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Table 1 Summary of water utilization in agriculture, industry, and municipal sector in different countries of the world

From: Partial root-zone drying (PRD), its effects and agricultural significance: a review

Serial no.	Country	Water use (%)
Serial no.	Country	Agriculture	Industry	Municipal
1	Australia	67	13	20
2	Bangladesh	88	2	10
3	Brazil	60	17	23
4	Canada	12	73	15
5	China	65	23	12
6	Denmark	25	20	55
7	Egypt	86	3	11
8	France	10	72	18
10	India	91	2	7
11	Iran	92	1	7
12	Israel	58	6	36
13	Italy	33	43	24
14	Japan	67	14	19
15	New Zealand	61	24	15
16	Mexico	77	9	14
17	Pakistan	94	1	5
18	Philippines	81	11	8
19	Russia	22	56	22
20	Spain	68	18	14
21	South Africa	60	13	27
22	Turkey	74	11	15
23	U.S.A.	36	51	13

Source: Aqua stat FAO, 2016.

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