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SOUTH ASIA: FRESHWATER
| Country | Fresh water resources | Annual fresh water withdrawals | Access to an improved water source | |||||||||
| Internal flows billion cu. m | Flows from other countries billion cu. m | Total resources per capita cu. m (a) | billion cu. m (b) % of total | renewable resources (a, b) | % for agriculture (c) | % for Industry (c) | % for domestic (c) | Urban % of population | Rural % of population | |||
| Year | 1999 | 1999 | 1999 | 1990 | 2000 | 1990 | 2000 | |||||
| Bangladesh | 105 | 1105.6 | 9482 | 14.6 | 1.2 | 86 | 2 | 12 | 98 | 99 | 89 | 97 |
| India | 1261 | 647.2 | 1913 | 500 | 26.2 | 92 | 3 | 5 | 92 | 92 | 73 | 86 |
| Nepal | 198 | 12 | 8989 | 29 | 13.8 | 99 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 85 | 63 | 80 |
| Pakistan | 85 | 170.3 | 1892 | 155.6 | 61 | 97 | 2 | 2 | 96 | 96 | 79 | 84 |
| Sri Lanka | 50 | - | 2634 | 9.8 | 19.5 | 96 | 2 | 2 | 90 | 91 | 59 | 80 |
Note a=
River flows from other countries are included when available, but river
out flows are not, because of data unreliability. b= Data refer to any
year from 1980-1999. c=Unless other wise noted. Sectorial withdrawal
shares are estimated for 1987.
Sourcet : World Development Indicators : 2001, The World Bank,
Washington, 2001.