Sanitation and Wastewater Atlas of Africa

Cabo Verde

Water use, 2016 Cape Verde Percentage

Water use, 2016 Algeria Percentage

Water resources The island of Cabo Verde has annual rainfall of 228 mm, and water availability of about 38.4 m 3 /year per person (AMCOW 2018). Desalination is a major but expensive process of providing clean water due to the use of imported fuel to power electric generators. There were no data on the water stress index for the country designed by Luo, Young and Reig (2015). Although agriculture contributed just 6 per cent to GDP and employed 67 per cent of the population in 2017, water usage in the sector is extremely high (World Bank 2018). The Government has made agriculture a significant sector in the transformation of the economy. The expansion of arable land, including water for agriculture, is a crucial part of its strategy.

Industry

Municipal

2

10

Industry 6

88

Agriculture

Municipal

Agriculture

31

63

Source: AMCOW 2018. Water availability Cape Verde Water availability Cape Verde Source: AMCOW 2018.

m 3 /person and year m 3 /person and year

Total renewable freshwater Total water withdrawal Internal renewable water sources of which are surface water Total renewable freshwater Total water withdrawal Internal renewable water sources of which are surface water

5 410 89.3 1 060 354 8% 751 7.65% 1.70% 5 410 89.3 1 060 354 8% 751 7.65% 1.70%

pressure on surface water pressure on surface water

of which are groundwater of which are groundwater

pressure on groundwater pressure on groundwater

Water stress Water stress

Praia

Source: AMCOW 2018; FAO 2018 . Source: AMCOW 2018; FAO 2018 .

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