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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
|
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Egypt
|
2,251
|
1,112
|
645
|
7
|
5
|
88
|
|
Libya
|
538
|
154
|
55
|
15
|
10
|
75
|
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Morocco
|
2,560
|
1,185
|
651
|
6
|
3
|
91
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Tunisia
|
1,036
|
532
|
319
|
13
|
7
|
80
|
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Levant
|
|
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Israel
|
1,025
|
467
|
311
|
16
|
5
|
79
|
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Jordan
|
529
|
224
|
91
|
29
|
6
|
65
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Lebanon
|
2,000
|
1,407
|
809
|
11
|
4
|
85
|
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Malta
|
100
|
75
|
75
|
76
|
8 16
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Syria
|
1,196
|
439
|
161
|
7
|
10
|
83
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Gulf
|
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Bahrain
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
60
|
36
|
4
|
|
Iran
|
5,788
|
2,152
|
1,032
|
4
|
9
|
87
|
|
Iraq
|
14,706
|
5,285
|
2,000
|
3
|
5 92
|
|
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Kuwait
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Oman
|
4,000
|
1,333
|
421
|
3
|
3
|
94
|
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Qatar
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
36
|
26
|
38
|
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Saudi Arabia
|
537
|
156
|
49
|
6
|
2
|
91
|
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UAE
|
3,000
|
189
|
113
|
11
|
9
|
80
|
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Yemen
|
481
|
214
|
72
|
5
|
2
|
93
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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.
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