environment
Freshwater Used Today
Estimated global freshwater withdrawals accumulated today. Based on World Bank annual freshwater withdrawal data (billion cubic meters), divided by 365.
WLDTier 1 SourceVerified Mar 2026
Freshwater Used Today
Official value (2026): 3,949
Freshwater Used Today growth (2014–2021)
+2.4%·in time period
2014: 3,855.571 billion cubic meters, 2015: 3,855.783 billion cubic meters, 2016: 3,891.812 billion cubic meters, 2017: 3,922.251 billion cubic meters, 2018: 3,908.746 billion cubic meters, 2019: 3,918.963 billion cubic meters, 2020: 3,881.066 billion cubic meters, 2021: 3,948.718 billion cubic meters
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