Poverty and Drinking Water

http://www.grida.no/graphicslib/detail/access-to-safe-drinking-water_de64

http://www.grida.no/graphicslib/detail/world-poverty-distribution_ebf1

These maps were both taken from UNEP's website and I decided to use them together because of the interesting trend between them. The top is a representation of population percentage with access to safe drinking water while the bottom represents the world poverty distribution, using infant mortality rate as an indicator. If you'll note, there is an incredible similarity between the locations of peoples with great limitation in their access to clean water and those with high infant mortality rates. This correlation is not surprising, but it is still interesting, if upsetting, to see the implications of access to basic necessities (or lack thereof) painted out in the form of a map.