The United States has the largest volume of renewable groundwater resources worldwide, with an estimated 1,383 billion cubic meters as of 2020. China followed, with an estimated 829 billion cubic meters of renewable groundwater resources. Groundwater is the water found underground in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand, and rock.
Renewable groundwater resources in leading countries worldwide as of 2020 (in billion cubic meters)
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Statistics on Water access worldwide
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Global share of Earth's water resources
- Premium Statistic Global renewable water resources 2020, by region
- Premium Statistic Global drinking water coverage shares 2015-2020, by source
- Basic Statistic Share of population with access to basic drinking water 2020, by region
- Basic Statistic Handwashing coverage worldwide 2015-2020
Resources
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- Premium Statistic Global renewable water resources 2020, by type and region
- Premium Statistic Global renewable water resources 2020, by leading country
- Premium Statistic Global renewable surface water resources 2020, by main country
- Premium Statistic Global renewable groundwater resources 2020, by main country
Consumption
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- Premium Statistic Total water withdrawals worldwide 2020, by region
- Premium Statistic Water withdrawals worldwide 2020, by main country
- Basic Statistic Global water withdrawals per capita 2020, by select country
- Premium Statistic Global fresh surface water withdrawals 2020, by main country
- Premium Statistic Global fresh groundwater withdrawals 2020, by main country
Drinking water
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- Basic Statistic Global urban and rural drinking water coverage 2020, by water source
- Premium Statistic Regional drinking water coverage worldwide 2020, by water source
- Premium Statistic Global populations without basic drinking water services worldwide 2000-2020
- Premium Statistic Regional populations without basic drinking water services worldwide 2000-2020
- Premium Statistic Access to drinking water in Asia 2020, by country
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Scarcity
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- Basic Statistic Water stress worldwide 2020, by country
- Premium Statistic Global renewable water resources dependency ratio 2020, by main country
- Basic Statistic Global drought risk index 2020, by country
- Basic Statistic Handwashing coverage worldwide 2020, by select region
- Basic Statistic Countries with lowest access to handwashing facilities worldwide 2020
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- Texas water management strategy supply volumes: groundwater desalination
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- Drinking water leakage losses in Italy 2018, by region
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- Texas: groundwater supplies for major and minor aquifers
- IWRM implementation score in Mashreq Region 2019, by dimension
- Texas: groundwater availability
- IWRM implementation score in GCC 2019, by dimension
- Cuba: fresh water extraction 2018, by source
- Canada's annual water yield from select drainage regions 2012-2013
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- IWRM average implementation score in Arab Region 2019, by subregion
- IWRM implementation score in Maghreb Region 2019, by dimension
- Household water supply in Peru 2021, by type
- Texas water management strategy supply volumes: groundwater desalination
- Texas water management strategy supply volumes: groundwater
- Drinking water leakage losses in Italy 2018, by region
- Water content in select cotton textile products
- Texas: groundwater supplies for major and minor aquifers
- IWRM implementation score in Mashreq Region 2019, by dimension
- Texas: groundwater availability
- IWRM implementation score in GCC 2019, by dimension
- Cuba: fresh water extraction 2018, by source
- Canada's annual water yield from select drainage regions 2012-2013
- Pacemaker market revenue worldwide 2017-2027
- EBITDA increase in chemicals industry from digital levers worldwide 2020
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FAO (Aquastat). (March 21, 2023). Renewable groundwater resources in leading countries worldwide as of 2020 (in billion cubic meters) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 24, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1257705/renewable-groundwater-resources-by-country/
FAO (Aquastat). "Renewable groundwater resources in leading countries worldwide as of 2020 (in billion cubic meters)." Chart. March 21, 2023. Statista. Accessed March 24, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1257705/renewable-groundwater-resources-by-country/
FAO (Aquastat). (2023). Renewable groundwater resources in leading countries worldwide as of 2020 (in billion cubic meters). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 24, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1257705/renewable-groundwater-resources-by-country/
FAO (Aquastat). "Renewable Groundwater Resources in Leading Countries Worldwide as of 2020 (in Billion Cubic Meters)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1257705/renewable-groundwater-resources-by-country/
FAO (Aquastat), Renewable groundwater resources in leading countries worldwide as of 2020 (in billion cubic meters) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1257705/renewable-groundwater-resources-by-country/ (last visited March 24, 2023)
Renewable groundwater resources in leading countries worldwide as of 2020 (in billion cubic meters) [Graph], FAO (Aquastat), March 21, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1257705/renewable-groundwater-resources-by-country/