Water is not only the basis of life for animals and plants, but is also likely to become a contested resource in parts of the world in the coming decades. According to UN figures, global water stress, i.e. the proportion of water withdrawn for use in industry, agriculture or private households in relation to available water, was manageable at 18.2% in 2020. In 2022, however, 2.4 billion people were living in areas that are exposed to extreme water stress in some cases.
As Statista's Martin Armstrong shows in the infographic below, based on projections by the World Resources Institute WRI , 51 of the 164 countries and territories analyzed are expected to suffer from high to extremely high water stress by 2050, which corresponds to 31 percent of the population. You will find more infographics at Statista According to WRI, the scenario used corresponds to a 'business as usual' future with temperature increases of between 2.8 and 4.
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