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Saudi Arabia

Dynamics of water use in the Saudi Arabia by estimates of SHI (1998)

 
1960
1970
1980
1990
1995
2000
2010
2025
                 
Popultion, mln *
 
7.74
9.37
14.9
18.2
21.9
29.5
47.1
Irrigation area, th.ha **
 
365
555
900
 
1189
1531
2416
Irrigation area, th.ha ***
343
365
600
900
1473
      
GNP, $US per capita ****
 
4171
10554
7039
       
Water withdrawal, km 3
1.45
1.52
2.36
16.3
19.7
23.1
26.8
32.0
Water consumption, km 3
0.89
0.98
1.51
11.7
13.9
16.4
18.0
21.0
notes: * - Source: United Nations Organization
** - 1961-1993 Source: FAO Production Yearbook, 1965-1994. Rome: FAO; 1995 – 2025 - SHI 1995 forecast

*** - Source: Gleick, 1998

**** - Source: World Bank / IMF – International Financial Statistics Yearbook, 1980-1994. N.Y.: World Bank/IMF
 
 

Water use of the Saudi Arabia (km 3 /year) by data of different authors

author
 
year
1975
1980
1985
1990
1992
2000
2010
2025 1)
2025 2)
2030
IIASA
withdrawal
1993
     
4.8
           
WRI
withdrawal
1991-93
3.6
                 
WWDS
withdrawal
1998
     
16.7
     
44.8
31.4
 
UNSY
withdrawal
1992
     
4.8
           
Gleick
withdrawal
1993
3.6
     
17.0
         
Gleick
withdrawal
1998
       
17.0
         
Margat
withdrawal
1994
2.8
5.3
8.9
11.5
           
EnvInd
withdrawal
1992
   
8.3
             
Imp.A.
withdrawal
1995
     
4.6
 
6.0
     
13.4
Abdulrazzak
withdrawal
1997
 
2.4
 
16.3
 
23.1
25.3
     

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

1) – scenario 1

2) – scenario 2

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.

UNSY – United National Statistical Yearbook 1992, 39, 1993– N.Y..:UN.

Gleick, 1993 - Water in Crisis. A Guide to the World's Fresh Water Resources, 1993. Edited by P. Gleick. N.Y. Oxford Univ.Press.

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

Margat, 1994 - Water use in the World Present and Future., 1994. J.Margat. Paris: UNESCO.

Env.Ind. – Environmental Indicators, 1992. In depth analyses of individual indicators: intensity of use of water resources. Paris, OECD.

Imp.A. – Implications of Agenda 21 for integrated water management in the ESCWA Region. 1995. Amman: UN (DPCSD)

Abdulrazzak - Water Supplies versus Demand in Countries of Arabian Peninsula. Abdulrazzak M.J., 1995., J. of W.Res. Planning and Managgement, may/june.