Eswatini
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources)
Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins. Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source. Withdrawals can exceed 100 percent of total renewable resources where extraction from nonrenewable aquifers or desalination plants is considerable or where there is significant water reuse. Withdrawals for agriculture and industry are total withdrawals for irrigation and livestock production and for direct industrial use (including withdrawals for cooling thermoelectric plants). Withdrawals for domestic uses include drinking water, municipal use or supply, and use for public services, commercial establishments, and homes. Data are for the most recent year available for 1987-2002.
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Analytical takeaways
- Eswatini records 40.45% for Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources) in 2022, ranking #36 globally out of 175 countries.
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources) increased from 24.89% in 1980 to 40.45% in 2022, a gain of 15.57%.
- The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.
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