South Korea Water

Water Precipitation in South Korea

Water Precipitation in depth
1,274 mm/year
Long-term average annual precipitation in depth (mm/year 2017)
Water precipitation in volume
127.8 billion m³/year
(Long-term average annual precipitation in volume (billion m³/year 2017)

Water Resources in South Korea

This is the sum of renewable groundwater and renewable surface water resources (both internal and external)

Renewable Water Resources
70 billion m³/year
Total Renewable Water Resources (2017)
Water Resources per Capita
1,367 m³/person/year
Renewable Water per Inhabitant (2017)
Water Dependency
7 %
Water from outside the country (2017)

Water Use in South Korea


Total, by Sector, and by Year

Notes: Years with missing data left empty.
Water use can include water used and then returned to its source (renewable resource).

People with no access to a safe drinking water source in South Korea

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Don't have access to safe drinking water
1,190,390 people
2.4 % of the population of South Korea (2012)

See also

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