South and Central Asia Compared by Environment > Water > Severe water stress
DEFINITION:
Percent of country's territory under severe water stress
Units: Percent of Land Area
Units: This data is derived from the WaterGap 2.1 gridded hydrological model developed by the Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, Germany. The modellers derived, for each country, grid cell by grid cell estimates of whether the water consumption exceeds 40 percent of the water available in that particular grid cell. These were then converted to land area equivalents in order to calculate the percentage of the territory under severe water stress.
Units: Percent of Land Area
Units: This data is derived from the WaterGap 2.1 gridded hydrological model developed by the Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, Germany. The modellers derived, for each country, grid cell by grid cell estimates of whether the water consumption exceeds 40 percent of the water available in that particular grid cell. These were then converted to land area equivalents in order to calculate the percentage of the territory under severe water stress.
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Interesting observations about Environment > Water > Severe water stress
- India ranked first for water > severe water stress amongst Emerging markets in 2000.
- Israel ranked first for water > severe water stress amongst High income OECD countries in 2000.
- Belgium ranked first for water > severe water stress amongst Christian countries in 2000.
- Syria ranked first for water > severe water stress amongst Muslim countries in 2000.
- Trinidad and Tobago ranked first for water > severe water stress amongst Hot countries in 2000.
- Nepal ranked first for water > severe water stress amongst Cold countries in 2000.
- Azerbaijan ranked first for water > severe water stress amongst Europe in 2000.
- United States ranked first for water > severe water stress amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2000.
- Spain ranked first for water > severe water stress amongst Catholic countries in 2000.
- South Africa ranked first for water > severe water stress amongst Sub-Saharan Africa in 2000.
