Countries affected by desalinated water
| Locations Relying on Desalinated Water | |
| Algeria | Maldives |
| Bahamas | Mauritius |
| Bahrain | Oman |
| Balearic Islands | Qatar |
| California | Saudi Arabia |
| Canary Islands | Seychelles |
| Florida | Spain |
| Gibraltar | Tanzania |
| Kuwait | UAE |
| Libya | Western Australia |
| Malta | Yemen |
Countries Using the Largest Quantities of Desalinated Water and Treated Wastewater
| Country | Use of non conventional sources of water | ||||||||
| desalinated water 106 m³/yr |
as % of total withdr. | as % of withdrawal of country | treated wastewater 106 m³/yr |
as % of total withdr. | as % of withdrawal of country | total non- conventional 106 m³/yr | as % of total withdr. | as % of withdrawal of country | |
| Saudi Arabia | 714 | 41.3 | 4.20 | 217 | 18.1 | 1.28 | 931 | 31.8 | 5.48 |
| United Arab Emirates | 385 | 22.3 | 18.26 | 108 | 9.0 | 5.12 | 493 | 16.8 | 23.38 |
| Kuwait | 231 | 13.4 | 42.94 | 52 | 4.3 | 9.67 | 283 | 9.7 | 52.61 |
| Syria | – | – | – | 370 | 30.8 | 2.57 | 370 | 12.6 | 2.57 |
| Egypt | 25 | 1.5 | 0.05 | 200 | 16.7 | 0.36 | 225 | 7.7 | 0.41 |
| Other 24 countries | 372 | 21.5 | 0.09 | 253 | 21.1 | 0.06 | 625 | 21.4 | 0.15 |
| Total Near East | 727 | 100.0 | 0.34 | 1 200 | 100.0 | 0.23 | 2 927 | 100.0 | 0.57 |
The total use of desalinated water in the Near East is estimated at 1727 million m³/year. In absolute terms, three countries, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, are by far the largest users of desalinated water with 77% of the total for the region, with Saudi Arabia alone accounting for 41%.
