Table 1 Per capita water footprint (WF) of migration in home and destination countries

From: Food demand displaced by global refugee migration influences water use in already water stressed countries

 

Refugees

Economic migrants

Global population

Pop. (ca. 2010)

10 M

200 M

6900 M

WF per cap., home

1150

1572

1385

WF per cap., dest.

1438

2064

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  1. Population and average per capita water footprint (WF, in [m3 person−1 y−1]) for refugees (this study), economic migrants22, and global population77 in circa 2010. Water footprint estimates include blue and green water.
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