Please cite this publication as follows:

Mekonnen, M.M. and Hoekstra, A.Y. (2011) National water footprint accounts: the green, blue and grey water footprint of productio
Value of Water Research Report Series No.50, UNESCO-IHE.

http://www.waterfootprint.org/Reports/Report50-NationalWaterFootprints-Vol1.pdf
See Section 2.2 of this report for the assumption underlying the data presented here.

green, blue and grey water footprint of production and consumption,

Average water footprint of industrial products per unit of industrial value added (1996-2005)
FAOSTAT
code
2
3
4
7
8
9
1
10
11
52
13
16
14
57
255
23
53
18
19
20
21
27
233
29
115
32
33
35
37
40
351
44
45
250
46
48
107
98
49
50
167
54
56
58
59
60
61

Country
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan, Republic of
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo, Dem Republic of
Congo, Republic of
Costa Rica
Cte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea

Average water footprint per unit value added

(m3/1000 US $)
Grey
Blue
Total

0.06
11.7
1.29
0.42
0.42
2.18
7.01
1.01
1.08
40.3
0.30
1.40
6.01
11.5
4.69
38.8
3.87
1.38
2.29
0.55
3.24
56.0
0.46
6.86
1.10
1.20
7.03
0.19
1.17
5.41
9.82
0.66
0.80
2.35
0.25
5.26
1.78
0.44
8.07
0.09
2.79
0.38
0.41
6.27
6.65
2.57
0.45

1.18
223
12.7
7.96
8.03
23.8
87.6
2.51
1.65
536
0.68
26.6
114
11.1
35.7
626
73.6
26.2
29.6
10.5
45.5
618
8.71
130
20.9
22.8
37.8
3.59
22.1
18.3
126
12.6
15.3
44.7
4.71
97.6
33.8
6.04
93.8
1.13
11.7
0.88
6.93
119
126
48.9
8.46

1.24
235
14.0
8.38
8.46
26.0
94.6
3.52
2.73
577
0.97
28.0
120
22.6
40.4
665
77.4
27.5
31.9
11.0
48.8
674
9.16
137
22.0
24.0
44.8
3.78
23.3
23.7
136
13.3
16.1
47.0
4.96
103
35.5
6.48
102
1.22
14.5
1.27
7.35
125
133
51.5
8.91

178
63
238
66
67
68
74
75
73
79
81
84
89
90
175
91
93
95
97
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
109
110
112
108
114
116
117
118
113
120
119
121
122
123
124
126
256
154
129
130
131
132
133
134
136

Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji Islands
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran, Islamic Rep of
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Korea, Dem People's Rep
Korea, Republic of
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia,The Fmr Yug Rp
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Mauritania

0.29
1.55
1.02
1.20
2.54
4.65
0.16
1.61
43.8
2.60
2.61
0.42
2.78
1.46
13.3
3.46
0.71
2.49
12.9
2.36
13.3
0.30
1.16
37.7
1.05
0.28
2.42
1.67
0.57
0.92
30.6
2.23
27.0
0.78
0.04
40.0
29.8
2.55
1.96
4.13
42.9
0.33
0.49
0.34
12.2
17.7
5.71
2.02
0.03
3.87
0.03
7.31

5.43
7.37
19.5
22.9
9.17
17.7
3.12
30.6
833
2.96
49.5
1.20
32.3
25.0
252
65.7
13.5
47.3
93.1
19.3
253
5.63
22.1
533
3.19
0.59
14.3
31.7
3.59
8.43
582
40.3
514
3.15
0.84
555
565
16.0
12.1
78.5
815
6.32
2.80
0.32
220
337
108
38.5
0.00
73.6
0.42
139

5.72
8.92
20.5
24.1
11.7
22.3
3.28
32.2
877
5.56
52.1
1.62
35.1
26.5
265
69.2
14.2
49.8
106
21.6
266
5.93
23.2
570
4.24
0.87
16.7
33.4
4.17
9.36
612
42.5
541
3.93
0.89
595
595
18.5
14.1
82.6
858
6.65
3.29
0.66
232
355
114
40.5
0.03
77.5
0.45
146

137
138
146
141
143
144
28
147
149
150
156
157
158
159
162
299
221
165
166
168
169
170
171
173
174
179
183
185
184
194
195
186
196
197
200
199
198
201
202
203
38
206
207
209
210
211
212
208
215
216
217
220

Mauritius
Mexico
Moldova, Republic of
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Occ. Palestinian Terr.
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia and Montenegro
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Tanzania, United Rep of
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago

0.76
1.04
169
19.5
1.64
0.52
8.44
0.58
2.78
2.33
0.60
1.40
1.86
1.84
1.11
4.37
0.09
8.40
0.99
1.03
1.24
6.02
14.7
11.6
2.17
0.03
17.4
15.2
1.90
0.34
2.34
124
1.65
2.23
0.16
3.49
4.86
0.67
0.85
1.70
3.26
4.04
3.25
0.93
1.17
1.23
5.03
69.2
0.62
2.34
0.72
0.95

10.9
12.8
1287
370
6.22
9.91
160
11.1
52.8
0.44
2.29
26.6
35.4
34.9
4.62
83.0
1.65
160
8.47
19.6
20.1
29.7
280
84.0
13.2
0.57
238
289
36.2
6.38
34.2
2360
31.3
42.4
0.00
28.5
45.3
12.8
6.92
0.00
61.9
76.8
61.8
17.7
3.11
0.70
85.9
1314
11.8
44.5
13.7
13.5

11.7
13.9
1457
390
7.86
10.4
169
11.7
55.6
2.78
2.89
28.0
37.2
36.7
5.73
87.4
1.73
168
9.46
20.6
21.4
35.7
295
95.6
15.4
0.59
255
304
38.1
6.71
36.5
2484
32.9
44.6
0.16
32.0
50.1
13.5
7.77
1.70
65.2
80.8
65.1
18.6
4.28
1.94
91.0
1384
12.4
46.8
14.4
14.4

222
223
213
226
230
225
229
231
234
235
236
237
249
251
181
ZW

Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States of America
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
Viet Nam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Global average

0.86
2.51
5.48
1.63
44.3
0.09
0.95
4.88
0.44
20.7
0.61
67.5
0.78
6.12
13.8
4.03

7.91
27.7
104
31.0
841
1.65
0.45
26.5
8.42
393
11.7
1282
14.4
116
263
38.9

8.77
30.2
110
32.7
885
1.74
1.40
31.4
8.86
414
12.3
1350
15.2
122
276
43.0