6.4.2 Level of water stress (Agriculture (ISIC4 A01 A0210 A0322)) — Value by country
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What the numbers show
6.4.2 Level of water stress (Agriculture (ISIC4 A01 A0210 A0322)) — Value is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 2,398 % in Kuwait; the lowest is 0 % in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.38 %, and the mean is 44.95 %.
Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Kuwait (up 1,410,360.0%), and the largest decrease in Singapore (down 99.1%).
6.4.2 Level of water stress (Agriculture (ISIC4 A01 A0210 A0322)): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuwait | 2,398 % | 2023 | up 1,410,360.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 794.56 % | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 3 | Libya | 679.78 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 41.63 % | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 619.11 % | 2023 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 4 | Timor-Leste | 25.83 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Yemen | 255.42 % | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 6 | Qatar | 143.57 % | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 16.83 % | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 7 | Turkmenistan | 125.41 % | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 8 | Sudan | 114.14 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Cabo Verde | 23.27 % | 2023 | up 94.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Uzbekistan | 113.35 % | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 10 | Algeria | 97.65 % | 2023 | up 142.7% | rising |
| 11 | Oman | 94.29 % | 2023 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 12 | Pakistan | 92.21 % | 2023 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 13 | Egypt | 89.4 % | 2023 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 79.31 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.02 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 15 | Eswatini | 73.06 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Tunisia | 72.76 % | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 17 | India | 59.55 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 18 | Barbados | 59.2 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 19 | Israel | 58.79 % | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 20 | Jordan | 54.33 % | 2023 | up 13.7% | flat |
| 21 | Afghanistan | 53.75 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | Azerbaijan | 53.06 % | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 23 | Iraq | 52.23 % | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 24 | Tajikistan | 52.13 % | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 25 | Bahrain | 50.8 % | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 26 | Republic of Korea | 50.22 % | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 27 | Armenia | 48.01 % | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 28 | Kyrgyzstan | 46.08 % | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 29 | Mali | 42.03 % | 2023 | up 290.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Zimbabwe | 40.19 % | 2023 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 31 | South Africa | 40.15 % | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 32 | Mexico | 34.29 % | 2023 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 33 | Dominican Republic | 32.95 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 34 | Ethiopia | 29.62 % | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 35 | Spain | 28.26 % | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 36 | China, mainland | 25.95 % | 2023 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 37 | Indonesia | 25.3 % | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 38 | Madagascar | 24.72 % | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 39 | Somalia | 24.4 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | Japan | 24.28 % | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 41 | Lebanon | 22.37 % | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 42 | Philippines | 20.78 % | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 43 | Thailand | 19.41 % | 2023 | up 30.2% | falling |
| 44 | Kazakhstan | 19.33 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 45 | Cyprus | 18.74 % | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 46 | Morocco | 16.53 % | 2023 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 47 | Palestine | 15.87 % | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 48 | Malta | 15.31 % | 2023 | down 57.8% | rising |
| 49 | Italy | 14.95 % | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 50 | Denmark | 14.91 % | 2023 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 51 | Senegal | 14.86 % | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 52 | Greece | 14.45 % | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 53 | Cuba | 14.4 % | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 54 | Nigeria | 13.12 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 55 | Mauritania | 12 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 56 | Haiti | 11.16 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | Mauritius | 10.74 % | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 58 | Eritrea | 10.56 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 59 | Saint Lucia | 10.13 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 60 | Niger | 10.03 % | 2023 | up 78.8% | rising |
| 61 | Kenya | 9.55 % | 2023 | down 39.3% | rising |
| 62 | Uruguay | 9.18 % | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 63 | El Salvador | 8.8 % | 2023 | up 12.8% | flat |
| 64 | Chile | 8.16 % | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 64 | Nepal | 8.16 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 66 | Burundi | 8.08 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Argentina | 7.73 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 68 | Portugal | 6.83 % | 2023 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 69 | Zambia | 6.74 % | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 70 | Bulgaria | 5.54 % | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 71 | New Zealand | 5.2 % | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 72 | Myanmar | 5.14 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Bangladesh | 5.03 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 74 | Poland | 4.23 % | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 75 | Rwanda | 3.94 % | 2023 | down 57.3% | falling |
| 76 | Australia and New Zealand | 3.81 % | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 77 | Costa Rica | 3.57 % | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 78 | Malawi | 3.53 % | 2023 | up 315.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Honduras | 3.39 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 80 | Albania | 3.38 % | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 81 | North Macedonia | 3.36 % | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 82 | Chad | 3.28 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Guatemala | 3.26 % | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 84 | Peru | 3.15 % | 2023 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 85 | Colombia | 3.13 % | 2023 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 86 | Australia | 2.92 % | 2023 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 87 | Suriname | 2.77 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 88 | Mongolia | 2.7 % | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 89 | Romania | 2.61 % | 2023 | up 146.2% | rising |
