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Statistics

[ Country Profiles — Afghanistan ]
Indicators  
Data
Year
Source
Water Resources
Total annual water resources (AWR)  
 65
cu.km  2007     1
Water from international rivers as share of annual water resources  
 15
%  2007     1
Total resources per capita  
 2,503
cu.m  2007     1
Dam capacity as percentage of AWR  
 na
%      
Water Use
Total annual water withdrawals as share of AWR Total
 35.8
%  2000     1
  Domestic
 2
%  2000     1
  Industry
 
%  2000     1
  Agriculture
 98
%  2000     1
Water withdrawals per capita  
1,014
cu.m  2000     1
Area equipped for irrigation as percentage of irrigation potential  
 60
%  
 1.8
  *
Area actually irrigated as percentage of irrigation potential  
 51
%  2003
 
  8
Irrigated land as percentage of cropland  
 34
%  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  2007     7
Hydropower Development  
 260
MW  2007     7
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources as percentage of total electricity production  
 na
%      
Watershed Management
Annual rate of change in forest cover 2000-2005
 (3.1)
%  2005     2
Water and Poverty
Population with access to water supply [%] Urban
 63
%  2004     4
  Rural
 31
%  2004     4
Population with access to sanitation [%] Urban
 49
%  2004     4
  Rural
 29
%  2004     4
Deaths among children under 5 years of age due to diarrhoeal diseases  
 18.9
%  2000     6
Number of deaths due to floods and droughts 2000-2007
 1,143
persons  2007     3
Damages due to floods and droughts 2000-2007
 0.05
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. ADB. 2007. Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Preparing the Small to Medium-Sized Hydropower Development Project, p.2. (http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/Consultant/39078-AFG/39078-AFG-TACR.pdf)
  8. Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock - Afghanistan (http://www.agriculture.gov.af/english/MS.htm)