Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2015). OECD Factbook 2014: Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics: Environment - Water Consumption | Socioeconomic Indicator: Water Abstractions per Capita, 2010. Data-Planet™ Statistical Ready Reference by Conquest Systems, Inc. [Data-file]. Dataset-ID: 062-001-025.
Dataset: Water abstractions refer to freshwater taken from ground or surface water sources, either permanently or temporarily, and conveyed to the place of use. If the water is returned to a surface water source, abstraction of the same water by the downstream user is counted again in compiling total abstractions, which may result in double counting. Mine water and drainage water are included, while water used for hydroelectricity generation (which is considered an in situ use) is excluded. Water abstractions are reported per capita in cubic meters and in total (millions of cubic meters), for the 34 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries, and Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, South Africa, and the Russian Federation, where available.
This dataset provides indicators included in the OECD Factbook 2014: Economic, Environmental, and Social Statistics, updated annually by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Indicators, reported in 12 broad subject areas, cover a wide range of topics: agriculture, economic production, education, energy, environment, foreign aid, health, industry, information and communications, international trade, labor force, population, taxation, public expenditure, and research and development. Data are provided for all OECD member countries and Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia, and South Africa, where available. NOTE: The data presented here are copyrighted by OECD and reproduction is subject to OECD permissions policies: See http://www.oecd.org/rights for further information. Indicator descriptions are based on the OECD Factbook 2014.
Throughout the dataset, unless otherwise specified, the following conventions apply: (1) OECD Total refers to all the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries listed in the table or chart; (2) OECD Average refers to the unweighted, arithmetic average of the listed countries; (3) the average values reported takes into account only those years for which data are available; and (4) “xxxx or latest available year” means that data for later years are not taken into acco...