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Freshwater Withdrawals by African country

2022

Annual freshwater withdrawals as a share of internal renewable water resources — a water-stress indicator.

Africa, 202253 of 54 countries
645.6%population-weighted average
Highest in 2022Egypt · 7750.0%Lowest in 2022Republic of the Congo · 0.0%Reported in 202253 of 54 countries surveyed
Click a country to pin it — pinned countries are named on the map. Hatching means no record.
Western Sahara — no separate recordTanzania — 6.2%Democratic Republic of the Congo — 0.1%Somalia — 55.0%Kenya — 19.5%Sudan — 673.4%Chad — 5.9%South Africa — 47.1%Lesotho — 0.8%Zimbabwe — 40.0%Botswana — 8.9%Namibia — 1.7%Senegal — 11.9%Mali — 8.6%Mauritania — 337.1%Benin — 1.3%Niger — 73.8%Nigeria — 5.6%Cameroon — 0.4%Togo — 1.9%Ghana — 4.8%Cote d'Ivoire — 1.5%Guinea — 0.4%Guinea-Bissau — 1.1%Liberia — 0.1%Sierra Leone — 0.1%Burkina Faso — 6.5%Central African Republic — 0.1%Republic of the Congo — 0.0%Gabon — 0.1%Equatorial Guinea — 0.1%Zambia — 2.0%Malawi — 8.4%Mozambique — 1.5%Eswatini — 40.5%Angola — 0.5%Burundi — 2.8%Madagascar — 4.0%Gambia — 3.4%Tunisia — 92.1%Algeria — 91.5%Eritrea — 20.8%Morocco — 36.5%Egypt — 7750.0%Libya — 817.1%Ethiopia — 8.6%Djibouti — 6.3%Uganda — 1.6%Rwanda — 6.4%South Sudan — 2.5%Nigeria 5.6%Nigeria 5.6%Ethiopia 8.6%Ethiopia 8.6%Kenya 19.5%Kenya 19.5%South Africa 47.1%South Africa 47.1%2022HIGHEST IN 2022Egypt7750.0%Libya817.1%Sudan673.4%Mauritania337.1%Tunisia92.1%LOWEST IN 2022Republic of the Congo0.0%Central African Republic0.1%Liberia0.1%Democratic Republic of the Congo0.1%Equatorial Guinea0.1%PINNEDEthiopia8.6%19 of 53Kenya19.5%16 of 53Nigeria5.6%27 of 53South Africa47.1%10 of 53OTHER ISLAND STATES · NOT DRAWNCabo Verdenot drawn59.7%Comorosnot drawn0.8%Mauritiusnot drawn23.0%Sao Tome and Principenot drawn1.9%Seychellesnot drawnno data% of internal renewable resources · quintiles of the observed range0%0.8%2%6.5%40%7750%no record
20142024
World Bank · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Population-weighted, so a region’s figure is the share of its people, not the average of its countries.
Northern Africa6 of 6 countries3477.5%
Southern Africa5 of 5 countries42.4%
Western Africa16 of 16 countries12.9%
Eastern Africa17 of 18 countries10.3%
Middle Africa9 of 9 countries0.7%
Africaall 54 countries · 53 with a 2022 figure645.6%

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
54 countries have no usable 2024 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso and 49 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2024 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Freshwater WithdrawalsAnnual freshwater withdrawals as a share of internal renewable water resources — a water-stress indicator.
SourceWorld Bank, with processing by Africa API
Unit% of internal renewable resources
Last updated15 Oct 2026
Next expected updateOct 2027
Date range1970–2022
Coverage53 of 54 countries · 53 reported, 0 modelled, 1 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 53 countries did so for 2022 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2022 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Freshwater Withdrawals". Data adapted from World Bank. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/freshwater-withdrawals
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=freshwater_withdrawals_pct_internal_resources&year=2022&limit=100

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Freshwater Withdrawals, country by country

53 countries carry a figure

Each country has its own page for this indicator, with the full history, the source and the API request.

AlgeriaAngolaBeninBotswanaBurkina FasoBurundiCabo VerdeCameroonCentral African RepublicChadComorosCote d'IvoireDemocratic Republic of the CongoDjiboutiEgyptEquatorial GuineaEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaGabonGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauKenyaLesothoLiberiaLibyaMadagascarMalawiMaliMauritaniaMauritiusMoroccoMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaRepublic of the CongoRwandaSao Tome and PrincipeSenegalSierra LeoneSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth SudanSudanTanzaniaTogoTunisiaUgandaZambiaZimbabwe

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