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Burkina Faso

Dynamics of water use in Burkina Faso by estimates of SHI (1998)


 
 
1960
1970
1980
1990
1995
2000
2010
2025
                 
Popultion, mln*
    
6.14
8.93
10.3
12.0
15.3
21.7
Irrigation area, th.ha**
    
10
20
  
32
48
90
Irrigation area, th.ha***
2
4
10
20
24
      
GNP, $US per capita****
    
136
137
         
Water withdrawal, km3
0.03
0.08
0.19
0.38
0.51
0.64
1.04
2.06
Water consumption, km3
0.02
0.05
0.12
0.26
0.34
0.41
0.62
1.16
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 the Burkina Faso (km3/year) by data of different authors


 
author
  
year
1987
1990
1992
20251)
20252)
IIASA
withdrawal
1993
  
0.18
      
WRI
withdrawal
1991-93
0.15
        
WRI
withdrawal
1997-98
    
0.40
    
WWDS
withdrawal
1998
  
0.36
  
1.1
0.7
UNSY
withdrawal
1992
  
0.16
      
Gleick
withdrawal
1993
0.15
        
Gleick
withdrawal
1998
    
0.38
    
IrAf
withdrawal
1995
    
0.38
    

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.

IrAf – Irrigation in Africa in figures, 1995. Extract from report 7. Rome: FAO.