Water is one of the most desperate resources in the world and fresh water for consumption is becoming an increasing worry for humanity. Some of you might think, “Gee, 70% of the earth is covered with water, so why is there any worry for it?” The answer is pretty simple. Out of all the water in the world, 97% exists in the oceans and the seas. The water present there is deemed unfit for human consumption and other usage as it is filled with so many impurities and sea salt. In fact some of these water bodies are so harmful that consuming them in certain quantities can even be fatal. Just 3% of the world’s water is fresh. Unfortunately, more than two thirds of that total fresh water is encapsulated by the polar Ice caps in the arctic and especially the Antarctica which contains the greatest fresh water resource. Less than 1% is actually available for human usage. Insidermonkey experts made a list of the 10 countries that have the most fresh water.
As the world’s population is continually growing, our water consumption is also growing. The predictions of the World Bank are terrible. If the world continues like this there will be an estimate of 40% shortfall between available water supply and forecast-ed demand by 2030. By 2050 the population of Earth will reach 9.5 billion which will increase the agricultural production by 60% and its water withdrawals by 15%. In other words water will be more expensive than gold. As discussed before, fresh water resource is in grave danger. As it stands, people from Europe and Africa have the biggest issue in accessing fresh water. For that reason the countries there are the largest importers of fresh water. There are no countries from Europe and Oceania continent in the list of countries with most fresh water for that very reason. Only one country from Africa, Congo, has enough fresh water resource to be in the top 10 with 1283 km3 per year. You can also check our list of 11 Largest Freshwater Lakes in the World by Volume.
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