3.4.2. Green Virtual Water

Pakistan's domestic saving of green virtual water has been positive and increasing over the period 1990-2016, with an annual average of 7462 Mm<sup>3</sup> (Figure 5b). Starting with 5191 Mm<sup>3</sup> in 1990, the domestic saving grew by 155% to 13,230 Mm<sup>3</sup> in 2016. The (positive) domestic saving of green virtual water means that Pakistan would have needed an equivalent amount of extra domestic green water to produce the corresponding commodities (mostly palm oil, tea, cotton and wheat) domestically.
