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Water scarcity is measured as water consumption weighted by scarcity indices. In order to incorporate water scarcity into the virtual water flow calculus, a new satellite account was constructed where water use entries are weighted so that they reflect the scarcity of the water being used. The weight used is a measure of water withdrawals as a percentage of the existing local renewable freshwater resources. The Water Scarcity Index was used for converting total water use into scarce water use.

Long-Term Objective

Average of best performers

The long-term objective for this indicator is a value of 0.

Reference

Lenzen et al. (2013)

Scarce water consumption embodied in imports

m³/capita
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Bangladesh

Brazil

China

India

Indonesia

Mexico

Nigeria

Pakistan

Russian Federation

United States

Source: Lenzen et al. (2013)

SDG 1

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90/day

Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20/day

Poverty rate after taxes and transfers

SDG 6

Population using at least basic drinking water services

Population using at least basic sanitation services

Scarce water consumption embodied in imports

Population using safely managed water services

Population using safely managed sanitation services

Scarce water consumption embodied in imports