7. Libya
Expected Water Stress Level: 4.77
We are continuing our list of countries that will run out of water in 20 years with Libya. Although it’s abundant in oil reserves, it has a high demand for water and few reserves to manage it. As stated in TheNewArab, annual replenishment of its groundwater resources is estimated at 250 million cubic meters, whereas the demand is far above that, at almost 1 billion cubic meters. The reason that this particularly poses a threat is because Libya has an arid climate with little annual rainfall to depend on.
