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What percentage of Earth's water is not safe to use as drinking water?


3%


68.7%


87%


97%

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
97%

About 97% of Earth's water is saltwater in the oceans and is not safe to drink without desalination. Only about 3% is freshwater (much of which is locked in ice or deep groundwater).