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Table 4: Water Stress in West Asia (1995)
Country |
Population 1995 (1 000s) |
Available Water Resource (1) |
Exploited Water Resource(1) |
Per capita Water Resource(2) |
Water Stress Index (%) |
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Arabian Peninsula sub-region |
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Bahrain |
557 |
0.111 |
0.287 |
199 |
>100 |
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Kuwait |
1 691 |
0.343 |
0.538 |
203 |
>100 |
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Oman |
2 207 |
2.467 |
1.241 |
1118 |
50.3 |
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Qatar |
548 |
0.279 |
0.439 |
509 |
>100 |
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Saudi Arabia |
18 255 |
6.871 |
21.155 |
376 |
>100 |
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UAE |
2 210 |
0.762 |
2.212 |
345 |
>100 |
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Yemen |
15 027 |
5.065 |
3.819 |
337 |
75.2 |
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Sub-total |
40 495 |
15.898 |
29 691 |
393 |
>100 |
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Mashriq sub-region |
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Iraq |
20 095 |
(3)62.077 |
49.107 |
3 089 |
79.1 |
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Jordan |
5 377 |
1.028 |
1.383 |
191 |
>100 |
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Lebanon |
3 009 |
7.804 |
1.225 |
2 594 |
15.7 |
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NPA(4) |
2 400 |
(3)1.050 |
0.219 |
438 |
20.8 |
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Syria |
14 203 |
(3)26.389 |
14.566 |
1 858 |
55.2 |
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Sub-total |
45 084 |
98.348 |
66 500 |
2 181 |
67.5 |
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Regional total |
85 579 |
114.246 |
96.191 |
1 335 |
84.3 |
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1. Volume in multiples of a thousand million cubic metres
2. Cubic metres a year
3. Shared water resources of Iraq, NPA, and Syria are subject to reconciliation with neighbouring countries
4. National Palestinian Authority
(Data from verified Country Reports, UNSPD 1997)
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