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Water Knowledge Center
Statistics

[ Country Profiles — Pakistan ]
Indicators  
Data
Year
Source
Water Resources
Total annual water resources (AWR)  
 222
cu.km  2007     1
Water from international rivers as share of annual water resources  
 76
%  2007     1
Total resources per capita  
 1,380
cu.m  2007     1
Dam capacity as percentage of AWR  
 na
%      
Water Use
Total annual water withdrawals as share of AWR Total
 76.0
%  2000     1
  Domestic
 2
%  2000     1
  Industry
 2
%  2000     1
  Agriculture
 96
%  2000     1
Water withdrawals per capita  
1,130
cu.m  2000     1
Area equipped for irrigation as percentage of irrigation potential  
 na
%  
 
 
Area actually irrigated as percentage of irrigation potential  
 na
%  
 
 
Irrigated land as percentage of cropland  
 85
%  2005     5
Groundwater withdrawals per capita  
 527.3
cu.m  1991     1
Wastewater Management
Wastewater: produced volume  
 na
cu.km      
Wastewater: treated volume  
 na
cu.km      
Hydropower
Hydropower Potential  
 20,000
MW  2000     7
Hydropower Development  
 4,826
MW  1995     8
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources as percentage of total electricity production  
 32.9
%  2005     5
Watershed Management
Annual rate of change in forest cover 2000-2005
 (2.1)
%  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
 92
%  2004     4
  Rural
 41
%  2004     4
Deaths among children under 5 years of age due to diarrhoeal diseases  
 14.0
%  2000     6
Number of deaths due to floods and droughts 2000-2007
 2,159
persons  2007     3
Damages due to floods and droughts 2000-2007
 850
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 (http://www.unescap.org/esd/energy/information/ElectricPower/1999-2000/html/tables.htm)
  8. International Small-Hydro Atlas (http://www.small-hydro.com/index.cfm?Fuseaction=countries.country&Country_ID=60)