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Thailand

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

 
1960
1970
1980
1990
1995
2000
2010
2025
                 
Popultion, mln*
25.4
36.2
46.5
54.7
58.7
61.4
66.7
75.6
Irrigation area, th.ha**  
1960
3015
4300
  
4600
4600
4600
Irrigation area, th.ha***
1621
1960
3015
4238
4590
      
GNP, $US per capita****  
541
812
1455
        
Water withdrawal, km 3
11.1
13.6
20.5
33.1
39.0
44.8
47.4
57.9
Water consumption, km3
7.8
9.4
14.4
23.3
27.4
31.4
32.5
37.1
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 Thailand (km3/year) by data of different authors

author   year 1 of meas.
1980
1987
1990
1995
2000
20251)
20252)
IIASA withdrawal 1993 km3    
32.8
        
WRI withdrawal 1991-93 km3  
31.9
          
WRI withdrawal 1997-98 km3  
31.9
          
WWDS withdrawal 1998 km3    
33.5
    
48.8
29.7
UNSY withdrawal 1992 km3    
32.8
        
Gleick withdrawal 1993 km3  
31.9
          
Gleick withdrawal 1998 km3    
31.9
        
Ass. W. withdrawal 1991 km3
20.5
  
33.1
  
38.9
    
EnvInd withdrawal 1992 km3  
31.9
          
S&N withdrawal 1998 km3      
33.0
      

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.

Ass.W. – Assessment of Water Resources and Water Demand by User Sections in Thailand, 1991. N.Y.:ESCAP.

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

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