Colombia - Agricultural water withdrawal

25.04 (billion cubic meters per year) in 2020

In 2020, agricultural water withdrawal for Colombia was 25.04 billion cubic meters per year. Between 2001 and 2020, agricultural water withdrawal of Colombia grew substantially from 5.1 to 25.04 billion cubic meters per year rising at an increasing annual rate that reached a maximum of 28.57% in 2009 and then decreased to 3.58% in 2020.

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What is agricultural water withdrawal?

Annual quantity of water withdrawn for irrigation, livestock and aquaculture purposes. It includes renewable freshwater resources as well as over-abstraction of renewable groundwater or withdrawal of fossil groundwater, use of agricultural drainage water, (treated) wastewater and desalinated water.

What is Colombia agricultural water withdrawal?