The data illustrates daily cost and how much of each day’s wage paying for water takes up in five different countries: Tanzania, Uganda, Pakistan, the UK, and the US.
Overall, it can be seen that water in less developed countries is more expensive compared to the UK and the US. Consequently, more of a person’s daily wage goes toward buying water.
The daily cost of water in Tanzania is 6.4 cents per person, which is less than 6 percent of the average daily wage. Uganda follows in second with 3.2 percent of daily earnings, and 4.1 cents is spent daily. Similarly, Pakistan has a high average daily percentage, with a little over 1 percent and daily expenditure of 1.76 cents.
In contrast, UK and US residents only dedicate a small fraction of their earnings to water, 0.013 and 0.006 percent, respectively. However, if we consider daily spending, 1.3 cents for the UK is close to Pakistan. But there is a huge gap in the fractions of daily earnings spent on water.
In conclusion, payments for water in third-world countries take up a larger portion of their salaries compared to the UK and the US.