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Category 1
(absolute water scarcity)
Afghanistan
Egypt
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Libya
Oman
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
South Africa
Syria
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
(China)*
(India)*
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Category 2
(economic water scarcity)
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Chad
Congo
Cote d'Ivoire
Ethiopia
Gabon
Ghana
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Lesotho
Liberia
Mozambique
Niger
Nigeria
Paraguay
Somalia
Sudan
Uganda
Zaire
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Category 3
Albania
Algeria
Australia
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Cambodia
Central African Republic
Chile
Colombia
El Salvador
Gambia
Guatemala
Guinea
Honduras
Indonesia
Kenya
Lebanon
Madagascar
Malaysia
Mali
Mauritania
Morocco
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Peru
Senegal
Tanzania
Turkey
Venezuela
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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Category 4
Argentina
Austria
Bangladesh
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada
(China)*
Costa Rica
Cuba
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Guyana
Hungary
(India)*
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Mexico
Netherlands
North Korea
Norway
Panama
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Surinam
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
UK
Uruguay
USA
Vietnam
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Definitions:
Category 1: These countries face "absolute
water scarcity." They will not be able to meet water needs in the
year 2025.
Category 2: These countries face "economic
water scarcity." They must more than double their efforts to
extract water to meet 2025 water needs, but they will not have the
financial resources available to develop these water supplies.
Category 3: These countries have to increase water
development between 25 and 100 percent to meet 2025 needs, but have
more financial resources to do so.
Category 4: These countries will have to increase
water development modestly overall on average, by only five percent
to keep up with 2025 demands.
*These countries have severe regional
water scarcity. A portion of their populations (381
million people in China
in 1990 and 280 million people in India in 1990) are
in Category 1. The rest of their populations are in Category 4.
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