Water
Water stress
WRI Aqueduct: where demand for water is high relative to available supply, a model, not a well log.
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Freshwater resources (AQUASTAT)
Country-level renewable water and withdrawals from FAO’s global water information system, statistics and country profiles, not a single stress raster.
FAO AQUASTAT compiles renewable water resources, withdrawals, and irrigation statistics, plus country and basin profiles. It is a ledger of national water accounts, not a basin-scale risk model and not a well log. Do not confuse it with WRI Aqueduct (the Water stress card) or with a groundwater-level map. IGRAC is a different product and is not this card.
Source
FAO AQUASTAT
Vintage: 2022
https://www.fao.org/aquastat/en/
License
AQUASTAT is FAO’s system; cite FAO. We host a cropped Our World in Data map export (CC BY) of renewable freshwater resources per capita, sourced from AQUASTAT via the World Bank. Open FAO AQUASTAT for the current tables.
How to read it
A country mean hides cities that import water and farms that run dry. Transboundary rivers are shared; AQUASTAT records national accounts. Open the AQUASTAT portal for tables and profiles. The preview is an Our World in Data country map of renewable freshwater per person (AQUASTAT via World Bank), not Aqueduct basins.
Caveats
National statistics lag and definitions differ. “Renewable” is not the same as accessible or clean. Do not invent a ranking of thirsty countries from the thumbnail.
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