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Database research record2025·Europe

Water abstraction by source and economic sector in Europe

European Environment Agency

European Environment Agency (EEA)

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According to this EEA indicator, 2020-2023 EU water abstraction breaks down into power cooling (33%), agriculture/irrigation (31%), public water supply (21%), and manufacturing (14%), with total EU27 freshwater abstraction falling 14% from 224 billion m3 in the 2000s to 192.6 billion m3 in 2020-2023. However, groundwater abstraction by the agricultural sector rose 52%, from 11 to 16.5 billion m3.

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  • 33 %

    sector share cooling(water abstraction)

    Water
    region
    EU
    year
    2020-2023
  • 31 %

    sector share agriculture(water abstraction)

    Water
    region
    EU
    year
    2020-2023
  • 52 %↑ Increase

    groundwater abstraction change(agricultural groundwater abstraction)

    WaterControl: 2000s (11 billion m3) vs 2020-2023 (16.5 billion m3)
    region
    EU
  • 14 %↓ Decrease

    total abstraction change(total freshwater abstraction)

    WaterControl: 2000s (224 billion m3) vs 2020-2023 (192.6 billion m3)
    region
    EU27
  • 21 %

    sector share public supply(water abstraction)

    Water
    region
    EU
    year
    2020-2023

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