Nigeria: total water withdrawal

The amount of water withdrawn for agricultural, industrial, and municipal purposes in Nigeria totaled roughly 12.5 billion cubic meters in 2020. Between 2010 and 2020, the volume remained the same, following an upward trend observed since 2000. The indicator measures water withdrawals across sectors.

Total water withdrawal in Nigeria from 2000 to 2020 (in billion cubic meters)

Characteristic	Volume in billion cubic meters
2020	12.48
2019	12.48
2018	12.48
2017	12.48
2016	12.48
2015	12.48
2014	12.48
2013	12.48
2012	12.48
2011	12.48
2010	12.48
2009	12.29
2008	12.11
2007	11.93
2006	11.75
2005	11.57
2004	11.32
2003	11.07
2002	10.81
2001	10.56
2000	10.31

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Release date

January 2024

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Region

Nigeria

Survey time period

2000 to 2020

Supplementary notes

The release date is the date of access.
Figures have been rounded.

The source notes that the indicator measures the quantity of water withdrawn for agricultural, industrial and municipal purposes.
It adds that: "It includes water from primary renewable freshwater resources and secondary sources of water, as well as water from over-abstraction of renewable groundwater or withdrawal of fossil groundwater, direct use of agricultural drainage water and (treated) wastewater, and desalinated water. It does not include in stream uses, which are characterized by a very low net consumption rate, such as recreation, navigation, hydropower, inland capture fisheries, etc."

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