Table 5 Per capita GDP and water use per CNY10,000 of GDP under different scenarios in 2030.

From: Simulation of population size and economic scale supportable by the Yellow River’s available freshwater in 2030 under multiple scenarios

Region

Per capita GDP (CNY)

Water use per CNY10,000 of GDP (m3)

High

Moderate

Low

High

Moderate

Low

Qinghai

91,009

82,779

75,225

23.40

31.63

40.12

Sichuan

117,589

107,079

97,421

14.97

18.34

21.90

Gansu

57,525

52,266

47,443

38.88

49.13

59.82

Ningxia

98,577

89,670

81,494

67.28

81.34

96.11

Inner Mongolia

111,910

101,651

92,245

44.18

48.24

53.02

Shaanxi

126,796

115,401

104,937

10.92

13.05

15.24

Shanxi

92,210

83,886

76,245

16.94

17.48

18.15

Henan

109,049

99,276

90,298

12.15

14.75

17.36

Shandong

127,998

116,412

105,779

9.98

11.79

13.61

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