Freshwater in the world
11%
World population
without access to water in 2019 - (1)
99%
Share of groundwater
in the world's total liquid freshwater supply - (2)
19%
Share of global freshwater
used by industry and energy sectors - (3)
According to the OiEau Glossary, groundwater is the water contained in the water table (unconfined groundwater) and deep groundwater (confined groundwater). This water is mostly stored in the pores and cracks of rocks.
We depend on these waters, which play a major role in food security, job creation, socio-economic issues and poverty reduction.
- Inequalities are increasing in different regions of the world. For example, in Eastern and Southern Africa, 47% of the population had no access to water in 2015, compared to 4% in Latin America and the Caribbean. Read more
- About 75% of the EU population depends on groundwater for their water supply. (Source: European Commission, 2008). Read more
- These quantities refer only to independently obtained water, which includes groundwater. The available data also show large geographical differences, with industrial abstraction ranging from 5% in Africa to 57% in Europe. Read more
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