Variable: Water stress, total freshwater abstraction as % total available renewable resources
QoG Code: (gg_wsa)
Description:
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.
Type of variable: Continuous
Categories:
Environment
Find this variable in:
Environmental Indicators - 2021
Original Dataset
This variable has information for these countries:
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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
This variable has information from the year 1990 to the year 2018