Arab Region | Water withdrawal (Arab countries,1992–2017)
Annual quantity of water withdrawn for agricultural, industrial and municipal purposes. It can include water from primary renewable and secondary freshwater resources, as well as water from over-abstraction of renewable groundwater or withdrawal from fossil groundwater, direct use of agricultural drainage water, direct use of (treated) wastewater, and desalinated water. It does not include in-stream uses, which are characterized by a very low net consumption rate, such as recreation, navigation, hydropower, inland capture fisheries, etc.
| Location | Year | value |
|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1992 | 4.73 |
| Algeria | 1997 | 5.31 |
| Algeria | 2002 | 6.06 |
| Algeria | 2007 | 7.24 |
| Algeria | 2012 | 8.43 |
| Algeria | 2017 | 10.46 |
| Algeria | 1992 | E |
| Algeria | 1997 | E |
| Algeria | 2002 | E |
| Algeria | 2007 | E |
| Algeria | 2012 | E |
| Algeria | 2017 | E |
| Morocco | 1992 | 11.04 |
| Morocco | 1997 | 11.66 |
| Morocco | 2002 | 14.82 |
| Morocco | 2007 | 12.08 |
| Morocco | 2012 | 10.43 |
| Morocco | 2017 | 10.43 |
| Morocco | 1992 | E |
| Morocco | 1997 | E |
| Morocco | 2002 | E |
| Somalia | 1992 | 1.76 |
| Somalia | 1997 | 2.72 |
| Somalia | 2002 | 3.3 |
| Somalia | 2007 | 3.3 |
| Somalia | 2012 | 3.3 |
| Somalia | 2017 | 3.3 |
| Bahrain | 1992 | 0.26 |
| Bahrain | 1997 | 0.31 |
| Bahrain | 2002 | 0.35 |
| Bahrain | 2007 | 0.38 |
| Bahrain | 2012 | 0.42 |
| Bahrain | 2017 | 0.43 |
| Bahrain | 1992 | E |
| Bahrain | 1997 | E |
| Bahrain | 2002 | E |
| Tunisia | 1992 | 2.99 |
| Tunisia | 1997 | 2.77 |
| Tunisia | 2002 | 2.9 |
| Tunisia | 2007 | 3.12 |
| Tunisia | 2012 | 3.57 |
| Tunisia | 2017 | 4.88 |
| Tunisia | 2017 | E |
| Lebanon | 1992 | 1.24 |
| Lebanon | 1997 | 1.36 |
| Lebanon | 2002 | 1.38 |
| Lebanon | 2007 | 1.42 |
| Lebanon | 2012 | 1.68 |
| Lebanon | 2017 | 1.84 |
| Qatar | 1992 | 0.27 |
| Qatar | 1997 | 0.29 |
| Qatar | 2002 | 0.35 |
| Qatar | 2007 | 0.52 |
| Qatar | 2012 | 0.75 |
| Qatar | 2017 | 0.91 |
| Qatar | 2007 | E |
| Qatar | 2012 | E |
| Sudan | 2012 | 26.93 |
| Sudan | 2017 | 26.93 |
| Iraq | 1992 | 47.44 |
| Iraq | 1997 | 59.04 |
| Iraq | 2002 | 62.29 |
| Iraq | 2007 | 53 |
| Iraq | 2012 | 43.71 |
| Iraq | 2017 | 38.55 |
| Kuwait | 1997 | 0.7 |
| Kuwait | 2002 | 0.91 |
| Kuwait | 2007 | 1.04 |
| Kuwait | 2012 | 1.11 |
| Kuwait | 2017 | 1.25 |
| Kuwait | 1997 | E |
| Kuwait | 2002 | E |
| Kuwait | 2007 | E |
| Kuwait | 2012 | E |
| Kuwait | 2017 | E |
| Palestine | 2002 | 0.33 |
| Palestine | 2007 | 0.4 |
| Palestine | 2012 | 0.36 |
| Palestine | 2017 | 0.38 |
| Palestine | 2002 | E |
| Palestine | 2017 | E |
| Syria | 1992 | 12.24 |
| Syria | 1997 | 14.43 |
| Syria | 2002 | 16.36 |
| Syria | 2007 | 16.76 |
| Syria | 2012 | 16.76 |
| Syria | 2017 | 16.76 |
| Syria | 1997 | E |
| Syria | 2002 | E |
| Syria | 2007 | E |
| Syria | 2012 | E |
| Syria | 2017 | E |
| Egypt | 1992 | 54.72 |
| Egypt | 1997 | 62.64 |
| Egypt | 2002 | 70.24 |
| Egypt | 2007 | 75.09 |
| Egypt | 2012 | 72.3 |
| Egypt | 2017 | 77.5 |
| Egypt | 2012 | E |
| Egypt | 2017 | E |
Arab Region | Water withdrawal (Arab countries,1992–2017)
Annual quantity of water withdrawn for agricultural, industrial and municipal purposes. It can include water from primary renewable and secondary freshwater resources, as well as water from over-abstraction of renewable groundwater or withdrawal from fossil groundwater, direct use of agricultural drainage water, direct use of (treated) wastewater, and desalinated water. It does not include in-stream uses, which are characterized by a very low net consumption rate, such as recreation, navigation, hydropower, inland capture fisheries, etc.