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[ Country Profiles — Lao People's Democratic Republic
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| Indicators |
Data
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Year
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Source
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| Water Resources | ||||||
| Total annual water resources (AWR) |
333
|
cu.km | 2007 | 1 | ||
| Water from international rivers as share of annual water resources |
43
|
% | 2007 | 1 | ||
| Total resources per capita |
59,269
|
cu.m | 2007 | 1 | ||
| Dam capacity as percentage of AWR |
2.2
|
% | 1995 | 1 | ||
| Water Use | ||||||
| Total annual water withdrawals as share of AWR | Total |
0.9
|
% | 2000 | 1 | |
| Domestic |
4
|
% | 2000 | 1 | ||
| Industry |
6
|
% | 2000 | 1 | ||
| Agriculture |
90
|
% | 2000 | 1 | ||
| Water withdrawals per capita |
541
|
cu.m | 2000 | 1 | ||
| Area equipped for irrigation as percentage of irrigation potential |
49
|
% |
|
1 | ||
| Area actually irrigated as percentage of irrigation potential |
25
|
% | 1995 |
|
1 | |
| Irrigated land as percentage of cropland |
16
|
% | 2003 | 5 | ||
| Groundwater withdrawals per capita |
na
|
cu.m | ||||
| Wastewater Management | ||||||
| Wastewater: produced volume |
na
|
cu.km | ||||
| Wastewater: treated volume |
na
|
cu.km | ||||
| Hydropower | ||||||
| Hydropower Potential |
23,000
|
MW | 2004 | 7 | ||
| Hydropower Development |
671
|
MW | 2004 | 7 | ||
| Electricity production from hydroelectric sources as percentage of total electricity production |
na
|
% | ||||
| Watershed Management | ||||||
| Annual rate of change in forest cover | 2000-2005 |
(0.5)
|
% | 2005 | 2 | |
| Water and Poverty | ||||||
| Population with access to water supply [%] | Urban |
79
|
% | 2004 | 4 | |
| Rural |
43
|
% | 2004 | 4 | ||
| Population with access to sanitation [%] | Urban |
67
|
% | 2004 | 4 | |
| Rural |
20
|
% | 2004 | 4 | ||
| Deaths among children under 5 years of age due to diarrhoeal diseases |
15.6
|
% | 2000 | 6 | ||
| Number of deaths due to floods and droughts | 2000-2007 |
17
|
persons | 2007 | 3 | |
| Damages due to floods and droughts | 2000-2007 |
1
|
US$ million | 2007 | 3 | |
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