Türkiye's water · transboundary

Türkiye and its neighbours: water figures

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World Bank WDI water figures for Türkiye and eight neighbouring countries: renewable freshwater per person, withdrawal as a share of internal resources, agricultural, industrial and domestic shares of withdrawal, irrigated share of farmland, safely managed drinking water; each value with its year (mostly 2022). Network water loss is not in WDI; AQUASTAT is linked only. No ranking, no commentary.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0; WDI update 8 October 2026; retrieved 16 October 2026). Each cell shows the latest observation and its year; years may differ between countries, and the table says so in every cell. Definitions are the WDI's own English notes (below). This table does not rank or score.

WDI water measures, Türkiye and eight neighbours
Measure	Türkiye	Iraq	Syria	Iran	Greece	Bulgaria	Georgia	Armenia	Azerbaijan
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita (cubic meters)m³ per person per year · ER.H2O.INTR.PC	2,6712022	798.72022	317.52022	1,4352022	5,5572022	3,2482022	15,6582022	2,3102022	800.22022
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total (billion cubic meters)km³ per year · ER.H2O.INTR.K3	227.02022	35.22022	7.12022	128.52022	58.02022	21.02022	58.12022	6.92022	8.12022
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources)% · ER.H2O.FWTL.ZS	28.42022	120.52022	195.82022	72.32022	17.32022	25.92022	2.22022	44.82022	160.52022
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters)km³ per year · ER.H2O.FWTL.K3	64.52022	42.42022	14.02022	93.02022	10.02022	5.42022	1.32022	3.12022	13.02022
Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture (% of total freshwater withdrawal)% · ER.H2O.FWAG.ZS	86.92022	73.52022	87.52022	92.22022	80.52022	13.32022	33.62022	77.52022	92.22022
Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry (% of total freshwater withdrawal)% · ER.H2O.FWIN.ZS	2.02022	10.72022	3.72022	1.22022	2.82022	71.32022	27.42022	4.92022	4.62022
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic (% of total freshwater withdrawal)% · ER.H2O.FWDM.ZS	11.12022	15.92022	8.82022	6.62022	16.72022	15.42022	39.02022	17.62022	3.12022
Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land)% · AG.LND.IRIG.AG.ZS	12.72024	no data	7.22024	16.92024	23.42024	0.72024	4.02008	9.32024	30.72024
People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population)% of population · SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS	no data	59.82024	no data	94.42024	96.72024	96.22024	70.52024	82.12024	57.82024
Population, totalpeople · SP.POP.TOTL	85,878,5562025	47,020,7742025	25,620,4272025	92,417,6812025	10,413,9622025	6,433,3022025	3,935,7662025	3,086,7002025	10,246,9962025
Network water loss%	WDI has no such measure; AQUASTAT publishes it per country (link below; no figure taken). For Türkiye, municipal water-loss data is in TÜİK and Ministry of Interior publications; not compiled on this page.

Definitions (WDI)English source note, code and unit

Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita (cubic meters) ER.H2O.INTR.PC: Renewable internal freshwater resources flows refer to internal renewable resources (internal river flows and groundwater from rainfall) in the country. Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita are calculated using the World Bank's population estimates.; WDI API query
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total (billion cubic meters) ER.H2O.INTR.K3: Renewable internal freshwater resources flows refer to internal renewable resources (internal river flows and groundwater from rainfall) in the country.; WDI API query
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources) ER.H2O.FWTL.ZS: Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins. Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source. Withdrawals can exceed 100 percent of total renewable resources where extraction from nonrenewable aquifers or desalination plants is considerable or where there is significant water reuse. Withdrawals for agriculture and industry are total withdrawals for irrigation and livestock production and for direct industrial use (including withdrawals for cooling thermoelectric …; WDI API query
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters) ER.H2O.FWTL.K3: Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins. Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source. Withdrawals can exceed 100 percent of total renewable resources where extraction from nonrenewable aquifers or desalination plants is considerable or where there is significant water reuse. Withdrawals for agriculture and industry are total withdrawals for irrigation and livestock production and for direct industrial use (including withdrawals for cooling thermoelectric …; WDI API query
Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture (% of total freshwater withdrawal) ER.H2O.FWAG.ZS: Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins. Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source. Withdrawals can exceed 100 percent of total renewable resources where extraction from nonrenewable aquifers or desalination plants is considerable or where there is significant water reuse. Withdrawals for agriculture are total withdrawals for irrigation and livestock production. Data are for the most recent year available for 1987-2002.; WDI API query
Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry (% of total freshwater withdrawal) ER.H2O.FWIN.ZS: Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins. Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source. Withdrawals can exceed 100 percent of total renewable resources where extraction from nonrenewable aquifers or desalination plants is considerable or where there is significant water reuse. Withdrawals for industry are total withdrawals for direct industrial use (including withdrawals for cooling thermoelectric plants). Data are for the most recent year available for …; WDI API query
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic (% of total freshwater withdrawal) ER.H2O.FWDM.ZS: Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins. Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source. Withdrawals can exceed 100 percent of total renewable resources where extraction from nonrenewable aquifers or desalination plants is considerable or where there is significant water reuse. Withdrawals for domestic uses include drinking water, municipal use or supply, and use for public services, commercial establishments, and homes. Data are for the most recent year …; WDI API query
Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) AG.LND.IRIG.AG.ZS: Agricultural irrigated land refers to agricultural areas purposely provided with water, including land irrigated by controlled flooding.; WDI API query · no data: Iraq
People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population) SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS: The percentage of people using drinking water from an improved source that is accessible on premises, available when needed and free from fecal and priority chemical contamination. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.; WDI API query · no data: Türkiye, Syria
Population, total SP.POP.TOTL: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.; WDI API query

FAO AQUASTAT

FAO AQUASTAT — licence CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (non-commercial). Country water balances, irrigation and water-loss measures are in the AQUASTAT portal; the portal is script-driven (Terria) and no open CSV/JSON access was found from this server (16 October 2026), so no figure was taken, only the link. The non-commercial licence condition is passed on.

Compilation CC BY 4.0; source licences apply separately. Data: /veri/sinir-otesi.json. Basin records: Waters shared with neighbours.