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Water use, 2001 Guinea Bissau Percentage

Guinea-Bissau

Water use, 2016 Algeria Percentage

Water resources Guinea-Bissau has average rainfall of 1,577 mm/ year (AMCOW 2018), which varies across its three agroclimatic zones. In the north-east, the country has a Sudanese climate, where rainfall amounts range between 1,200 and 1,500 mm/year. In the south-east, the climate is humid and tropical, with rainfall amounts ranging between 2,000 and 2,550 mm/year. In the north-west, which has a maritime climate, rainfall is between 1,500 and 1,877 mm/ year (FAO 2016). The country’s aqueduct water stress for all sectors measured in 2010 was 0.00 and is projected to remain the same by 2040 (Luo et al. 2015). A score of 0.00 indicates that there is low competition among water users relative to available surface-water resources. In 2016, industry accounted for only 0.17 per cent of total water withdrawals (AMCOW 2018).

Industry

5

17

Municipal

Industry 6

78

Agriculture

Municipal

Agriculture

31

63

Source: AMCOW 2018.

Source: AMCOW 2018. Water availability GUINEA BISSAU Water availability GUINEA BISSAU

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

17 000 97.6 8 680 6 510 1.17% 7 590 0.21% 0.60% 17 000 97.6 8 680 6 510 1.17% 7 590 0.21% 0.60%

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

Bissau

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

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