United Arab Emirates Water


Water Precipitation in the U.A.E.

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

Water Resources in the U.A.E.

Renewable Water Resources
0 billion m³/year
Total Renewable Water Resources (2017)
Water Resources per Capita
16 m³/person/year
Renewable Water per Inhabitant (2017)



Water Use in the United Arab Emirates

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 United Arab Emirates

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Don’t have access to safe drinking water
34,699 people

0.4%  of the population of the U.A.E. (2015)



See also

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