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Saudi Arabia’s drinking water consumption grew by 2% year-on-year (YoY) to 3.5 billion cubic meters in 2019, data issued by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture showed.
Desalinated water accounted for 65% (2.26 billion cubic meters) of total water in 2019, while groundwater represented 35%, or 1.24 billion cubic meters.
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Drinking Water Consumption Since 2010 (mln cubic meters) |
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Year |
Consumption |
Variation |
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2010 |
2,284 |
+8% |
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2011 |
2,423 |
+6% |
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2012 |
2,527 |
+4% |
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2013 |
2,731 |
+8% |
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2014 |
2,874 |
+5% |
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2015 |
3,025 |
+5% |
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2016 |
3,130 |
+3% |
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2017 |
3,150 |
+1% |
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2018 |
3,428 |
+9% |
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2019 |
3,493 |
+2% |
Riyadh topped the list in terms of water consumed by the Kingdom’s cities, with 1.089 billion cubic meters of drinking water, or 31% of the total consumption. It was followed by Makkah with 827 million cubic meters, or 24%.
Households consumed nearly 2.90 billion cubic meters of drinking water, representing 83% of total consumption last year, while the commercial consumption accounted for just 17%.
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Water Consumption by City & Purpose |
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City |
Commercial consumption |
Household consumption |
Total Consumption (Cubic meters) |
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Riyadh |
19% |
81% |
1088.5 |
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Makkah |
17% |
83% |
826.7 |
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Eastern Province |
10% |
90% |
660.1 |
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Medinah |
12% |
88% |
252.7 |
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Qassim |
13% |
87% |
177.9 |
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Asir |
55% |
45% |
108.9 |
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Jazan |
12% |
88% |
90.1 |
|
Tabuk |
10% |
90% |
73.1 |
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Hail |
9% |
91% |
65.2 |
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Al Jouf |
77% |
23% |
48.8 |
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AlBaha |
7% |
93% |
37.3 |
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Northern Boarders |
6% |
94% |
33.3 |
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Najran |
6% |
94% |
30.2 |
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Total |
17% |
83% |
3493 |
The number of service subscribers increased 4% YoY to 2 million in 2019.
Riyadh had the largest number of consumers at 646,500, while Makkah had 345,800 last year.
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Service Subscribers by City & Purpose |
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|
City |
2018 |
2019 |
Variation |
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Riyadh |
629.7 |
646.5 |
+3% |
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Makkah |
330.2 |
345.8 |
+5% |
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Madinah |
114.3 |
125.6 |
+10% |
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Qassim |
154.1 |
163.2 |
+6% |
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Eastern Province |
340.4 |
350.4 |
+3% |
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Asir |
48.0 |
54.7 |
+14% |
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Tabuk |
47.9 |
44.8 |
(7%) |
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Hail |
54.0 |
62.3 |
+15% |
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Northern Borders |
22.6 |
25.3 |
+12% |
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Jazan |
83.1 |
68.3 |
(18%) |
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Najran |
51.6 |
61.1 |
+18% |
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Al Baha |
39.2 |
49.6 |
+27% |
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Al Jouf |
21.5 |
23.1 |
+7% |
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Total |
1936.6 |
2020.7 |
+4% |
Total demand for water in 2019 decreased by 35% YoY to 15.4 billion cubic meters, due to a 45% YoY decline in water demand for agricultural purposes, the report added.
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Water Demand (mln cubic meters/year) |
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Use |
Total Demand 2018 |
% to total |
Total Demand 2019 |
% to total |
Year-on-year variation |
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Urban purposes |
3428 |
14 % |
3493 |
13 % |
+2% |
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Industrial purposes |
1400 |
46% |
1400 |
5 % |
-- |
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Agricultural purposes |
19000 |
80 % |
10500 |
82 % |
(45%) |
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Total |
23,828 |
100 % |
15,393 |
100 % |
(35%) |
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