This statistic displays the major OECD countries based on freshwater abstractions or use as a percentage of the country's available resources in 2013. During this time, Germany used about 17.2 percent of its freshwater resources. Abstractions indicate the water that was taken from ground or surface waters.
Freshwater use as percentage of available resource in 2013, by leading country
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OECD. (October 26, 2015). Freshwater use as percentage of available resource in 2013, by leading country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/478844/leading-countries-by-freshwater-abstractions-as-percent-of-available-resource/
OECD. "Freshwater use as percentage of available resource in 2013, by leading country." Chart. October 26, 2015. Statista. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/478844/leading-countries-by-freshwater-abstractions-as-percent-of-available-resource/
OECD. (2015). Freshwater use as percentage of available resource in 2013, by leading country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/478844/leading-countries-by-freshwater-abstractions-as-percent-of-available-resource/
OECD. "Freshwater Use as Percentage of Available Resource in 2013, by Leading Country." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Oct 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/478844/leading-countries-by-freshwater-abstractions-as-percent-of-available-resource/
OECD, Freshwater use as percentage of available resource in 2013, by leading country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/478844/leading-countries-by-freshwater-abstractions-as-percent-of-available-resource/ (last visited April 19, 2024)
Freshwater use as percentage of available resource in 2013, by leading country [Graph], OECD, October 26, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/478844/leading-countries-by-freshwater-abstractions-as-percent-of-available-resource/