What percentage of earth's water is found in glaciers?

The ocean holds about 97 percent of the Earth's water; the remaining three percent is found in glaciers and ice, below the ground, in rivers and lakes. Of the world's total water supply of about 332 million cubic miles of water, about 97 percent is found in the ocean. read more

Only 2.5% of Earths water is fresh water and 98.8% of that water is in ice and underground. 1.7% of glaciers and ice caps in Antarctica and Greenland. read more

As these charts and the data table show, the amount of water locked up in ice and snow is only about 1.7 percent of all water on Earth, but the majority of total freshwater on Earth, about 68.7 percent, is held in ice caps and glaciers. read more