% .What percent of water on earth is FRESH WATER?

pproximately 3% of the water on Earth is fresh water. The vast majority of the Earth's water, about 97%, is salt water found in oceans and seas. Of the small percentage of fresh water, most of it is locked up in glaciers, ice caps, and the ground. Only a small fraction of the fresh water is available in rivers, lakes, and shallow subsurface sources that are accessible for human use.