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Statistics

[ Country Profiles — Malaysia ]
Indicators  
Data
Year
Source
Water Resources
Total annual water resources (AWR)  
 580
 cu.km  2007     1
Water from international rivers as share of annual water resources  
 
 %  2007     1
Total resources per capita  
 22,902
 cu.m  2007     1
Dam capacity as percentage of AWR  
 na
 %      
Water Use
Total annual water withdrawals as share of AWR Total
 1.6
 %  2000     1
  Domestic
 17
 %  2000     1
  Industry
 21
 %  2000     1
  Agriculture
 62
 %  2000     1
Water withdrawals per capita  
376
 cu.m  2000     1
Area equipped for irrigation as percentage of irrigation potential  
 88
 %  1994
 
   1
Area actually irrigated as percentage of irrigation potential  
 na
 %  
 
  
Irrigated land as percentage of cropland  
 5
 %  2003     5
Groundwater withdrawals per capita  
 19.6
 cu.m  1995     1
Wastewater Management
Wastewater: produced volume  
 2.7
 cu.km  1995     1
Wastewater: treated volume  
 0.4
 cu.km  1995     1
Hydropower
Hydropower Potential  
 25,000
 MW  2000     7
Hydropower Development  
 1,874
 MW  2002     8
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources as percentage of total electricity production  
 6.6
 %  2005     5
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
 100
 %  2004     4
  Rural
 96
 %  2004     4
Population with access to sanitation [%] Urban
 95
 %  2004     4
  Rural
 93
 %  2004     4
Deaths among children under 5 years of age due to diarrhoeal diseases  
 5.4
 %  2000     6
Number of deaths due to floods and droughts 2000-2007
 112
 persons  2007     3
Damages due to floods and droughts 2000-2007
 1,001
 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. Table 8 Renewable Energy Potential and Development for Power Generation (MW). (http://www.unescap.org/esd/energy/information/ElectricPower/1999-2000/html/tables.htm)
  8. ASEAN Centre for Energy (http://www.aseanenergy.org/energy_sector/electricity/malaysia/tnb/generation_fuel_options.htm)