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United States - Total Water Withdrawal (M3) 444.29

FAO AQUASTAT · updated 2026-10-03 · 179 economies tracked

Latest value

444.29 (2023)

Global rank

#n/a of 179 economies

Share of global total

11.0%

Growth since 1980

0.86×

Ranking Race — Total Water Withdrawal (M3)

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

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Real annual global ranks, 1962 - 2023. United States climbed from #1 to #3. Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for United States ↓

Key Events — United States

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

1971
Nixon shock: end of gold convertibility curated

US suspends dollar-gold convertibility, Bretton Woods system ends.

1987
Black Monday stock crash curated

Dow falls 22.6% in a single day, triggering global market turbulence.

2008
Global financial crisis curated

Lehman Brothers collapse sets off the worst recession since the 1930s.

2020
COVID-19 recession curated

Sharpest quarterly GDP contraction on record as the pandemic hits.

Total Water Withdrawal (M3), 1980-2023

FAO AQUASTAT · cubic metres per year · linear scale · ranking in the race above
198019902000201020202023440481.06522.11563.17

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