6.4.2 Level of water stress (Industries) β Value by country
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What the numbers show
6.4.2 Level of water stress (Industries) β Value is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 71.77 % in Kuwait; the lowest is 0 % in Bolivia (Plurinational State of).
The median across all reporting countries is 0.81 %, and the mean is 3.81 %.
Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in Kuwait (up 717,600.0%), and the largest decrease in Nicaragua (down 100.0%).
6.4.2 Level of water stress (Industries) β Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuwait | 71.77 % | 2023 | up 717,600.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 52.47 % | 2023 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 3 | Belgium | 44.43 % | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 4 | Libya | 39.25 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 5 | Lebanon | 28.76 % | 2023 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 27.15 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 7 | Poland | 21.28 % | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 8 | Qatar | 18.54 % | 2023 | up 75.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Germany | 16.92 % | 2023 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 10 | Oman | 14.51 % | 2023 | up 72.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Puerto Rico | 14.11 % | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 12 | Republic of Korea | 14 % | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 13 | France | 13.39 % | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 14 | Tajikistan | 11.37 % | 2023 | up 301.8% | volatile |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 10.81 % | 2023 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Czechia | 10.39 % | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 17 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 10.21 % | 2023 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 18 | Republic of Moldova | 9.07 % | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | 8.41 % | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 20 | Spain | 8.2 % | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 21 | Egypt | 7.87 % | 2023 | up 316.4% | rising |
| 22 | Estonia | 7.83 % | 2023 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 23 | China, mainland | 7.07 % | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 24 | Italy | 6.77 % | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 25 | Barbados | 6.7 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 26 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.69 % | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 27 | Turkmenistan | 6.28 % | 2023 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 27 | RΓ©union | 0.27 % | 2023 | down 89.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Austria | 6.11 % | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 29 | Sri Lanka | 5.83 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 30 | Hungary | 5.55 % | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 32 | Slovenia | 5.14 % | 2023 | down 23.1% | flat |
| 33 | Yemen | 5.13 % | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 34 | Iraq | 5.12 % | 2023 | up 18.0% | falling |
| 35 | Bahrain | 4.95 % | 2023 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 36 | Israel | 4.88 % | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 37 | Nigeria | 4.68 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 38 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.57 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 39 | Serbia | 4.54 % | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 40 | Japan | 4.51 % | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 41 | Philippines | 4.17 % | 2023 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 42 | Mexico | 3.98 % | 2023 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 43 | Romania | 3.67 % | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 43 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 3.67 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 45 | Portugal | 3.65 % | 2023 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 46 | Jordan | 3.51 % | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 47 | Uzbekistan | 3.32 % | 2023 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 48 | Finland | 3.3 % | 2023 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 49 | Singapore | 3.16 % | 2023 | down 95.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Ireland | 3.15 % | 2023 | up 99.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Armenia | 3.03 % | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 2.88 % | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 53 | Ukraine | 2.84 % | 2023 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 54 | Canada | 2.82 % | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 55 | Azerbaijan | 2.65 % | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 56 | Switzerland | 2.41 % | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 57 | Algeria | 2.39 % | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 58 | Cuba | 2.36 % | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 59 | Sweden | 2.2 % | 2023 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 60 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.18 % | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 61 | Tunisia | 2.02 % | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 62 | New Zealand | 1.92 % | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 63 | Russian Federation | 1.86 % | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 64 | Mongolia | 1.79 % | 2023 | up 75.5% | flat |
| 65 | Cyprus | 1.76 % | 2023 | up 340.0% | volatile |
| 66 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.72 % | 2023 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Eswatini | 1.5 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 68 | Belarus | 1.48 % | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 69 | India | 1.47 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 70 | South Sudan | 1.45 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 71 | Palestine | 1.37 % | 2023 | down 59.5% | rising |
| 72 | Uruguay | 1.33 % | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 73 | Cabo Verde | 1.27 % | 2023 | up 202.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Indonesia | 1.22 % | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 75 | Jamaica | 1.18 % | 2023 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Lesotho | 1.17 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Georgia | 1.15 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 78 | Denmark | 1.12 % | 2023 | down 64.9% | falling |
| 79 | Argentina | 1.11 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 79 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.11 % | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 81 | CΓ΄te d'Ivoire | 1.06 % | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 82 | Guatemala | 1.04 % | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 82 | Thailand | 1.04 % | 2023 | up 30.0% | falling |
