Global Water Distribution

This infographic by 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 titled “Global Water Distribution” presents an overview of global water distribution and emphasizes the scarcity of freshwater resources. It starts by stating that freshwater is an essential yet increasingly scarce commodity on a global scale.

𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞:
– The total volume of the world’s water supply is 1,386 million cubic kilometers (as of 2019).
– A significant portion of the Earth’s surface, 71%, is covered with water.
– However, only 3% of the total global water is freshwater.
– Of this 3%, a vast majority (69%) is locked in glaciers and polar ice caps, and 30% is ground water.
– Only 1% of the freshwater is easily accessible for human use, such as drinking water.
– Despite the ocean floors covering 80% of the Earth, they remain largely unexplored (as of 2023).
– As of 2017, 2.1 billion people lacked access to safe drinking water.
– About 70% of the world’s freshwater is used for agriculture (as of 2023).
– A fifteenth of the world’s population lives in water-scarce areas (as of 2023).
On average, each person receives less than 1,000 cubic meters of water a year (as of 2023).

𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞:
– United States: 1,634m³ (2010)
– Brazil: 359m³ (2010)
– Russia: 425m³ (2015)
– India: 602m³ (2010)
– United Kingdom: 129m³ (2010)
– Australia: 724m³ (2015)

The infographic also features a map showing water withdrawals per capita from different countries, indicating how much water is used per person for agricultural, industrial and municipal purposes.

🔗 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞: 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚.𝐨𝐫𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐍 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.