The Middle East:

Water Situation by Country

Country

Renewable Resources
Per Capita
(Cubic Meters Per Year)

Share of Withdrawals
(Percent)

 

1960

1990

2025

Domestic

Industry

Agriculture

North Africa

Algeria

1,704

737

354

22

4

74

Egypt

2,251

1,112

645

7

5

88

Libya

538

154

55

15

10

75

Morocco

2,560

1,185

651

6

3

91

Tunisia

1,036

532

319

13

7

80

Levant

 

 

 

 

 

 

Israel

1,025

467

311

16

5

79

Jordan

529

224

91

29

6

65

Lebanon

2,000

1,407

809

11

4

85

Malta

100

75

75

76

8 16

 

Syria

1,196

439

161

7

10

83

Gulf

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bahrain

-

-

-

60

36

4

Iran

5,788

2,152

1,032

4

9

87

Iraq

14,706

5,285

2,000

3

5 92

 

Kuwait

-

-

-

-

-

-

Oman

4,000

1,333

421

3

3

94

Qatar

-

-

-

36

26

38

Saudi Arabia

537

156

49

6

2

91

UAE

3,000

189

113

11

9

80

Yemen

481

214

72

5

2

93

Source: Adapted by Anthony H. Cordesman from Middle East Economic Digest, March 1, 1996, p. 2 and January 24, 1997, p. 8; and from World Resources Institute and World Bank estimates.