BACK to part page

Uzbekistan

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

 
1960
1970
1980
1990
1995
2000
2010
2025
                 
Popultion, mln*
8.45
11.8
15.8
20.3
22.9
25.4
30.6
37.1
Irrigation area, th.ha**
2465
2696
3476
4222
4200
4100
4300
4600
GNP, $US per capita***
      
1070
        
Water withdrawal, km3
32.6
39.0
58.3
83.5
78.0
75.0
84.0
85.0
Water consumption, km3
18.5
21.8
32.6
44.8
43.7
42.2
47.0
52.0
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 Uzbekistan (km3/year) by data of different authors

author
  
year
1980
1989
1990
1993
1994
Gleick
withdrawal
1998
        
58.0
FAO
withdrawal
1997
        
58.1
Com.FSU
withdrawal
        
71.5
  
WRI
withdrawal
1995
  
82.2
      
SWK
withdrawal
1980-1990
80.0
  
82.0
    

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

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

FAO - Irrigation in the Countries of the Former Soviet Union in Figures. 1997. Rome: FAO.

WRI – World Resources Institute data, update, 1995

SWK – State Water Kadastr, 1980-1990 St.-Petersburg.: SHI.

Com.FSU – data of Comission by Countries of the Former Soviet Union.