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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) |
210
|
cu.km | 2007 | 1 | ||
| Water from international rivers as share of annual water resources |
6
|
% | 2007 | 1 | ||
| Total resources per capita |
7,988
|
cu.m | 2007 | 1 | ||
| Dam capacity as percentage of AWR |
na
|
% | ||||
| Water Use | ||||||
| Total annual water withdrawals as share of AWR | Total |
4.8
|
% | 2000 | 1 | |
| Domestic |
30
|
% | 2000 | 1 | ||
| Industry |
6
|
% | 2000 | 1 | ||
| Agriculture |
97
|
% | 2000 | 1 | ||
| Water withdrawals per capita |
414
|
cu.m | 2000 | 1 | ||
| Area equipped for irrigation as percentage of irrigation potential |
52
|
% | 1994 |
|
1 | |
| Area actually irrigated as percentage of irrigation potential |
54
|
% | 2005 |
1.8
|
* | |
| Irrigated land as percentage of cropland |
47
|
% | 2005 | 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 |
42,130
|
MW | 2002 | 7 | ||
| Hydropower Development |
527
|
MW | 2002 | 7 | ||
| Electricity production from hydroelectric sources as percentage of total electricity production |
99.8
|
% | 2005 | 5 | ||
| Watershed Management | ||||||
| Annual rate of change in forest cover | 2000-2005 |
(1.4)
|
% | 2005 | 2 | |
| Water and Poverty | ||||||
| Population with access to water supply [%] | Urban |
96
|
% | 2004 | 4 | |
| Rural |
89
|
% | 2004 | 4 | ||
| Population with access to sanitation [%] | Urban |
62
|
% | 2004 | 4 | |
| Rural |
30
|
% | 2004 | 4 | ||
| Deaths among children under 5 years of age due to diarrhoeal diseases |
20.5
|
% | 2000 | 6 | ||
| Number of deaths due to floods and droughts | 2000-2007 |
833
|
persons | 2007 | 3 | |
| Damages due to floods and droughts | 2000-2007 |
9
|
US$ million | 2007 | 3 | |
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