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Water use, 2016 Algeria Percentage Water use, 2016 Eritrea Percentage

Eritrea

Water resources Eritrea is located in the Sahelian rainfall zone on the eastern coast of Africa. Average rainfall is 384 mm/ year, and ranges from 50 to 1,000 mm (AMCOW 2018; FAO 2016). The country’s aqueduct water stress for all sectors measured in 2010 was 3.34 and is projected to decrease to 3.00 by 2040 (Luo et al. 2015). A score of 3.00 indicates that there is high competition among water users relative to available surface- water resources. Eritrea is one of the few countries where water stress is expected to decrease according to the Luo, Young and Reig index. This may be due to improvements in water resources management and the implementation of water conservation strategies. In 2016, water withdrawals for agriculture accounted for 94.8 per cent of total water withdrawals (AMCOW 2018). Agriculture is an important sector in the country, employing over 80 per cent of the population (World Bank 2018).

Municipal

5

Industry 6

95

Agriculture

Municipal

Agriculture

31

63

Source: AMCOW 2018.

ERITREA ERITREA

Source: AMCOW 2018. Water availability Water availability

m 3 /person and year 1 370 108 523 504 no data available 93.4 no data available 7.90% m 3 /person and year 1 370 108 523 504 no data available 93.4 no data available 7.90%

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

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

Asmara

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

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