 | OWID_WRL | World | 535.0389 |
| 2016 | USA | United States | 1349.6895 |
| 2016 | CHN | China | 430.19754 |
| 2016 | IND | India | 566.2437 |
| 2016 | DEU | Germany | 366.96765 |
| 2016 | GBR | United Kingdom | 127.78223 |
| 2016 | JPN | Japan | 626.76965 |
| 2016 | BRA | Brazil | 326.29965 |
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – AQUASTAT (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Via Our World in Data (https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/water-withdrawals-per-capita).
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Difference in average land-sea surface temperature compared to the 1861-1890 mean, in degrees Celsius.
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Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.
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Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.
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Carbon dioxide emissions per person, excluding land use change.
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Measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.