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Honduras

Dynamics of water use in Honduras by estimates of SHI (1998)


 
 
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
1995
2000
2010
2025
                   
Popultion, mln *
1.398
1.926
2.617
3.591
4.879
5.606
6.383
8.022
10.530
Irrigation area, th.ha **
40
50
70
82
85
85
88
95
105
GNP, $US per capita ***
   
270
700
700
       
Water withdrawal, km 3
0.66
0.84
1.2
1.58
1.74
1.85
2.04
2.4
2.93
Water consumption, km 3
0.42
0.53
0.74
0.91
0.98
1.01
1.07
1.21
1.41
notes: * - Source: United Nations "Urban and Rural Areas 1950-2025, the 1995 Revision" (World Resources Institute data)
** - 1961-1993 Source: FAO FAOSTAT 95 (World Resources Institute data); 1995 – 2025 - SHI forecast

*** - Source: World Bank World Tables 1994 update (World Resources Institute data)


 
 

Water use of Honduras (km 3 /year) by data of different authors


 
author
 
year
1970
1990
1992
IIASA
withdrawal
1993
 
2.5
 
WRI
withdrawal
1991-98
1.34
 
1.5
WWDS
withdrawal
1998
 
1.4
 
Gleick
withdrawal
1998
 
1.34
 

notes: all estimates include water use for agriculture, industrial & domestic needs;

IIASA – Kulshreshtha S.N., 1993. World Water Resources & Regional Vulnerability: impact of future changes. Luxenburg: IIASA.

WRI – World Resources (1991-1992, 1992-1993, 1994, 1996, 1997-1998 ) – N.Y.: Oxford Univ. Press.

WWDS – World Water Resources. Demand & Supply: 1990 to 2025., 1998. Scenarious & Issues. Colombo:IWMI.

Gleick, 1998 - The World’s Water. The Beneficial Report on Freshwater Resources 1998-1999, 1998, Peter Gleick, Washington, D.C. Covello, California.