In the financial year 2020, around 68 percent of the water abstracted in Australia was used for agriculture. That year, around 14.6 thousand gigaliters of water had been abstracted in the country.
Distribution of water usage in Australia in financial year 2020, by purpose
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Bureau of Meteorology (Australia). (March 5, 2021). Distribution of water usage in Australia in financial year 2020, by purpose [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 20, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/802418/australia-water-usage-by-purpose/
Bureau of Meteorology (Australia). "Distribution of water usage in Australia in financial year 2020, by purpose." Chart. March 5, 2021. Statista. Accessed April 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/802418/australia-water-usage-by-purpose/
Bureau of Meteorology (Australia). (2021). Distribution of water usage in Australia in financial year 2020, by purpose. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/802418/australia-water-usage-by-purpose/
Bureau of Meteorology (Australia). "Distribution of Water Usage in Australia in Financial Year 2020, by Purpose." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/802418/australia-water-usage-by-purpose/
Bureau of Meteorology (Australia), Distribution of water usage in Australia in financial year 2020, by purpose Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/802418/australia-water-usage-by-purpose/ (last visited April 20, 2024)
Distribution of water usage in Australia in financial year 2020, by purpose [Graph], Bureau of Meteorology (Australia), March 5, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/802418/australia-water-usage-by-purpose/