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Water as a resource: distribution, costs, availability

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August 14, 2023

Water is distributed extremely unequally throughout the world. Where is this resource available in abundance, and where is it scarce? Who wastes it, and who uses it sparingly? And how much does this important raw material cost? A numerical overview

Water in abundance

The ten countries with the biggest reserves of renewable freshwater* in 2020, in billions of cubic meters (compared with Germany)

* Balance of rainfall, evaporation, inflows and outflows

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Wasting or saving

Annual per capita water consumption of selected countries in 2021** in cubic meters

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Thirsty agriculture

Water consumption by sector and continent 2015, in percent

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Where the water stress is highest

Proportion of the water abstracted from renewable water sources 2018, in percent

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Various calculations

The price of tapwater in selected cities in 2020, in € per cubic meter

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