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Canada Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources
What is Canada's level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources? As of 2022, it's 3.7% (ratio), down from 3.8% (ratio) in 2014.
| Label | Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 3.7595% (ratio) |
| 2015 | 3.6797% (ratio) |
| 2016 | 3.7066% (ratio) |
| 2017 | 3.7336% (ratio) |
| 2018 | 3.7336% (ratio) |
| 2019 | 3.7336% (ratio) |
| 2020 | 3.7336% (ratio) |
| 2021 | 3.7207% (ratio) |
| 2022 | 3.7207% (ratio) |
Data Source: World Bank and Wantstats Repository
Canada Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources: Key Points
- Look at the two endpoints first. Canada's level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources opens at 3.76 % (ratio) in 2014 and closes at 3.72 % (ratio) in 2022 — down, roughly 1%.
- 2015: falls to 3.68 % (ratio) (-2%).
- 2016-2022: barely budges, 3.72 % (ratio).
- Somewhere in this series, the same figure repeats 4 years running — treat that stretch as a single estimate, not annual tracking.
- 2022: Ends the series at 3.72 % (ratio) — 1.0% below the 2014 baseline.
What A Flat Run Really Means
This is a case where the summary statistic actively misleads. 1.0% net change, but the chart itself tells a much choppier story.
The single most useful thing to do with this chart is compare Canada against its neighbors or peers on the same level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources series, not read the line in isolation — a number only means something relative to where everyone else stands.
Like most indicator series of this kind, the Canada numbers here are compiled from periodic surveys and filled in with modeling for the years between — read the shape of the trend, hold individual annual figures loosely.
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