Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters) - Infrastructure - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators

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Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins. Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source. Withdrawals can exceed 100 percent of total renewable resources where extraction from nonrenewable aquifers or desalination plants is considerable or where there is significant water reuse. Withdrawals for agriculture and industry are total withdrawals for irrigation and livestock production and for direct industrial use (including withdrawals for cooling thermoelectric plants). Withdrawals for domestic uses include drinking water, municipal use or supply, and use for public services, commercial establishments, and homes. Data are for the most recent year available for 1987-2002. Source: World Resources Institute, supplemented by the FAO's AQUASTAT data.
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters) - Infrastructure - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1North Africa (2000)93.94
2Egypt (2000)68.3
3Sudan (2000)37.32
4Madagascar (2000)14.96
5Morocco (2000)12.6
6South Africa (2000)12.5
7Nigeria (2000)8.01
8Mali (2000)6.55
9Algeria (2000)6.07
10Ethiopia (2002)5.56
11Tanzania (2002)5.18
12Libya (2000)4.33
13Zimbabwe (2002)4.21
14Somalia (2003)3.3
15Kenya (2003)2.73
16Tunisia (2000)2.64
17Senegal (2002)2.22
18Niger (2000)2.18
19Zambia (2000)1.74
20Mauritania (2000)1.7
21Guinea (2000)1.51
22Swaziland (2000)1.04
23Malawi (2000)1.01
24Cameroon (2000)0.99
25Ghana (2000)0.98
26Ivory Coast (2000)0.93
27Burkina Faso (2000)0.8
28Mauritius (2003)0.72
29Mozambique (2000)0.63
30Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria (2004)0.58
31Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa (2004)0.58
32Sub-Saharan Africa (2004)0.58
33Eritrea (2004)0.58
34Africa (2004)0.58
35Sierra Leone (2000)0.38
36Democratic Republic of the Congo (2000)0.36
37Angola (2000)0.35
38Namibia (2000)0.3
39Burundi (2000)0.29
40Chad (2000)0.23
41Uganda (1970)0.2
42Botswana (2000)0.19
43Guinea-Bissau (2000)0.17
44Togo (2002)0.17
45Rwanda (2000)0.15
46Benin (2001)0.13
47Gabon (2000)0.12
48Liberia (2000)0.11
49Equatorial Guinea (2000)0.11
50Lesotho (2000)0.05
51Republic of the Congo (2002)0.05
52Gambia (2000)0.03
53Central African Republic (2000)0.03
54Djibouti (2000)0.02
55Comoros (1999)0.01
56Seychelles (2003)0.01
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