In 2020, municipal water withdrawal for Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 0.9 billion cubic meters per year. Municipal water withdrawal of Democratic People's Republic of Korea increased from 0.87 billion cubic meters per year in 2001 to 0.9 billion cubic meters per year in 2020 growing at an average annual rate of 0.22%.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.Annual quantity of water withdrawn primarily for the direct use by the population. It includes renewable freshwater resources as well as potential over-abstraction of renewable groundwater or withdrawal of fossil groundwater and the potential use of desalinated water or treated wastewater. It is usually computed as the total water withdrawn by the public distribution network. It can include that part of the industries, which is connected to the municipal network. The ratio between the net consumption and the water withdrawn can vary from 5 to 15% in urban areas and from 10 to 50% in rural areas.
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