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Water Knowledge Center
Statistics

[ Country Profiles — Georgia ]
Indicators  
Data
Year
Source
Water Resources
Total annual water resources (AWR)  
 63
cu.km  2007     1
Water from international rivers as share of annual water resources  
 8
%  2007     1
Total resources per capita  
 12,595
cu.m  2007     1
Dam capacity as percentage of AWR  
 5.0
%  1990     1
Water Use
Total annual water withdrawals as share of AWR Total
 5.7
%  2000     1
  Domestic
 20
%  2000     1
  Industry
 21
%  2000     1
  Agriculture
 59
%  2000     1
Water withdrawals per capita  
697
cu.m  2000     1
Area equipped for irrigation as percentage of irrigation potential  
 65
%  1996
 
  1
Area actually irrigated as percentage of irrigation potential  
 38
%  1996
 
  1
Irrigated land as percentage of cropland  
 44
%  2003     5
Groundwater withdrawals per capita  
 549.5
cu.m  1996     1
Wastewater Management
Wastewater: produced volume  
 0.6
cu.km  1985     1
Wastewater: treated volume  
 0.3
cu.km  1985     1
Hydropower
Hydropower Potential  
 15,500
MW  2005     7
Hydropower Development  
 4,200
MW  2005     7
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources as percentage of total electricity production  
 85.8
%  2005     5
Watershed Management
Annual rate of change in forest cover 2000-2005
 
%  2005     2
Water and Poverty
Population with access to water supply [%] Urban
 96
%  2004     4
  Rural
 67
%  2004     4
Population with access to sanitation [%] Urban
 96
%  2004     4
  Rural
 91
%  2004     4
Deaths among children under 5 years of age due to diarrhoeal diseases  
 11.5
%  2000     6
Number of deaths due to floods and droughts 2000-2007
 1
persons  2007     3
Damages due to floods and droughts 2000-2007
 202,156
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. http://www.small-hydro.com/index.cfm?Fuseaction=countries.country&Country_ID=146International Small Hydro Atlas (http://www.small-hydro.com/index.cfm?Fuseaction=countries.country&Country_ID=146)