{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "id": "water-withdrawals",
  "name": "World Freshwater Withdrawals",
  "description": "A modelled second-by-second view of global freshwater withdrawals, divided into agriculture, industry and municipal use.",
  "page_url": "https://dynamicfacts.org/water-withdrawals.html",
  "data_url": "https://dynamicfacts.org/data/water-withdrawals.json",
  "languages": [
    "en",
    "es",
    "zh",
    "hi",
    "ar",
    "fr",
    "pt",
    "ru",
    "de",
    "ja"
  ],
  "indicator_type": "interpolated",
  "unit": "cubic metres",
  "reference_period": "2021 global estimate cited by UN WWDR 2025",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-14",
  "primary_sources": [
    "https://www.unesco.org/reports/wwdr/en/2025/download",
    "https://www.fao.org/aquastat/en/"
  ],
  "methodology_url": "https://dynamicfacts.org/methodology.html",
  "terms_url": "https://dynamicfacts.org/terms.html",
  "note": "The counter models water withdrawals, not drinking-water consumption. It evenly distributes an approximate annual global total through the current calendar year.",
  "snapshot": {
    "annual_total_km3": 4000,
    "approximate": true,
    "data_year": 2021,
    "sector_shares_percent": {
      "agriculture": 72,
      "industry": 15,
      "municipal_and_domestic": 13
    }
  }
}