DR Congo Water


Water Precipitation in the DR Congo

Water Precipitation in depth
1,543 mm/year
Long-term average annual precipitation in depth (mm/year 2017)
Water precipitation in volume
3,618 billion m³/year
Long-term average annual precipitation in volume (billion m³/year 2017)

Water Resources in the DR Congo

Renewable Water Resources
1,283 billion m³/year
Total Renewable Water Resources (2017)
Water Resources per Capita
15,773 m³/person/year
Renewable Water per Inhabitant (2017)
Water
Dependency
29.8%
Water from outside the country (2017)



Water Use in the DR Congo

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 the DR Congo

See world total and list by country


Don’t have access to safe drinking water
38,572,913 people

47.6%  of the population of the DR Congo (2015)



See also

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