Eritrea Water


Water Precipitation in Eritrea

Water Precipitation in depth
384 mm/year
Long-term average annual precipitation in depth (mm/year 2017)
Water precipitation in volume
45.2 billion m³/year
Long-term average annual precipitation in volume (billion m³/year 2017)

Water Resources in Eritrea

Renewable Water Resources
7 billion m³/year
Total Renewable Water Resources (2017)
Water Resources per Capita
1,443 m³/person/year
Renewable Water per Inhabitant (2017)
Water
Dependency
61.7%
Water from outside the country (2017)



Water Use in Eritrea

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 Eritrea

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Don’t have access to safe drinking water
1,310,540 people

42.2%  of the population of Eritrea (2015)



See also

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