More water scarcity will affect an increasing number of people, particularly those in dryland areas, with increasing water stress and decreasing food security affecting their livelihood prospects. These factors may also increase migration levels and the risk of local conFLict. Source: The geography of future water challenges, PBL, 2019

Drought severity presented is based on the length and dryness of the droughts from 1901 to 2008. Source: WRI Aqueduct 2014, Sheffield and Wood 2007