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.

 

Drinking Water Consumption Since 2010 (mln cubic meters)

Year

Consumption

Variation

2010

2,284

+8%

2011

2,423

+6%

2012

2,527

+4%

2013

2,731

+8%

2014

2,874

+5%

2015

3,025

+5%

2016

3,130

+3%

2017

3,150

+1%

2018

3,428

+9%

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%.

 

Water Consumption by City & Purpose

City

Commercial consumption

Household consumption

Total Consumption

(Cubic meters)

Riyadh

19%

81%

1088.5

Makkah

17%

83%

826.7

Eastern Province

10%

90%

660.1

Medinah

12%

88%

252.7

Qassim

13%

87%

177.9

Asir

55%

45%

108.9

Jazan

12%

88%

90.1

Tabuk

10%

90%

73.1

Hail

9%

91%

65.2

Al Jouf

77%

23%

48.8

AlBaha

7%

93%

37.3

Northern Boarders

6%

94%

33.3

Najran

6%

94%

30.2

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.

 

Service Subscribers by City & Purpose

City

2018

2019

Variation

Riyadh

629.7

646.5

+3%

Makkah

330.2

345.8

+5%

Madinah

114.3

125.6

+10%

Qassim

154.1

163.2

+6%

Eastern Province

340.4

350.4

+3%

Asir

48.0

54.7

+14%

Tabuk

47.9

44.8

(7%)

Hail

54.0

62.3

+15%

Northern Borders

22.6

25.3

+12%

Jazan

83.1

68.3

(18%)

Najran

51.6

61.1

+18%

Al Baha

39.2

49.6

+27%

Al Jouf

21.5

23.1

+7%

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.

 

Water Demand (mln cubic meters/year)

Use

Total Demand 2018

% to total

Total Demand 2019

% to total

Year-on-year variation

Urban purposes

3428

14 %

3493

13 %

+2%

Industrial purposes

1400

46%

1400

5 %

--

Agricultural purposes

19000

80 %

10500

82 %

(45%)

Total

23,828

100 %

15,393

100 %

(35%)

 

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