. 2022 May 9;8(5):e09385. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09385

Table 1.

Average freshwater status for Sub-Saharan African Countries (adapted from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/ER.H2O.FWDM.ZS).

Freshwater Status	Average 2007	Average 2017	Number of Sub-Saharan African countries used to derive averages^∗
Renewable internal freshwater resources (RIFWR) (BCM)	88.79	87.56	42^ψ 44^ω
Level of water stress	7.68	8.58	44^ψ 44^ω
Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture (%)	53.51	54.11	44^ψ 45^ω
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic (%)	35.41	33.92	44^ψ 43^ω
Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry (%)	11.08	10.82	44^ψ 45^ω

^∗

Variations in numbers are due to data availability for countries.

^ψ

Representing the number of countries with data available for 2007.

^ω

Representing the number of countries with data available for 2017.