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1 actual renewable water resources, arable land areas and rangeland areas per capita in the Arab Countries GCC Country Country Area (ha) Population Arable Land area (ha) Percentage Arable Land (%) Arable Land/capita (ha) Rangeland Area (ha) Percentage Rangeland (%) Rangelands/ capita (ha) RWR/capita (cubic meter) 80,000 1,317,827 8, , ,780,000 3,250, , ,581, ,950,000 3,314,001 1,857, ,964, Qatar 1,160,000 2,050,514 69, , ,970,000 28,287, ,125, ,900, United Arab 8,360,000 9,205, , ,652, Emirates 52,800,000 23,852,409 23,232, ,381, Levant 43,430,000 32,578,209 8,251, ,948, ,880,000 6,318, , ,871, Lebanon 1,020,000 4,424, , ,620,000 31* Syria 18,360,000 22,399,254 13,770, ,594, ,000 4,046, , , ile Valley Egypt 99,550,000 80,721,874 3,982, ,751, Renewable Water Resources CM per Capita/Yr Adequate CM per Capita/Yr Stressed CM per Capita/Yr Scarce CM per Capita/Yr Severely scarce 0 99 CM per Capita/Yr Exceptionally Scarce Arable Land +2.5 ha per Capita Adequate ha per Capita Stressed ha per Capita Scarce ha per Capita Severely scarce ha per Capita Exceptionally Scarce Rangelands +2.5 ha per Capita Adequate ha per Capita Stressed ha per Capita Scarce ha per Capita Severely scarce ha per Capita Exceptionally Scarce ** 237,600,000 37,195, ,296, ,069, orth Africa 238,170,000 38,481,705 40,488, ,553, Libya 175,950,000 6,154,623 15,835, ,182, ,070,000 3,796,141 40,197, ,167, Morocco 44,630,000 32,521,143 29,902, ,677, ,540,000 10,777,500 10,101, ,135, African Horn 190, , , ,320, ,652 1,693, ,952, ,730,000 10,195,134 43,911, ,683, ote: Stressed, Scarce and Severely Scarce are based on FAO classification of renewable water availability per capita. Adequate and Exceptionally Scarce are two categories introduced by AFED for this table to reflect special extreme situations in the Arab countries. otes: - Renewable Water Resources: AFED Report 2014, based on chapter 1, table 6. - Arable land: Adapted from World Bank - World Development Indicators , the data refer to year Rangeland: ICARDA Benchmarks of WAA project. Similarity analysis report, Amman, * The World Bank. ovember Republic Of Lebanon. Policy ote on Irrigation Sector Sustainability. Report o LE. Page (14). **Data reflect situation before the separation of South. The table has been prepared in cooperation with - ICARDA

2 Renewable water resources, arable land area and rangeland area per capita in the Arab Countries (m 3 per capita)/yr (ha per capita) Qatar Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Lebanon Syria Egypt Libya Morocco 0 Renewable water resources/capita (cubic meter) Arable Land/capita (ha) Rangelands/capita (ha)

3 Renewable water resources, arable land area and rangeland area per capita in the Arab Countries Lebanon Syria Qatar UAE Adequate RWR (Cubic meter per capita) Arable Land (ha per Capita) Rangeland (ha per Capita) Stressed Scarce Severely Scarce Exceptionally Scarce

4 Rangeland area per capita in the Arab Countries (hectare per capita) Lebanon Syria UAE Qatar Adequate (+2.5 ha per Capita) Stressed ( ha per Capita) Scarce ( ha per Capita) Severely Scarce ( ha per Capita) Exceptionally Scarce ( ha per Capita)

5 Arable land area per capita in the Arab Countries (hectare per capita) Lebanon Syria Qatar UAE Adequate (+2.5 ha per Capita) Stressed ( ha per Capita) Scarce ( ha per Capita) Severely Scarce ( ha per Capita) Exceptionally Scarce ( ha per Capita)

6 Renewable water resources per capita in the Arab Countries (Cubic meter per capita) Lebanon Syria UAE Qatar Adequate (+1500 CM per Capita) Stressed ( CM per Capita) Scarce ( CM per Capita) Severely Scarce ( CM Capita) Exceptionally Scarce (0-99 CM per Capita) Source: AFED Report 2014, based on chapter 1, table 6.