China Water


Water Precipitation in China

Water Precipitation in depth
645 mm/year
Long-term average annual precipitation in depth (mm/year 2017)
Water precipitation in volume
6,192 billion m³/year
Long-term average annual precipitation in volume (billion m³/year 2017)

Water Resources in China

Renewable Water Resources
2,840 billion m³/year
Total Renewable Water Resources (2017)
Water Resources per Capita
1,971 m³/person/year
Renewable Water per Inhabitant (2017)
Water
Dependency
1%
Water from outside the country (2017)



Water Use in China

Total, by Sector, and by Year

Notes: Years with missing data left empty.
Water use can include water used and then returned to its source (renewable resource).



People with no access to a safe drinking water source in China

See world total and list by country


Don’t have access to safe drinking water
62,826,038 people

4.5%  of the population of China (2015)



See also

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