Data source for Chart 12.3
Water abstractions, 2009

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Chart 12.3 is a bar chart showing water abstractions per capita in 33 OECD countries in 2009. Water abstractions refer to freshwater taken from ground or surface water sources, either permanently or temporarily, and conveyed to the place of use. Water returned to a surface water source is counted again. Mine water and drainage water are included; water used for hydroelectricity generation is excluded. Data are for 2009 or the latest available year.

Chile had the highest water abstractions, 2,200 cubic metres per capita, followed by the United States, 1,630 cubic metres per capita.

Canada was fourth with 1,130 cubic metres per capita.

The OECD average was 860 cubic metres per capita.

Luxembourg had the lowest water abstractions, 100 cubic metres per capita.

Data source for Chart 12.3 Water abstractions, 2009
Table summary
This table displays the results of chart 12.3 water abstractions m per capita (appearing as column headers).
  m3 per capita
Chile 2,200
United States 1,630
New Zealand 1,200
Canada 1,130
Estonia 1,030
Portugal 860
OECD  860
Greece 850
Mexico 750
Spain 710
Japan 650
Norway 640
Netherlands 640
Australia 640
Turkey 630
Korea 610
Belgium 590
Hungary 570
Iceland 560
France 510
Russian Federation 500
Slovenia 470
Finland 450
China 440
Germany 390
Switzerland 360
Poland 300
Sweden 290
Israel 220
Czech Republic 190
United Kingdom 150
Slovak Republic 120
Denmark 120
Luxembourg 100
Notes: 2009 or latest available.
Water abstractions refer to freshwater taken from ground or surface water sources, either permanently or temporarily, and conveyed to the place of use. Water returned to a surface water source is counted again. Mine water and drainage water are included; water used for hydroelectricity generation is excluded.
Source: Data based on OECD (2011), OECD Factbook 2011-2012.
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