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Water resources Equatorial Guinea is a small island nation with an annual rainfall of 2,156 mm, although some areas receive as much as 14,000 mm (AMCOW 2018; FAO 2016). The country’s aqueduct water stress for all sectors measured in 2010 was 0.00 and there is not expected to be any change by 2040 (Luo et al. 2015). A score of zero indicates that there is low competition among water users relative to available surface- water resources. Water withdrawals for agriculture account for only 5 per cent of total withdrawals. The agriculture sector contributed only 2.3 per cent to GDP and employed 59.5 per cent of the population (AMCOW 2018; World Bank 2018). Equatorial Guinea

Water use, 2016 Equatorial Guinea Percentage

Water use, 2016 Algeria Percentage

Agriculture

5

Industry

15

Industry 6

80

Municipal

Municipal

Agriculture

31

63

Source: AMCOW 2018.

Source: AMCOW 2018. Water availability EQUATORIAL GUINEA Water availability Total renewable freshwater Total water withdrawal Internal renewable water sources of which are surface water EQUATORIAL GUINEA Total renewable freshwater Total water withdrawal Internal renewable water sources of which are surface water

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

30 800 27.3 30 800 27.3

30 800 29 600 no data available 11 800 no data available 0.09% 30 800 29 600 no data available 11 800 no data available 0.09%

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

Malabo

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

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