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Water Scarcity in the World. Facts you didn't know!


  • How Much Water is there in the World? Water covers about 71 percent of the Earth. 96.5 percent of that is ocean water.

  • How Much of the Water in the World is Drinkable? 2.5 percent of all the water on the planet is freshwater that it is drinkable.

  • How Much of the Water in the World is Drinkable Right Now? Only 1 percent of all freshwater is easily accessible in rivers, lakes and streams. The rest of it is stuck in glaciers and snowfields.

  • How Many People in the World Have Access to Clean Water? Out of around 7.8 billion people in the world, only about 6 billion of them have access to clean water.

  • How Many People in the World Do Not Have Access to Clean Water? 785 million people in the world lack access to clean water. That is 1 person without safe water out of every 10 people with it.

  • How Many People in sub-Saharan Africa Do Not Have Access to Clean Water? Only about half of the population in sub-Saharan Africa has access to clean water! And 37% of the world’s total of 785 Million people without clean water live in sub-Saharan Africa.




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