Renewable freshwater resources, water use and gross domestic product for selected countries
Table 2.1Total area, 2014 | Population, 2015 | Total renewable freshwater resourcesTable 2.1 Note 1 | Total water withdrawalsTable 2.1 Note 2 | Gross domestic product, 2014 | |||||
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Per year | Per capita | Per area | Per year | Per capita | |||||
km2 | thousand | km3/year | m3 per capita | m3/m2 | km3/year | m3 per capita | million US dollars | US dollars per capitaTable 2.1 Note 3 | |
Algeria | 2,381,740 | 39,667 | 12 | 294 | 0.005 | 8 | 225 | 213,518 | 5,383 |
Argentina | 2,780,400 | 43,417 | 876 | 20,181 | 0.315 | 38 | 898 | 543,490 | 12,518 |
Australia | 7,741,220 | 23,969 | 492 | 20,527 | 0.064 | 20 | 824 | 1,471,439 | 61,389 |
Brazil | 8,515,770 | 207,848 | 8,647 | 41,603 | 1.015 | 75 | 370 | 2,346,523 | 11,290 |
Canada | 9,978,923 | 35,852 | 3,478 | 103,899 | 0.349 | 38 | 1,078 | 1,785,390 | 49,799 |
China | 9,600,000 | 1,407,306 | 2,840 | 2,018 | 0.296 | 554 | 411 | 10,430,590 | 7,412 |
Egypt | 1,001,450 | 91,508 | 58 | 637 | 0.058 | 78 | 911 | 282,242 | 3,084 |
France | 549,090 | 64,395 | 211 | 3,277 | 0.384 | 33 | 521 | 2,829,192 | 43,935 |
Germany | 357,170 | 80,689 | 154 | 1,909 | 0.431 | 33 | 411 | 3,868,291 | 47,941 |
India | 3,287,260 | 1,311,051 | 1,911 | 1,458 | 0.581 | 761 | 602 | 2,054,941 | 1,567 |
Mexico | 1,964,380 | 127,017 | 462 | 3,637 | 0.235 | 80 | 658 | 1,294,695 | 10,193 |
Russian Federation | 17,098,250 | 143,457 | 4,525 | 31,543 | 0.265 | 66 | 456 | 1,849,940 | 12,895 |
South Africa | 1,219,090 | 54,490 | 51 | 936 | 0.042 | 13 | 270 | 349,819 | 6,420 |
United States | 9,831,510 | 321,774 | 3,069 | 9,538 | 0.312 | 486 | 1,543 | 17,348,072 | 53,914 |
Sources: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2016, AQUASTAT Main Database and country-specific factsheets, (accessed August 15, 2016); United Nations Statistics Division, 2016, “GDP by Type of Expenditure at current prices - US dollars,” National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates, (accessed May 18, 2016); Statistics Canada, CANSIM Tables 153-0116 and 051-0001 (accessed May 17, 2016). |
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