Water stress, total freshwater abstraction as % total available renewable resources

QoG code: gg_wsa

The total freshwater abstraction as a percentage of available renewable sources, as a proxy for water stress (scarcity). Abstraction refers to any process of water removal, extraction, or diversion for human use. A higher percentage indicates greater water stress.

Dataset
Green Growth
Type of variable
Continuous

Categories

Environment

Find this variable in

Environmental Indicators - 2021 Original dataset

Country coverage

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  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • China
  • Costa Rica
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France (1963-)
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Japan
  • Korea, South
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Mexico
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Russia
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • South Africa
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Turkey
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

Year coverage

This variable has information from 1990 to 2018.