counting every dropAQUASTAT

180+variables and indicators

150+detailed country profiles

150+country, regional, basin, global maps

570+transboundary water resources data points

15 000+sub-national irrigation areas

~14 000geo-referenced info on

dams

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80 000+data-point metadata

500multi-lingual water-related definitions

650+national water-related institutions

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40+published documents(1000s of published pages)

180+variables and indicators

150+detailed country profiles

150+country, regional, basin, global maps

570+transboundary water resources data points

15 000+sub-national irrigation areas

~14 000geo-referenced info on

dams

1 600+sources used

80 000+data-point metadata

500multi-lingual water-related definitions

650+national water-related institutions

info on

40+published documents(1000s of published pages)

160+country-level irrigated crop calendars160+

country-level irrigated crop calendars

220 000+data points (year x variable x country)220 000+data points (year x variable x country)

250+irrigation projects in africa

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250+irrigation projects in africa

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What we doCollect analyse and disseminate information on water resources water uses and agricultural water management with an emphasis on countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the CaribbeanCollect analyse and disseminate information on water resources, water uses and agricultural water management with an emphasis on countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean

Thematic studies Filling data gaps, improving reliability, feeding global topical debates

Collection

AnalysisSeveral rounds of manual and automatic quality control

Data and metadata improvement using GIS, remote sensing and modelling

Standardization to allow international comparability

Submission to government for approval and incorporation of feedback

What we do

THE MOST QUOTED SOURCE ON GLOBAL WATER STATISTICS

Information gathering through national expertise

Continuous monitoring of statistical information from national and international programmes

DisseminationAQUASTAT website entirely available in English, French and Spanish

Online databases

Data enrichment through metadata

Books, reports, articles, notes - through CD, RSS, social media

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* DPR Korea = Democratic People's Republic of Korea; Iran = Islamic Republic of Iran; Lao PDR = Lao People's Democratic Republic; TfYR of Macedonia = The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; UR Tanzania = United Republic of Tanzania; USA = United States of America; Venezuela = Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Standardized data and information on water:

What we offer:

To provide you with evidence to measure your progress and to substantiate your decisions

Tools:

Climate information tool

Country fact sheetsOne page summary on a country's most relevant statistics, dynamically generated from the database

Country profilesNational-level analysis of water resources, water uses, irrigation and drainage, environment, institutional framework, prospects, in 150+ countries

Regional analysesCovering Africa, Central Asia, Middle East, Southern and Eastern Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean

Transboundary river basinsQuantitative and qualitative information for selected transboundary river basins

Spatial dataset containing climate data allowing for calculation of soil water balance, and crop and irrigation water requirements

Dams databaseGeo-referenced database of large dams, including information on dam height, reservoir capacity and area, and purposes

Investment cost in irrigationInformation on irrigation investment costs for some 250 irrigation projects

Irrigation water usePressure on the available water resources due to irrigation, based on detailed irrigated crop calendars for 150+ countries

WastewaterInformation and data about municipal wastewater production, collection, treatment, discharge and direct use

Water resourcesCountry water resources sheets ensuring consistency between countries sharing the same river basin, by taking into consideration agreements between countries on the sharing of transboundary water resources

Water-related institutions database650+ institutions, searchable by country, by type of institution, by main activity, or by keyword

Publications40+ reports, papers and articles: methodological discussions, data compilations, project reports, useful for water-related planning, policy-making, capacity development, research, etc.

Glossary500 water-related terms in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish

To allow you to generate your own analysis and conclusions, articles and presentations

Capacity development:To improve your understanding and monitoring of water resources, uses, and irrigation management

What we produce:

AQUASTAT main online country database180+ variables on water resources, water uses, irrigation and drainage, from 1958 to date, for 200+ countries and territories, in English, French and Spanish

MetadataQuantitative and qualitative contextual information about data-points, as well as a description of AQUASTAT's experience with the metadata system development

ProjectsTo improve the understanding and monitoring of agricultural water and contribute to national capacity development. Examples of key projects, led by AQUASTAT, are the UN-Water Country Briefs and the UN-Water Federated Water Monitoring System and Key Water Indicator Portal

www.fao.org/nr/aquastat

Global map of irrigation areasAreas equipped for irrigation, including the sources of water, based on statistical and geospatial information at a national and sub-national level

Water mapsMaps showing water-related data at country, regional, transboundary river basin and global levels

Information for the mediaSelected basic water-related data from the database and information from the website bought together in easily understandable fact sheets

Geospatial informationDownloadable datasets and digital data layers on climate, water resources and irrigation

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Land and Water Division (NRL)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

aquastat@fao.org

CollaborationWithin FAO: State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture (SOLAW); Statistical Yearbooks; World Agriculture Towards 2015/30, 2030/2050, 2050/2080; World Census of Agriculture 2010, 2020

With United Nations and UN-Water: World Water Development Reports (WWDR), Human Development Reports (HDR), Millennium Development Goal (MDG) reports; Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) reports; projects

With other international agencies: Harmonization of water-related terminology, definitions and data

Use AQUASTAT to

Download data on 180 publicly available variables in 200+ countries from 1958-present and use it for your research, analysis and modelling free of cost

If you are a development community

a member of the general public

the media

a national water technician

a policy/decision maker

a researcher

a student

Compare countries and regions using the water-related variables or indicators

Understand 500+ water terms in six languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish

Kickstart your project proposal or initiative using the AQUASTAT country profiles, country fact sheets, water resources sheets

Learn about transboundary water issues, and the associated complexities

Stay current with the on-going international debate on water-related issues

Quickly prepare for your meeting or presentation by using AQUASTATs country, regional, river basin and global products

Discover basic water information through the information for journalists section

Get easily understandable water information for your article or blog

Support national, regional and global policy and decision-making

Identify data-gaps and determine where data-enriching exercises could be performed in your country

Demonstrate the importance of irrigation for food security, in this age of competing needs for land and water