Water Consumption in Africa

In Africa about 85% of the water is used in agriculture. Only 10% is used in households and only 5% in the industry. Because of the growing population there will be absolutely used more and more water in agrigulture.

Water Consumption per Sector and Region 1998 - 2002

Water Consumption in Billion Kubikmetres per Sector and Region per Year; Data Source: FAO

Region Sector	Africa	Asia and Pacific	Europe	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America
Agriculture	182.5	1,848.0	149.1	187.5	201.9
Households	21.3	161.3	67.9	51.2	72.9
Industry	9.7	259.4	203.1	27.5	244.6
Sum	213.5	2,268.7	420.1	266.2	519.4

Water Consumption in % per Sector and Region 1998 - 2002

Data Source: FAO

Region Sector	Africa	Asia and Pacific	Europe	Latin America and the Caribbean	North America	Average
Agriculture	85%	81%	35%	70%	39%	62%
Households	10%	7%	16%	19%	14%	13%
Industry	5%	11%	48%	10%	47%	24%

Water Consumption of African Countries per Sector in Billion m³/year in 1998 - 2002

Data Source: FAO

Country	Agriculture	Households	Industry
Algeria	3,9400	1,3300	0,8000
Angola	0,2100	0,0800	0,0600
Benin	0,0590	0,0410	0,0300
Botswana	0,0800	0,0790	0,0350
Burkina Faso	0,6900	0,1000	0,0060
Burundi	0,2200	0,0490	0,0170
Cameroon	0,7300	0,1800	0,0800
Cape Verde	0,0200	0,0016	0,0004
Central African Republic	0,0010	0,0200	0,0040
Chad	0,1900	0,0400	0,0000
Comoros	0,0047	0,0048	0,0005
Congo	0,0040	0,0320	0,0100
Dem. Rep. Congo	0,1100	0,1900	0,0600
Djibouti	0,0030	0,0160	0,0000
Egypt	59,0000	5,3000	4,0000
Equatorial Guinea	0,0010	0,0900	0,0170
Eritrea	0,2900	0,0100	0,0000
Ethiopia	5,2040	0,3300	0,0210
Gabun	0,0500	0,0600	0,0100
Gambia	0,0200	0,0070	0,0036
Ghana	0,6500	0,2300	0,0950
Guinea	1,3600	0,1200	0,0300
Guinea Bissau	0,1400	0,0230	0,0080
Ivory Coast	0,6000	0,2200	0,1100
Kenya	1,0100	0,4700	0,1000
Lesotho	0,0100	0,0200	0,0200
Liberia	0,0600	0,0300	0,0200
Libya	3,5840	0,6100	0,1300
Madagascar	14,3100	0,4200	0,2300
Malawi	0,8100	0,1500	0,0500
Mali	5,9000	0,5900	0,0560
Morocco	11,0100	1,2300	0,3600
Mauritania	1,5000	0,1500	0,0500
Mozambique	0,5500	0,0700	0,0100
Namibia	0,2100	0,0730	0,0730
Niger	2,0800	0,0900	0,0100
Nigeria	5,5100	5,5100	5,5100
Rwanda	0,1000	0,0360	0,0120
Senegal	2,0650	0,0980	0,0580
Sierra Leone	0,3500	0,0200	0,0100
Somalia	3,2800	0,0100	0,0000
South Africa	7,8360	3,9040	0,7600
Sudan	36,0700	0,9900	0,2600
Swasiland	1,0060	0,0240	0,0120
Tansania	4,6320	0,5300	0,0250
Togo	0,0760	0,0890	0,0040
Tunisia	2,1650	0,3600	0,1100
Uganda	0,1200	0,1300	0,1300
Zambia	1,3200	0,2900	0,1300
Zimbabwe	3,3180	0,5900	0,3000