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Afganistan

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

 
1960
1970
1980
1990
1995
2000
2010
2025
                 
Popultion, mln*
13.8
17.1
15.9
16.6
19.8
24.2
33.1
43.9
Irrigation area, th.ha**  
2340
2650
2760
  
2850
2900
3000
Irrigation area, th.ha***
2160
2340
2505
3000
2800
      
GNP, $US per capita****      
600
        
Water withdrawal, km3
21.9
23.7
27.0
28.2
28.8
29.4
30.2
31.8
Water consumption, km3
16.4
17.7
20.2
21.0
21.0
22.0
23.0
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 Afganistan (km3/year) by data of different authors
author   year
1987
1990
1995
20251)
20252)
IIASA withdrawal 1993  
24.6
      
WRI withdrawal 1991-93
26.1
        
WRI withdrawal 1997-98
26.1
        
WWDS withdrawal 1998  
25.6
  
75.5
75.6
UNSY withdrawal 1993  
28.3
      
Gleick withdrawal 1993
26.1
        
Gleick withdrawal 1998
26.1
        
Env.Ind. withdrawal 1992
26.0
        
IrrNE withdrawal 1997
26.1
        
S&N withdrawal 1998    
26.0
    

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.

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

IrrNE – Irrigation in the Near East Region in Figures. 1997. Water Report 9. Rome: FAO.

S&N - Sources and Nature of Water Quality Problems in Asia and the Pacific. 1998. N.Y.: ESCAP.