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Argentina

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

 
1960
1970
1980
1990
1995
2000
2010
2025
                 
Popultion, mln*
20.7
23.8
28.2
32.3
34.6
36.6
40.7
45.7
Irrigation area, th.ha**
1580
1700
1580
1720
  
1860
1992
2093
Irrigation area, th.ha***
980
1280
1580
1680
1700
      
GNP, $US per capita****  
 5080
5479
4373
        
Water withdrawal, km3
18.5
24.7
30.9
33.7
35.8
37.9
42.1
46.6
Water consumption, km3
11.7
15.3
18.8
20.3
21.0
21.6
22.5
24.0
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 Argentina (km3/year) by data of different authors

author
  
year
1976
1990
20251)
20252)
IIASA
withdrawal
1993
  
34.2
    
WRI
withdrawal
1993
27.6
      
WRI
withdrawal
1997-98
27.6
      
WWDS
withdrawal
1998
  
33.9
48.8
35.0
UNSY
withdrawal
1992
  
33.7
    
Gleick
withdrawal
1993
27.6
      
Gleick
withdrawal
1998
  
27.6
    

 

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.