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  2. List of countries by total renewable water resources - Wikipedia

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    Out of all the water on Earth, saline water in oceans, seas and saline groundwater make up about 97% of it. Only 2.5–2.75% is fresh water, including 1.75–2% frozen in glaciers, ice and snow, 0.5–0.75% as fresh groundwater and soil moisture, and less than 0.01% of it as surface water in lakes, swamps and rivers.

  3. Water footprint - Wikipedia

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    Infographic of water footprints around the world. A water footprint shows the extent of water use in relation to consumption by people. [1] The water footprint of an individual, community, or business is defined as the total volume of fresh water used to produce the goods and services consumed by the individual or community or produced by the business.

  4. List of countries by ecological footprint - Wikipedia

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    A country that consumes more than 1.73 gha per person has a resource demand that is not sustainable world-wide if every country were to exceed that consumption level simultaneously. Countries with a footprint below 1.73 gha per person might not be sustainable: the quality of the footprint may still lead to net long-term ecological destruction.

  5. Water distribution on Earth - Wikipedia

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    Most water in Earth's atmosphere and crust comes from saline seawater, while fresh water accounts for nearly 1% of the total. The vast bulk of the water on Earth is saline or salt water, with an average salinity of 35‰ (or 3.5%, roughly equivalent to 34 grams of salts in 1 kg of seawater), though this varies slightly according to the amount of runoff received from surrounding land.

  6. Why your water footprint doesn’t matter - AOL

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  7. Ecological footprint - Wikipedia

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    Ecological Footprint per person and HDI of countries by world regions (2014) and its natural resource consumption [42] According to the 2018 edition of the National footprint accounts, humanity's total ecological footprint has exhibited an increasing trend since 1961, growing an average of 2.1% per year (SD= 1.9). [33]

  8. File:World map of countries by ecological footprint.svg

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    English: World map of countries shaded according to their ecological footprint in 2006 (published on 25 November 2009 by the Global Footprint Network). It is measured by the amount of global hectares that are affected by humans per capita of the country.

  9. List of countries by access to clean water - Wikipedia

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    Share of the population without access to an improved water source, 2020. Global access to clean water is a significant global challenge that affects the health, well-being, and development of people worldwide. While progress has been made in recent years, millions of people still lack access to safe and clean drinking water sources.