Sanitation and Wastewater Atlas of Africa

Democratic Republic of the Congo Water use, 2005 DRC Percentage

Water use, 2016 Algeria Percentage

Water resources The Democratic Republic of the Congo has an average annual rainfall of 1,543 mm (AMCOW 2018). Rainfall is regular and plentiful, ranging from 800 to 1,800 mm across the country. The rainy season lasts eight months on average (FAO 2016). The country’s aqueduct water stress for all sectors measured in 2010 was 0.00 and is projected to increase to 0.15 by 2040 (Luo et al. 2015). A score of 0.15 indicates that there is low competition among water users relative to available surface- water resources. Water use is low in the agriculture sector, and despite employing 81.9 per cent of the population in 2017, agriculture only contributed 19.9 per cent to the country’s GDP (World Bank 2018).

Agriculture

10

21

Industry

Industry 6

69

Municipal

Municipal

Agriculture

31

63

Source: FAO-Aquastat 2019.

Source: AMCOW 2018. Water availability DRC Water availability DRC

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

11 600 8.85 11 600 8.85 11 600 11 600 0.053%* 5 450 0.006%* 0.08% 11 600 11 600 0.053%* 5 450 0.006%* 0.08%

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

Kinshasa

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

* 2005 * 2005

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