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COMCEC Agriculture Outlook 2019
Since OICmember countries are dispersed over a large geographical region, on four continents
and have wide range of climate conditions, big differences are seenat thecountry level regarding
amount of renewable water resources. In terms of their renewable water resources per hectare
of agricultural land, some OICmember countries are very rich whilemost of them are facewater-
scarcity.
Table 7 and Table 8 indicate renewable water-rich OICmember countries andrenewable water-
poor OIC member countries, respectively. Analyzing Table 7, it is seen that Suriname, Brunei
Darussalam have relatively high levels of water resources per hectare of agricultural land. They
are followed by Guyana, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Sierra Leone, Indonesia, Gabon, Cameroon, and
Albania.
Table 7 Renewable Water-Rich OIC Member Countries (2013-2017)
Top Ten Renewable Water-Rich Country
Renewable Water Resources Per
Hectare (m3 /ha)
1 Suriname 1,192,771.1
2 Brunei Darussalam 634,328.4
3 Guyana 161,501.8
4 Bangladesh 134,465.8
5 Malaysia 74,843.5
6 Sierra Leone 39,052.6
7 Indonesia 35,734.5
8 Gabon 32,170.5
9 Cameroon 29,035.9
10 Albania 25,139.4
Source: FAOSTAT
On the other hand, 19 countries have less than 1,000 m3/ha renewable water per hectare of
agricultural land. Table 8 shows that Saudi Arabia, Libya, Yemen, Kuwait, Djibouti, Algeria,
Mauritania, Somalia, Sudan and United Arab Emirates are the top ten Renewable Water -Poor
Countries.
Table 8 Renewable Water-Poor OIC Member Countries (2013-2017)
Top Ten Renewable Water-Poor Country
Renewable Water Resources Per
Hectare (m3/ha)
1 Saudi Arabia 13.8
2 Libya 45.6
3 Yemen 89.2
4 Kuwait 131.6
5 Djibouti 176.3
6 Algeria 281.7
7 Mauritania 287.4
8 Somalia 333.1
9 Sudan (former) 335.4
10 United Arab Emirates 377.8
Source: FAOSTAT