Water Scarcity Map 2020

Over a quarter of the world's population faces extremely high levels of baseline water stress. Early in the morning, children go to the nearest water point to fetch water, 15 kilometres away from their home in tchadi village. The data cutoff for drought monitor maps is each tuesday at 8 a.m.

The water scarcity clock is an interactive webtool that visualizes how many people live in water scarcity around the world. This was created by world data lab in partnership with deutsche gesellschaft für internationale zusammenarbeit (giz) and the international institute for applied systems analysis (iiasa). In syria, meanwhile, water scarcity and crop failure have prompted an exodus from rural areas to the cities, exacerbating the civil war.

Such is the situation of water scarcity in india, that the country is almost on the brink of losing all its clean water.

700 million people worldwide could be displaced by intense water scarcity by 2030. We prioritise implementing water efficiency projects and water efficiency audits in water scarce areas. Launch of the un world water development report on 22 march. This graph and map showing water stress levels around the world appeared elsewhere on nytimes.com.