A Global Assessment of the Water Footprint of Farm Animal Products

Mekonnen, Mesfin M.; Hoekstra, Arjen Y.

doi:10.1007/s10021-011-9517-8

Table 1 The Green, Blue and Grey Water Footprint of Selected Animal Products for Selected Countries and the Weighted Global Average (m³/ton)

From: A Global Assessment of the Water Footprint of Farm Animal Products

Animal products	Farming system	China			India			Netherlands			USA			Weighted average
Animal products	Farming system	Green	Blue	Grey	Green	Blue	Grey	Green	Blue	Grey	Green	Blue	Grey	Green	Blue	Grey	Total
Beef	Grazing	16,140	213	0	25,913	242	0				19,102	525	590	21,121	465	243	21,829
	Mixed	13,227	339	103	16,192	533	144	10,319	761	664	12,726	546	768	14,803	508	401	15,712
	Industrial	10,922	933	1,234	12,412	1,471	866	3,934	349	225	2,949	356	551	8,849	683	712	10,244
	Weighted average	12,795	495	398	15,537	722	288	5,684	484	345	12,933	525	733	14,414	550	451	15,415
Sheep meat	Grazing	9,606	388	0	11,441	489	0				11,910	312	18	15,870	421	20	16,311
	Mixed	5,337	454	14	7,528	582	316	8,248	422	35	9,842	318	74	7,784	484	67	8,335
	Industrial	2,366	451	22	4,523	593	484				0	0	0	4,607	800	216	5,623
	Weighted average	5,347	452	14	7,416	582	314	8,248	422	35	10,948	315	44	9,813	522	76	10,412
Goat meat	Grazing	5,073	272	0	8,081	374	0							9,277	285	0	9,562
	Mixed	2,765	283	0	4,544	381	9	2,443	453	4				4,691	313	4	5,007
	Industrial	1,187	437	0	2,046	436	30							2,431	413	18	2,863
	Weighted average	2,958	312	0	4,194	393	13	2,443	454	4				5,185	330	6	5,521
Pig meat	Grazing	11,134	205	738	3,732	391	325	4,048	479	587	5,118	870	890	7,660	431	632	8,724
	Mixed	5,401	356	542	4,068	893	390	3,653	306	451	4,953	743	916	5,210	435	582	6,226
	Industrial	3,477	538	925	9,236	2,014	1,021	3,776	236	427	3,404	563	634	4,050	487	687	5,225
	Weighted average	5,050	405	648	5,415	1,191	554	3,723	268	438	4,102	645	761	4,907	459	622	5,988
Chicken meat	Grazing	4,695	448	1,414	11,993	1,536	1,369	2,535	113	271	2,836	294	497	7,919	734	718	9,370
	Mixed	3,005	297	905	7,676	995	876	1,509	76	161	1,688	183	296	4,065	348	574	4,987
	Industrial	1,940	195	584	3,787	496	432	1,548	77	165	1,731	187	303	2,337	210	325	2,873
	Weighted average	2,836	281	854	6,726	873	768	1,545	77	165	1,728	187	303	3,545	313	467	4,325
Egg	Grazing	3,952	375	1,189	10,604	1,360	1,176	1,695	76	161	1,740	183	331	6,781	418	446	7,644
	Mixed	2,351	230	708	6,309	815	699	1,085	51	103	1,113	121	212	3,006	312	545	3,863
	Industrial	2,086	206	628	3,611	472	400	1,187	55	113	1,218	132	232	2,298	205	369	2,872
	Weighted average	2,211	217	666	4,888	635	542	1,175	55	111	1,206	130	230	2,592	244	429	3,265
Milk	Grazing	1,580	106	128	1,185	105	34	572	50	32	1,106	69	89	1,087	56	49	1,191
	Mixed	897	147	213	863	132	65	431	40	23	582	59	88	790	90	76	956
	Industrial							500	43	25	444	61	100	1,027	98	82	1,207
	Weighted average	927	145	210	885	130	63	462	41	25	647	60	89	863	86	72	1,020
Butter	Grazing	8,600	577	696	6,448	572	188	3,111	272	176	6,022	373	482	5,913	305	265	6,484
	Mixed	4,880	799	1,161	4,697	716	352	2,345	218	123	3,169	321	478	4,297	492	415	5,204
	Industrial							2,720	233	136	2,417	330	543	5,591	532	448	6,571
	Weighted average	5,044	789	1,141	4,819	706	341	2,513	224	134	3,519	324	483	4,695	465	393	5,553
Milk powder	Grazing	7,348	493	595	5,510	489	160	2,658	232	151	5,145	319	412	5,052	261	227	5,540
	Mixed	4,169	683	992	4,013	612	301	2,003	186	105	2,708	274	409	3,671	421	354	4,446
	Industrial	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,324	199	116	2,065	282	464	4,777	455	382	5,614
	Weighted average	4,309	674	975	4,117	603	291	2,147	191	114	3,007	277	413	4,011	398	336	4,745
Cheese	Grazing	7,812	540	633	5,857	535	171	2,826	263	160	5,470	355	438	5,371	293	241	5,905
	Mixed	4,432	742	1,055	4,267	666	320	2,130	214	111	2,878	307	435	3,903	463	377	4,743
	Industrial							2,471	227	124	2,196	315	493	5,078	500	406	5,984
	Weighted average	4,581	732	1,036	4,377	657	310	2,283	219	121	3,196	310	439	4,264	439	357	5,060
Leather (beef cattle)	Grazing	14,300	266	0	25,195	310	0				21,290	657	658	20,905	535	240	21,680
	Mixed	11,719	377	91	15,743	593	140	11,883	947	765	14,185	681	856	16,701	644	453	17,799
	Industrial	9,677	904	1,093	12,068	1,505	842	4,530	513	259	3,287	497	614	9,487	805	763	11,056
	Weighted average	11,323	515	352	15,103	777	280	6,067	589	369	14,450	658	819	15,916	679	498	17,093

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