| 84 | Malaysia | 1.03 % | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 85 | Slovakia | 0.97 % | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 86 | TΓΌrkiye | 0.96 % | 2023 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 87 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.95 % | 2023 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 88 | Suriname | 0.87 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 89 | North Macedonia | 0.85 % | 2023 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Norway | 0.81 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 91 | Australia | 0.79 % | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 92 | Croatia | 0.76 % | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 92 | Zimbabwe | 0.76 % | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 94 | Pakistan | 0.75 % | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 95 | Malta | 0.72 % | 2023 | down 42.4% | rising |
| 96 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.69 % | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 97 | Lithuania | 0.67 % | 2023 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Viet Nam | 0.67 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 99 | Angola | 0.64 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 100 | El Salvador | 0.61 % | 2023 | down 57.3% | falling |
| 101 | Greece | 0.57 % | 2023 | up 128.0% | rising |
| 102 | Burundi | 0.55 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 103 | Bermuda | 0.52 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 104 | Chad | 0.51 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 104 | Zambia | 0.51 % | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 106 | Maldives | 0.49 % | 2023 | up 390.0% | falling |
| 107 | Haiti | 0.47 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 108 | Afghanistan | 0.46 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 108 | Chile | 0.46 % | 2023 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 108 | Gambia | 0.46 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 108 | Uganda | 0.46 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 112 | Costa Rica | 0.42 % | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 113 | Morocco | 0.38 % | 2023 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 114 | Mauritius | 0.36 % | 2023 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Botswana | 0.33 % | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 115 | Honduras | 0.33 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Sudan | 0.33 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 118 | Mauritania | 0.31 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 119 | Iceland | 0.28 % | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 120 | Kenya | 0.26 % | 2023 | down 74.8% | falling |
| 120 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.26 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 122 | Brazil | 0.25 % | 2023 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 123 | Latvia | 0.21 % | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 124 | Madagascar | 0.17 % | 2023 | up 41.7% | flat |
| 125 | Ethiopia | 0.16 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 125 | Luxembourg | 0.16 % | 2023 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Niger | 0.16 % | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 128 | Cameroon | 0.15 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 129 | Malawi | 0.14 % | 2023 | up 366.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Benin | 0.13 % | 2023 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 130 | Sierra Leone | 0.13 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 132 | Bangladesh | 0.12 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 132 | Paraguay | 0.12 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 134 | Rwanda | 0.11 % | 2023 | down 77.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.11 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 136 | Liberia | 0.1 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 136 | Togo | 0.1 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 138 | Guinea | 0.09 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 138 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.09 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 138 | Myanmar | 0.09 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 141 | Albania | 0.07 % | 2023 | down 92.3% | falling |
| 141 | Melanesia | 0.07 % | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 143 | Colombia | 0.06 % | 2023 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Ecuador | 0.06 % | 2023 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 143 | Fiji | 0.06 % | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 143 | Peru | 0.06 % | 2023 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 143 | Papua New Guinea | 0.06 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 143 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.06 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Gabon | 0.05 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 149 | Timor-Leste | 0.05 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.05 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 152 | Comoros | 0.04 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Burkina Faso | 0.03 % | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Belize | 0.03 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 153 | Ghana | 0.03 % | 2023 | down 92.7% | falling |
| 153 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.03 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 153 | Mali | 0.03 % | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 153 | Mozambique | 0.03 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 153 | Nepal | 0.03 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 153 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.03 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 161 | Eritrea | 0.02 % | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 161 | Cambodia | 0.02 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 161 | Namibia | 0.02 % | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 164 | Bhutan | 0.01 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 164 | Congo | 0.01 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 164 | Senegal | 0.01 % | 2023 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Somalia | 0.01 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 168 | Djibouti | 0 % | 2023 | β | flat |
| 168 | Dominica | 0 % | 2023 | β | flat |
| 168 | Grenada | 0 % | 2023 | β | flat |
| 168 | Guyana | 0 % | 2023 | β | volatile |
| 168 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 % | 2023 | β | flat |
| 168 | Saint Lucia | 0 % | 2023 | β | flat |
| 168 | Nicaragua | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Panama | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 % | 2023 | β | flat |
| 168 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0 % | 2023 | β | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Europe 19.6 %
- South Africa 15.65 %
- United States of America 11.58 %
- Northern America 8.78 %
- Southern Europe 7.99 %
- Eastern Asia 7.26 %
- Central Asia 6.75 %
- Northern America and Europe 5.34 %
- Northern Africa 4.65 %
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 3.74 %
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 3.72 %
- Europe 3.53 %
About this data
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