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Water Knowledge Center
Statistics

[ Country Profiles — Armenia ]
Indicators  
Data
Year
Source
Water Resources
Total annual water resources (AWR)  
 11
cu.km  2007     1
Water from international rivers as share of annual water resources  
 14
%  2007     1
Total resources per capita  
 3,460
cu.m  2007     1
Dam capacity as percentage of AWR  
 11.0
%  1993     1
Water Use
Total annual water withdrawals as share of AWR Total
 28.0
%  2000     1
  Domestic
 30
%  2000     1
  Industry
 4
%  2000     1
  Agriculture
 66
%  2000     1
Water withdrawals per capita  
1,014
cu.m  2000     1
Area equipped for irrigation as percentage of irrigation potential  
 44
%  1995
 
  1
Area actually irrigated as percentage of irrigation potential  
 27
%  1995
 
  1
Irrigated land as percentage of cropland  
 52
%  2003     5
Groundwater withdrawals per capita  
 na
cu.m      
Wastewater Management
Wastewater: produced volume  
 0.8
cu.km  1994     1
Wastewater: treated volume  
 0.4
cu.km  1994     1
Hydropower
Hydropower Potential  
 21.8
MW  2002     7
Hydropower Development  
 1.5
MW  2002     7
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources as percentage of total electricity production  
 28.1
%  2005     5
Watershed Management
Annual rate of change in forest cover 2000-2005
 -1.5
%  2005     2
Water and Poverty
Population with access to water supply [%] Urban
 99
%  2004     4
  Rural
 80
%  2004     4
Population with access to sanitation [%] Urban
 96
%  2004     4
  Rural
 61
%  2004     4
Deaths among children under 5 years of age due to diarrhoeal diseases  
 10.5
%  2000     6
Number of deaths due to floods and droughts 2000-2007
 1
persons  2007     3
Damages due to floods and droughts 2000-2007
 100
US$ million  2007     3

Sources:
  1. FAO Aquastat (http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/dbase/index.stm)
  2. FAO Forestry (http://www.fao.org/forestry/site/43035/en/)
  3. EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be – Université Catholique de Louvain – Brussels – Belgium
  4. WHO-UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply & Sanitation (http://www.wssinfo.org/en/watquery.html)
  5. World Bank (http://devdata.worldbank.org/query/default.htm)
  6. WHO. Core Health Indicators. (http://www.who.int/whosis/database/core/core_select_process.cfm)
  7. UNESCAP. Electric Power in Asia and the Pacific 2001-2002. (http://www.unescap.org/esd/energy/information/electricpower/2001-2002/html/armenia.htm)