| 90 | France | 2.56 % | 2023 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 91 | Finland | 2.54 % | 2023 | up 130.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Uganda | 2.37 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 93 | Jamaica | 2.11 % | 2023 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Ukraine | 2.08 % | 2023 | down 62.3% | falling |
| 95 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2.02 % | 2023 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 96 | Nicaragua | 1.89 % | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 97 | Malaysia | 1.57 % | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 98 | South Sudan | 1.54 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 99 | Germany | 1.45 % | 2023 | up 68.6% | rising |
| 100 | Paraguay | 1.44 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 101 | Georgia | 1.41 % | 2023 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 102 | Bhutan | 1.33 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 103 | Mozambique | 1.28 % | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 104 | Russian Federation | 1.2 % | 2023 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 105 | Belarus | 1.18 % | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 106 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.17 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Togo | 1.16 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.13 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 109 | Réunion | 1.12 % | 2023 | up 96.5% | falling |
| 110 | Cameroon | 1.06 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 111 | Grenada | 1.05 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 112 | Djibouti | 1 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 113 | Cambodia | 0.97 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Ecuador | 0.93 % | 2023 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Guinea | 0.92 % | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 116 | Hungary | 0.9 % | 2023 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 117 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.87 % | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 118 | Gambia | 0.85 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 119 | Brazil | 0.83 % | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 120 | Puerto Rico | 0.68 % | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 121 | Czechia | 0.67 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 122 | Burkina Faso | 0.66 % | 2023 | up 73.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Botswana | 0.65 % | 2023 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 124 | Norway | 0.64 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 125 | Switzerland | 0.6 % | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 126 | Dominica | 0.5 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 127 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.49 % | 2023 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 127 | Serbia | 0.49 % | 2023 | down 39.5% | rising |
| 129 | Belgium | 0.45 % | 2023 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 129 | Lithuania | 0.45 % | 2023 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 131 | Maldives | 0.44 % | 2023 | up 4,300.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.41 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 133 | Canada | 0.4 % | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 134 | Angola | 0.39 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 134 | Comoros | 0.39 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 136 | Ghana | 0.35 % | 2023 | down 91.9% | falling |
| 137 | Austria | 0.34 % | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 137 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.34 % | 2023 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Panama | 0.33 % | 2023 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 140 | Fiji | 0.32 % | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 140 | Latvia | 0.32 % | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 142 | Guyana | 0.29 % | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 143 | Benin | 0.25 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 144 | Ireland | 0.22 % | 2023 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 144 | Lesotho | 0.22 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 144 | Namibia | 0.22 % | 2023 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 147 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.2 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Sweden | 0.18 % | 2023 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 149 | Gabon | 0.15 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 150 | Slovakia | 0.14 % | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 151 | Croatia | 0.12 % | 2023 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Sierra Leone | 0.11 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Belize | 0.08 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 154 | Estonia | 0.06 % | 2023 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Luxembourg | 0.04 % | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Singapore | 0.03 % | 2023 | down 99.1% | falling |
| 156 | Slovenia | 0.03 % | 2023 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 158 | Liberia | 0.02 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.01 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 160 | Iceland | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Syrian Arab Republic 108.85 %
- Northern Africa 83.21 %
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 74.14 %
- Southern Asia 68.12 %
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 63.18 %
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 61.36 %
- Central Asia 57.5 %
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 21.18 %
- Western Asia 54.89 %
- Eastern Asia 27.79 %
- United Republic of Tanzania 11.58 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 7.63 %
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 21.91 %
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 5.57 %
- South-Eastern Asia 17.4 %
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.6 %
- Caribbean 16.86 %
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 2.1 %
- Southern Europe 16.76 %
- Republic of Moldova 0.86 %
- Central America 14.37 %
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.18 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 13.5 %
- Melanesia 0.02 %
- World 12.62 %
- United States of America 9.73 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 7.66 %
- Northern America 6.67 %
- South America 4.06 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 3.97 %
- Northern America and Europe 3.93 %
- Côte d'Ivoire 2.63 %
- Europe 2.43 %
- Western Europe 2.21 %
- Oceania 2.03 %
- Eastern Europe 1.15 %
- Northern Europe 0.78 %
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 0.02 %
About this data
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