This layer presents water abstraction in Million Cubic Meters per year for 32 countries (23 in Europe and North America, 5 in Asia and the Pacific, 4 in Latin America and the Caribbean) at the most recent date between 2008 and 2012. However, data are available from 1975 to 2014 for 39 countries. Water abstractions or water withdrawals, are defined as freshwater taken from ground or surface water sources, either permanently or temporarily, and conveyed to a place of use. The data include abstractions for public water supply, irrigation, industrial processes, cooling of electric power plants, mine water and drainage water.For more information, visit the OECD database: https://data.oecd.org/water/water-withdrawals.htm#indicator-chart
