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Ukraine

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

 
1960
1970
1980
1990
1995
2000
2010
2025
                 
Popultion, mln*
42.3
47.1
49.9
51.8
51.4
51.0
50.1
49.0
Irrigation area, th.ha**
350
923
2013
2600
2600
2300
2700
3100
GNP, $US per capita***
      
2770
        
Water withdrawal, km3
8.7
19.2
33.1
34.5
20.7
19.0
34.0
38.0
Water consumption, km3
4.5
8.6
14.2
14.5
8.1
8.0
16.7
20.9
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 Ukraine (km3/year) by data of different authors

author
  
year
1980
1989
1990
1992
1995
Gleick
withdrawal
1998
      
26
  
FAO
withdrawal
1997
      
26
  
Com.FSU
withdrawal
          
19.2
WRI
withdrawal
1995
  
34.7
      
SWK
withdrawal
1980-1990
33.4
  
34.5
    

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.