Variable: Water stress, total freshwater abstraction as % total internal renewable resources
QoG Code: (gg_wsi)
Description:
The total freshwater abstraction as a percentage of available internal renewable sources, as a proxy for water stress. Internal resources refer only to river flows and groundwater from rainfall within the country. Abstraction refers to any process of water removal, extraction, or diversion for human use. A higher percentage, therefore, 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
- Canada
- Colombia
- 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
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- United States
This variable has information from the year 1990 to the year 2018