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Countries that Desalinate the Most Water

Which countries produce the greatest quantity of desalinated water?
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First submittedFebruary 1, 2020
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Liters
Country
12,810 bil
China
2,137 bil
Saudi Arabia
2,040 bil
United Arab Emirates
669 bil
Qatar
631 bil
Algeria
580 bil
United States
533 bil
Israel
Liters
Country
420 bil
Kuwait
420 bil
Spain
337 bil
Croatia
330 bil
Oman
310 bil
Australia
242 bil
Bahrain
200 bil
Egypt
Liters
Country
200 bil
Iran
200 bil
Italy
94 bil
Cape Verde
77 bil
South Africa
70 bil
Libya
65 bil
Chile
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31 Comments
Quizmaster
+28
Level ∞
Feb 1, 2020
So how much water does Saudi Arabia desalinate? 2.18 trillion liters sounds like a lot, and it is. It would be enough to fill almost 1 million Olympic size swimming pools. But it's also very small compared to natural bodies of water. It would take Saudi Arabia 5000 years to create enough desalinated water to fill Lake Superior.
kalbahamut
+9
Level 81
Feb 2, 2020
you can still taste it in the water from the tap, too.
TomatosRaafatos
+12
Level 75
Mar 5, 2020
I hope you never drunk tap water there. It's officially not suitable for human consumption.
AHAlHashmi
+4
Level 61
Oct 4, 2022
tastes better than chlorine water in the USA
3NRD
+1
Level 40
May 8, 2023
Some of the tap water in Las Vegas is worse than chlorine. At the VA North East clinic, putrid beyond stench.

The Aliente DMV has very good water.

Israel cooperates with Jordan and others better than Las Vegas does.

Las Vegas floods sidewalks and streets, same at least since 1980.

Sifhraven
+14
Level 74
Feb 2, 2020
I got nowhere for a while, until I tapped into the middle east (yes bad pun intended, though nearly unintentional). Ended up with 12, thought I would stay on 2-3 forever.
vomitingdiamonds
+4
Level 85
Feb 4, 2020
Surprised Peru, Morocco and perhaps Chile not on here. Maybe they lack the money to develop desalination plants, unlike the oil rich states. Surprised the US is,
carkey
+8
Level 74
Mar 5, 2020
Peru and Chile have a lot of natural fresh water sources, so I assume that's why they don't need to desalinate. I was surprised by Libya and Morocco not being on the list though.
RJF
+1
Level 65
Jan 20, 2023
I suspect that on the list of countries with the greatest length of water pipelines (large, long-distance ones, not regular water mains), Chile and Peru will both be somewhere near the top of the list. Argentina too, probably.
Zefyrinus
+2
Level 73
Oct 21, 2024
I'm really surprised that Chile is on here now.
tshalla
+12
Level 77
Mar 5, 2020
Shocked Kuwait wasn't on the list.
kalbahamut
+11
Level 81
Mar 5, 2020
Kuwait is at or near the top of the list of biggest water importers in the world.
TheKindCowboy
+1
Level 55
Nov 30, 2022
I think Kuwait ranks first for a percent of a country's water that is desalinated.
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Oct 15, 2024
It is now
RyanTheT
+1
Level 47
Mar 5, 2020
100% baby
Geopro
+4
Level 59
Mar 5, 2020
Missed only Spain :(
lucd13
+4
Level 70
Mar 6, 2020
Spain was a complete guess for me.
WildCoil
+2
Level 67
Nov 23, 2022
I got it because I knew a lot of Spain is a desert.
Frelind
+3
Level 62
Oct 16, 2024
well that's just false
Danem20
+1
Level 86
Jun 26, 2025
Only 110 square miles of Spain is desert.
EytanMelech
+5
Level 67
Mar 27, 2020
South Africa needs to hop on the bandwagon soon. I don't know how Cape Town will hold out any longer without extensive desalinization.
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Oct 15, 2024
They are on the list now!
Neodymium
+2
Level 63
Oct 15, 2024
Libya isn't so high cuz they built a lot of pipelines from their Saharan aquifers to their coastal cities.
TheExtraMenu
+3
Level 65
Oct 15, 2024
Never thought about Croatia lacking rivers
Djilas
+2
Level 85
Oct 15, 2024
The coastal area is very dry due to limestone landscape full of caves, plus islands.
blizzrd33
+1
Level 80
Oct 15, 2024
India is coming
Dimby
+3
Level 80
Oct 21, 2024
Ooooooh. Deserts with coastline. That should’ve been easier to figure out 😂
Amethyst976
+1
Level 30
Oct 21, 2024
17/20, but what does Desalinate actually mean? i just guessed countrys with bigger coastlines or rich countrys after i randomly guessed the UAE.
layaleek
+3
Level 51
Oct 21, 2024
it's when you take the salt out of seawater to make it drinkable/usable by dissolving it

i'm guessing countries that don't have enough pure water do that because their land is very arid and they don't have enough water, hence why lots of gulf countries and north african ones are on there

Gabsalfacezao
+1
Level 36
Dec 25, 2024
Wow cape verde was my first guess
bunbud
+1
Level 57
Apr 29, 2025
Idk what desalinated means but I got 18/20
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